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Working Papers

2024

1. Long-term Exposure to Ambient PM2.5 and Population Health: Evidence from Longitudinally-linked Census Data
   QBS Working Paper Series, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's Business School

2022

2. Prenatal Exposure to PM2.5 and Infant Birth Outcomes: Evidence from a Population-Wide Database
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in QBS Working Paper Series, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's Business School (2022) View citations (1)

2020

3. Are Estimates of Non-Standard Employment Wage Penalties Robust to Different Wage Measures? The Case of Zero Hours Contracts in the UK
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   See also Journal Article Are Estimates of Non‐Standard Employment Wage Penalties Robust to Different Wage Measures? The Case of Zero‐hour Contracts in the UK, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell (2021) View citations (3) (2021)
4. Is Precarious Employment Bad for Worker Health? The Case of Zero Hours Contracts in the UK
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2019

5. Zero Hours Contracts and Their Growth
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
   See also Journal Article Zero Hours Contracts and Their Growth, British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics (2020) View citations (7) (2020)

2018

6. Exploiting the Irish Border to Estimate Minimum Wage Impacts in Northern Ireland
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Exploiting the Irish Border to Estimate Minimum Wage Impacts in Northern Ireland, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, Sciendo & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) (2019) View citations (1) (2019)
7. The Evolution of Catholic-Protestant Labour Market Inequality in Northern Ireland, 1983-2014
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)

2017

8. Contingent Employment and Labour Market Pathways: Bridge or Trap?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
9. The Dynamics of Disability and Benefit Receipt in Britain
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   See also Journal Article The dynamics of disability and benefit receipt in Britain, Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2016

10. Achievement Effects from New Peers: Who Matters to Whom?
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Achievement effects from new peers: Who matters to whom?, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2018) View citations (1) (2018)
11. The Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Labour Supply and Employment Outcomes
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (5)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (5)

2015

12. If You Get What You Want, Do You Get What You Need? Course Choice and Achievement Effects of a Vocational Education and Training Voucher Scheme
    Economics Working Papers, Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast View citations (2)
    Also in Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne (2015) View citations (2)
13. Reducing the Generosity and Increasing the Conditionality of Disability Benefits: Turning the Supertanker or Squeezing the Balloon?
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (1)
    Also in Economics Working Papers, Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast (2015) View citations (1)

2013

14. "High"-School: The Relationship between Early Marijuana Use and Educational Outcomes
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    Also in Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne (2013) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article ‘High’-School: The Relationship between Early Marijuana Use and Educational Outcomes, The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia (2015) View citations (1) (2015)
15. Disability Benefit Growth and Disability Reform in the U.S.: Lessons from Other OECD Nations
    Working Paper Series, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
    Also in Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research View citations (35)
    See also Journal Article Disability benefit growth and disability reform in the US: lessons from other OECD nations, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Springer (2014) View citations (40) (2014)
16. Is There an Educational Penalty for Being Suspended from School?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    Also in Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne (2013)
    See also Journal Article Is there an educational penalty for being suspended from school?, Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (3) (2015)
17. Non-Standard 'Contingent' Employment and Job Satisfaction: A Panel Data Analysis
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (7)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Non-Standard “Contingent” Employment and Job Satisfaction: A Panel Data Analysis, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell (2015) View citations (16) (2015)
18. Right Peer, Right Now? Endogenous Peer Effects and Achievement in Victorian Primary Schools
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne

2012

19. Cross Country Estimates of Peer Effects in Adolescent Smoking Using IV and School Fixed Effects
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (1)
20. Did the 2007 Welfare Reforms for Low Income Parents in Australia Increase Welfare Exits?
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Did the 2007 welfare reforms for low income parents in Australia increase welfare exits?, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Springer (2013) View citations (10) (2013)
21. Immigrant Wage and Employment Assimilation: A Comparison of Methods
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
    Also in Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne (2012) View citations (9)
22. Peer Effects in Adolescent Cannabis Use: It's the Friends, Stupid
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (1)
23. Peer Effects in UK Adolescent Substance Use: Never Mind the Classmates?
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Peer Effects in UK Adolescent Substance Use: Never Mind the Classmates?, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2014) View citations (12) (2014)

2010

24. Are Active Labour Market Programmes Least Effective Where They Are Most Needed? The Case of the British New Deal for Young People
    Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne View citations (4)
25. Estimating Peer Influences in Teenage Substance Use when Friendship Links are Unobserved
    Economics Working Papers, Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast View citations (1)

2007

26. Choice of Contracts in the British National Health Service: An Empirical Study
    Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics, Economic Studies, University of Dundee
    See also Journal Article Choice of contracts in the British National Health Service: An empirical study, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (6) (2008)

2004

27. Parallel Lives: Birth, Childhood and Adolescent Influences on Career Paths
    Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society

2003

28. Unemployment Duration Before and After New Deal
    Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003, Royal Economic Society View citations (8)

2001

29. Contracts in the National Health Service: An Empirical Study
    Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics, Economic Studies, University of Dundee

2000

30. ARE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NORTHERN IRELAND TOO SMALL? A MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL SIZE AND CAREER CHOICE AT SIXTEEN
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (1)

1999

31. Value Added in Further Education and Vocational Training in Northern Ireland
    ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Value added in further education and vocational training in Northern Ireland, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2000) View citations (8) (2000)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Catholic-Protestant Wage Differentials in Northern Ireland 2011: A Re-examination with Newly Available Data
   The Economic and Social Review, 2024, 55, (2), 121-171
2. Long-term exposure to ambient PM2.5 and population health: evidence from linked census data
   Economics & Human Biology, 2024, 55, (C)
3. Prenatal exposure to particulate matter and infant birth outcomes: Evidence from a population‐wide database
   Health Economics, 2024, 33, (9), 2182-2200
4. Zero hours contracts and self‐reported (mental) health in the UK
   British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2024, 62, (1), 50-71

2023

5. Why are Disability Rates for Older Working-Age Adults in Northern Ireland So High?
   The Economic and Social Review, 2023, 54, (1), 1-28 View citations (1)

2022

6. The dynamics of disability and benefit receipt in Britain
   (Large sample properties of matching estimators for average treatment effects)
   Oxford Economic Papers, 2022, 74, (3), 936-957 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper The Dynamics of Disability and Benefit Receipt in Britain, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (2) (2017)

2021

7. Are Estimates of Non‐Standard Employment Wage Penalties Robust to Different Wage Measures? The Case of Zero‐hour Contracts in the UK
   Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2021, 60, (3), 370-399 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Are Estimates of Non-Standard Employment Wage Penalties Robust to Different Wage Measures? The Case of Zero Hours Contracts in the UK, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) (2020)
8. Reducing the Generosity and Increasing the Conditionality of Welfare Benefits for People with Disability: “Turning the Supertanker” or “Squeezing the Balloon”?
   Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2021, 123, (3), 848-873 View citations (1)

2020

9. Estimating the impact of disability onset on employment
   Social Science & Medicine, 2020, 255, (C) View citations (3)
10. The Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Labor Supply and Employment Outcomes in Australia
    Feminist Economics, 2020, 26, (3), 30-65 View citations (3)
11. The impact of monitoring and sanctioning on unemployment exit and job-finding rates
    IZA World of Labor, 2020, 49 View citations (1)
    Also in IZA World of Labor, 2014, 49 (2014) View citations (10)
12. Zero Hours Contracts and Their Growth
    British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2020, 58, (3), 507-531 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Zero Hours Contracts and Their Growth, IZA Discussion Papers (2019) View citations (8) (2019)

2019

13. Early illicit drug use and the age of onset of homelessness
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2019, 182, (1), 345-372 View citations (10)
14. Exploiting the Irish Border to Estimate Minimum Wage Impacts in Northern Ireland
    IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2019, 8, (1), 20 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Exploiting the Irish Border to Estimate Minimum Wage Impacts in Northern Ireland, IZA Discussion Papers (2018) View citations (4) (2018)

2018

15. Achievement effects from new peers: Who matters to whom?
    Economics of Education Review, 2018, 66, (C), 154-166 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Achievement Effects from New Peers: Who Matters to Whom?, Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series (2016) View citations (1) (2016)

2016

16. Cross-section and panel estimates of peer effects in early adolescent cannabis use: With a little help from my ‘friends once removed’
    Social Science & Medicine, 2016, 163, (C), 37-44 View citations (3)
17. Work-Related Training and the Probability of Transitioning from Non-Permanent to Permanent Employment
    British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2016, 54, (3), 623-646 View citations (7)

2015

18. From substance use to homelessness or vice versa?
    Social Science & Medicine, 2015, 136-137, 89-98 View citations (23)
19. Is there an educational penalty for being suspended from school?
    Education Economics, 2015, 23, (4), 376-395 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Is There an Educational Penalty for Being Suspended from School?, IZA Discussion Papers (2013) (2013)
20. Non-Standard “Contingent” Employment and Job Satisfaction: A Panel Data Analysis
    Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2015, 54, (2), 256-275 View citations (16)
    See also Working Paper Non-Standard 'Contingent' Employment and Job Satisfaction: A Panel Data Analysis, Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (7) (2013)
21. ‘High’-School: The Relationship between Early Marijuana Use and Educational Outcomes
    The Economic Record, 2015, 91, (293), 247-266 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper "High"-School: The Relationship between Early Marijuana Use and Educational Outcomes, IZA Discussion Papers (2013) View citations (1) (2013)

2014

22. Disability benefit growth and disability reform in the US: lessons from other OECD nations
    IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2014, 3, (1), 1-30 View citations (40)
    See also Working Paper Disability Benefit Growth and Disability Reform in the U.S.: Lessons from Other OECD Nations, Working Paper Series (2013) (2013)
23. Peer Effects in UK Adolescent Substance Use: Never Mind the Classmates?
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 76, (4), 589-604 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Peer Effects in UK Adolescent Substance Use: Never Mind the Classmates?, Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series (2012) View citations (1) (2012)

2013

24. Did the 2007 welfare reforms for low income parents in Australia increase welfare exits?
    IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2013, 2, (1), 1-21 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Did the 2007 Welfare Reforms for Low Income Parents in Australia Increase Welfare Exits?, Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series (2012) View citations (2) (2012)
25. Explaining the Growth in the Number of Recipients of the Disability Support Pension in Australia
    Australian Economic Review, 2013, 46, (3), 345-356 View citations (11)
26. Local Level Incapacity Benefits Rolls in Britain: Correlates and Convergence
    Regional Studies, 2013, 47, (8), 1267-1282 View citations (8)

2011

27. Estimates of peer effects in adolescent smoking across twenty six European Countries
    Social Science & Medicine, 2011, 73, (8), 1186-1193 View citations (14)

2010

28. Does Job Search Monitoring Intensity Affect Unemployment? Evidence from Northern Ireland
    Economica, 2010, 77, (306), 296-313 View citations (15)
29. My Brilliant Career: Characterizing the Early Labor Market Trajectories of British Women From Generation X
    Sociological Methods & Research, 2010, 38, (3), 482-512 View citations (10)
30. Panel estimates of the determinants of British regional male incapacity benefits rolls 1998-2006
    Applied Economics, 2010, 42, (26), 3335-3349 View citations (4)

2009

31. HOW WELL HAS THE NEW DEAL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WORKED IN THE UK REGIONS?
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2009, 56, (2), 167-195 View citations (5)

2008

32. Choice of contracts in the British National Health Service: An empirical study
    Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (5), 1155-1167 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Choice of Contracts in the British National Health Service: An Empirical Study, Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics (2007) (2007)
33. Has the Boom in Incapacity Benefit Claimant Numbers Passed Its Peak?*
    Fiscal Studies, 2008, 29, (4), 415-434 View citations (21)
34. Job search monitoring intensity, unemployment exit and job entry: Quasi-experimental evidence from the UK
    Labour Economics, 2008, 15, (6), 1451-1468 View citations (65)
35. WHY HAVE UK DISABILITY BENEFIT ROLLS GROWN SO MUCH?
    Journal of Economic Surveys, 2008, 22, (1), 114-139 View citations (25)

2006

36. Why do disability benefit rolls vary between regions? A review of the evidence from the USA and the UK
    Regional Studies, 2006, 40, (5), 519-533 View citations (22)

2005

37. You'll never walk alone: Childhood influences and male career path clusters
    Labour Economics, 2005, 12, (4), 511-530 View citations (7)

2002

38. Part–Time Work During Post–Compulsory Education And Examination Performance: Help Or Hindrance?
    Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2002, 49, (4), 393-406 View citations (14)
39. Predicting successful and unsuccessful transitions from school to work by using sequence methods
    Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 2002, 165, (2), 317-334 View citations (59)
40. Spillovers and foreign direct investment in UK manufacturing
    Applied Economics Letters, 2002, 9, (5), 297-300 View citations (12)

2001

41. Participation in Further Eduction in England and Wales: An Analysis of Post-War Trends
    Oxford Economic Papers, 2001, 53, (1), 47-66 View citations (29)
42. School Quality and Staying-On in Northern Ireland - Resources, Peer Groups and Ethos
    The Economic and Social Review, 2001, 32, (2), 131-151 View citations (3)

2000

43. Marginalized Young People and Social Inclusion Policy in Northern Ireland
    Regional Studies, 2000, 34, (9), 883-888 View citations (1)
44. Value added in further education and vocational training in Northern Ireland
    Applied Economics, 2000, 32, (13), 1727-1736 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Value Added in Further Education and Vocational Training in Northern Ireland, ERSA conference papers (1999) View citations (1) (1999)