Research Interests
I am open to PhD applications in;
- Social policy evaluation
- Disability and the labour market
- Contingent employment
- Education
- Health behaviours
More broadly in labour economics, health economics, education economics, and the economics of social policy. I am happy to consider transdisciplinary PhD projects.
Public outreach & key achievements
I am a Research Fellow of the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA): https://www.iza.org/person/2629/duncan-mcvicar
I engage with policy makers, e.g.: https://niassembly.tv/zero-hours-contracts-job-quality-impacts-workers/
Media contributions include:
http://qpol.qub.ac.uk/parental-leave-trump/
http://qpol.qub.ac.uk/disability-welfare-reform-and-northern-irelands-inactivity-problem/
https://theconversation.com/fact-check-who-has-been-hit-hardest-by-the-bedroom-tax-39414
https://theconversation.com/a-few-dodgy-private-training-colleges-shouldnt-taint-the-rest-38645
Research students
| PhD area | Peer and network effects in adolescent substance use |
| Name | John Moriarty |
| Years of study | 2009-2012 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| PhD area | Health Economic Evaluation Of Alternatives To Current Surveillance In Colorectal Adenoma At Risk Of Colorectal Cancer |
| Name | Ethna McFerran |
| Years of study | 2014-2018 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| PhD area | Joblessness, Religion and Economic Opportunity in Northern Ireland |
| Name | Neil Rowland |
| Years of study | 2015-2019 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| PhD area | Understanding work disability in Northern Ireland |
| Name | Anne Devlin |
| Years of study | 2016-2020 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| PhD area | The Economics of Waiting Lists |
| Name | Ursula Smyth (part-time) |
| Years of study | 2006-2014 |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| PhD area | Understanding Mental ill Health |
| Name | Chandril Ghosh |
| Years of study | 2018-2021 |
| Country | India |