Biography
Duncan McVicar is Reader in Economics at Queen's University Management School. His research interests are mainly in applied labour economics - programme evaluation, unemployment and inactivity, careers and youth transitions - although he occasionally ventures onto other ground. Recent publications include papers in or forthcoming in the following journals: Economica, Labour Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Scottish Journal of Politicl Economy, Applied Economics, Journal of Economic Surveys and Regional Studies. He has conducted externally funded research for various Government departments including for DEL on social exclusion of young people (Status 0) and on the New Deal for Young People, and for DSD on the impact of benefit reform.
2008 publications listed below plus some current working papers.
Publications
- Panel estimates of the determinants of British regional male incapacity benefits rolls 1998-2006
- Does job search monitoring intensity affect unemployment? Evidence from Northern Ireland (PDF 261 KB)
- Contracts in the National Health Service: An empirical study
- Job Search Monitoring Intensity, Unemployment Exit and Job Entry: Quasi-experimental evidence from the UK
- Why have UK disability benefit rolls grown so much?
Working Papers
- Has the IB boom passed its peak?
- How well has the New Deal for young people worked in the UK regions?
- Does the impact of Active Labor Market Programs depend on the state of the labor market? The case of the UK New Deal for Young People
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