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Working Papers

2019

1. Good Schools or Good Students? The Importance of Selectivity for School Rankings
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (14)
   Also in Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth (2019) View citations (3)

2017

2. Does Reducing Unemployment Benefits During a Recession Reduce Youth Unemployment? Evidence from a 50% Cut in Unemployment Assistance
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth (2017) View citations (2)

2016

3. Wage Changes in the Irish Labour Market: Within- and Between-Firm Effects
   Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (1)

2013

4. Estimating Obesity Rates in Europe in the Presence of Self-Reporting Errors
   Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (3)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (5)
5. Wage Flexibility and the Great Recession: The Response of the Irish Labour Market
   Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (4)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2013) View citations (7)
   See also Journal Article Wage flexibility and the great recession: the response of the Irish labour market, IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, Springer (2015) View citations (18) (2015)

2012

6. Gender, Single-Sex Schooling and Maths Achievement
   Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (2)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012)
   See also Journal Article Gender, single-sex schooling and maths achievement, Economics of Education Review, Elsevier (2013) View citations (19) (2013)
7. The Consequences of Measurement Error when Estimating the Impact of BMI on Labour Market Outcomes
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   Also in Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth (2012) View citations (1)

2010

8. Aggregate Earnings Inequality in Europe: Permanent Differences or Transitory Fluctuations?
   Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (4)
9. Identification of the Covariance Structure of Earnings using the GMM Estimator
   Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Identification of the covariance structure of earnings using the GMM estimator, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2013) View citations (16) (2013)

2008

10. Does Growth Affect the Nature of Inequality? Ireland 1994-2001
    Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) View citations (3)

2007

11. The effects of measurement error and omitted variables when using transition matrices to measure intergenerational mobility
    LIDAM Reprints CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) View citations (22)
    See also Journal Article The effects of measurement error and omitted variables when using transition matrices to measure intergenerational mobility, The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer (2007) View citations (29) (2007)

2005

12. The Consequences of Non-Classical Measurement Error for Distributional Analysis
    Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (1)

2002

13. College Attendance, Tutition and Family Income
    Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (5)
14. Consequences of Specification Error for Distributional Analysis With an Application to Intergenerational Mobility
    Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration View citations (1)

2000

15. Estimating Counterfactual Densities: An application to Black-White Wage Differentials in the U.S
    Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth

1999

16. Equality of Opportunity and Kernel Density Estimation: An Application to Intergenerational Mobility
    Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (25)
17. Poverty and Inequality in Ireland: A Comparison using Measures of Income and Consumption
    Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (14)

1998

18. Female Labour supply and Income Inequality in Ireland
    Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (2)

1997

19. Intergenerational Mobility in Britain: Evidence from unemployment patterns
    Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (7)

1995

20. The Persistence of Poverty in Britain: Evidence from Patterns in Intergenerational Mobility
    Economics Department Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, National University of Ireland - Maynooth View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2020

1. How Important are Firms in Explaining Wage Changes During a Recession?
   Economica, 2020, 87, (345), 282-298 View citations (2)

2016

2. Bounding obesity rates in the presence of self-reporting errors
   Empirical Economics, 2016, 50, (3), 857-871

2015

3. Wage flexibility and the great recession: the response of the Irish labour market
   IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2015, 4, (1), 1-24 View citations (18)
   See also Working Paper Wage Flexibility and the Great Recession: The Response of the Irish Labour Market, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (4) (2013)

2013

4. Gender, single-sex schooling and maths achievement
   Economics of Education Review, 2013, 35, (C), 104-119 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper Gender, Single-Sex Schooling and Maths Achievement, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2012) View citations (2) (2012)
5. Identification of the covariance structure of earnings using the GMM estimator
   The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2013, 11, (3), 343-372 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper Identification of the Covariance Structure of Earnings using the GMM Estimator, Economics Department Working Paper Series (2010) View citations (5) (2010)
6. The consequences of measurement error when estimating the impact of obesity on income
   IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2013, 2, (1), 1-20 View citations (27)

2011

7. GMM estimation of the covariance structure of longitudinal data on earnings
   Stata Journal, 2011, 11, (3), 439-459 View citations (4)

2007

8. The effects of measurement error and omitted variables when using transition matrices to measure intergenerational mobility
   The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2007, 5, (2), 159-178 View citations (29)
   See also Working Paper The effects of measurement error and omitted variables when using transition matrices to measure intergenerational mobility, LIDAM Reprints CORE (2007) View citations (22) (2007)

2006

9. The impact of cognitive skills on the distribution of the black-white wage gap
   Labour Economics, 2006, 13, (3), 343-356 View citations (4)

2001

10. Inequality in Ireland 1987-1994: A Comparison Using Measures of Income and Consumption
    Journal of Income Distribution, 2001, 10, (3-4), 2-2 View citations (2)

1996

11. Gender Differences in the Changing Labor Market: The Role of Legislation and Inequality in Changing the Wage Gap for Qualified Workers in the United Kingdom
    Journal of Human Resources, 1996, 31, (3), 549-565 View citations (13)

Software Items

2010

1. GMMCOVEARN: Stata module to compute GMM estimates of the Covariance Structure of Earnings
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics