IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/e/pmc86.html
   My authors  Follow this author

Duncan McVicar

Personal Details

First Name:Duncan
Middle Name:
Last Name:McVicar
Suffix:
RePEc Short-ID:pmc86
[This author has chosen not to make the email address public]

Affiliation

(95%) Management School
Queen's University

Belfast, United Kingdom
http://www.qub.ac.uk/mgt/
RePEc:edi:dequbuk (more details at EDIRC)

(5%) Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany
http://www.iza.org/
RePEc:edi:izaaade (more details at EDIRC)

Research output

as
Jump to: Working papers Articles

Working papers

  1. Rowland, Neil & McVicar, Duncan & Vlachos, Stavros & Jahanshahi, Babak & McGovern, Mark E. & O’Reilly, Dermot, 2024. "Long-term Exposure to Ambient PM2.5 and Population Health: Evidence from Longitudinally-linked Census Data," QBS Working Paper Series 2024/01, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's Business School.
  2. Jahanshahi, Babak & Johnston, Brian & McVicar, Duncan & McGovern, Mark E. & O’Reilly, Dermot & Rowland, Neil & Vlachos, Stavros, 2022. "Prenatal Exposure to PM2.5 and Infant Birth Outcomes: Evidence from a Population-Wide Database," IZA Discussion Papers 15464, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  3. Farina, Egidio & Green, Colin P. & McVicar, Duncan, 2020. "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 13548, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  4. Farina, Egidio & Green, Colin P. & McVicar, Duncan, 2020. "Is Precarious Employment Bad for Worker Health? The Case of Zero Hours Contracts in the UK," IZA Discussion Papers 13116, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  5. Farina, Egidio & Green, Colin P. & McVicar, Duncan, 2019. "Zero Hours Contracts and Their Growth," IZA Discussion Papers 12291, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  6. Rowland, Neil & McVicar, Duncan & Shuttleworth, Ian, 2018. "The Evolution of Catholic-Protestant Labour Market Inequality in Northern Ireland, 1983-2014," IZA Discussion Papers 11633, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  7. McVicar, Duncan & Park, Andrew & McGuinness, Seamus, 2018. "Exploiting the Irish Border to Estimate Minimum Wage Impacts in Northern Ireland," IZA Discussion Papers 11585, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  8. McVicar, Duncan & Wooden, Mark & Fok, Yin King, 2017. "Contingent Employment and Labour Market Pathways: Bridge or Trap?," IZA Discussion Papers 10768, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  9. Jones, Melanie K. & McVicar, Duncan, 2017. "The Dynamics of Disability and Benefit Receipt in Britain," IZA Discussion Papers 11186, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  10. Duncan McVicar & Julie Moschion & Chris Ryan, 2016. "Achievement Effects from New Peers: Who Matters to Whom?," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2016n17, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  11. Barbara Broadway & Guyonne Kalb & Duncan McVicar & Bill Martin, 2016. "The Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Labour Supply and Employment Outcomes," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2016n09, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  12. Barbara Broadway & Duncan McVicar, 2015. "Reducing the Generosity and Increasing the Conditionality of Disability Benefits: Turning the Supertanker or Squeezing the Balloon?," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2015n11, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  13. Duncan McVicar & Cain Polidano, 2015. "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," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2015n06, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  14. Deborah A. Cobb-Clark & Sonja C. Kassenboehmer & Trinh Le & Duncan McVicar & Rong Zhang, 2013. ""High"-School: The Relationship between Early Marijuana Use and Educational Outcomes," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2013n38, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  15. Hielke Buddelmeyer & Duncan McVicar & Mark Wooden, 2013. "Non-Standard 'Contingent' Employment and Job Satisfaction: A Panel Data Analysis," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2013n29, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  16. Duncan McVicar & Julie Moschion & Chris Ryan, 2013. "Right Peer, Right Now? Endogenous Peer Effects and Achievement in Victorian Primary Schools," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2013n22, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  17. Deborah A. Cobb-Clark & Sonja C. Kassenboehmer & Trinh Le & Duncan McVicar & Rong Zhang, 2013. "Is There an Educational Penalty for Being Suspended from School?," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2013n36, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  18. Richard V. Burkhauser & Mary C. Daly & Duncan McVicar & Roger Wilkins, 2013. "Disability Benefit Growth and Disability Reform in the U.S.: Lessons from Other OECD Nations," Working Paper Series 2013-40, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
  19. Yin King Fok & Duncan McVicar, 2012. "Did the 2007 Welfare Reforms for Low Income Parents in Australia Increase Welfare Exits?," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2012n01, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  20. John Moriarty & Duncan McVicar & Kathryn Higgins, 2012. "Peer Effects in Adolescent Cannabis Use: It's the Friends, Stupid," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2012n27, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  21. Deborah Cobb-Clark & Barbara Hanel & Duncan McVicar, 2012. "Immigrant Wage and Employment Assimilation: A Comparison of Methods," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2012n28, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  22. Duncan McVicar, 2012. "Cross Country Estimates of Peer Effects in Adolescent Smoking Using IV and School Fixed Effects," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2012n07, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  23. Duncan McVicar & Arnold Polanski, 2012. "Peer Effects in UK Adolescent Substance Use: Never Mind the Classmates?," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2012n08, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  24. Duncan McVicar & Jan M. Podivinsky, 2010. "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 wp2010n16, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
  25. Duncan McVicar & Arnold Polanski, 2010. "Estimating Peer Influences in Teenage Substance Use when Friendship Links are Unobserved," Economics Working Papers 10-04, Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast.
  26. Martin Chalkley & Duncan McVicar, 2007. "Choice of Contracts in the British National Health Service: An Empirical Study," Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 216, Economic Studies, University of Dundee.
  27. Duncan McVicar & Michael Anyadike-Danes, 2004. "Parallel Lives: Birth, Childhood and Adolescent Influences on Career Paths," Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings 134, Econometric Society.
  28. McVicar, Duncan & Jan M Podivinsky, 2003. "Unemployment Duration Before and After New Deal," Royal Economic Society Annual Conference 2003 153, Royal Economic Society.
  29. Martin Chalkley & Duncan McVicar, 2001. "Contracts in the National Health Service: An Empirical Study," Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 124, Economic Studies, University of Dundee.
  30. McVicar, Duncan, 2000. "Are Secondary Schools In Northern Ireland Too Small? A Microeconomic Analysis Of School Size And Career Choice At Sixteen," ERSA conference papers ersa00p149, European Regional Science Association.
  31. Armstrong, David & McVicar, Duncan, 1999. "Value Added in Further Education and Vocational Training in Northern Ireland," ERSA conference papers ersa99pa375, European Regional Science Association.

Articles

  1. Egidio Farina & Colin Green & Duncan McVicar, 2024. "Zero hours contracts and self‐reported (mental) health in the UK," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 62(1), pages 50-71, March.
  2. Anne Devlin & Declan French & Duncan McVicar, 2023. "Why are Disability Rates for Older Working-Age Adults in Northern Ireland So High?," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 54(1), pages 1-28.
  3. Melanie K Jones & Duncan McVicar, 2022. "The dynamics of disability and benefit receipt in Britain [Large sample properties of matching estimators for average treatment effects]," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 74(3), pages 936-957.
  4. Egidio Farina & Colin Green & Duncan McVicar, 2021. "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, vol. 60(3), pages 370-399, July.
  5. Barbara Broadway & Duncan McVicar, 2021. "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, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 123(3), pages 848-873, July.
  6. Jones, Melanie K. & McVicar, Duncan, 2020. "Estimating the impact of disability onset on employment," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 255(C).
  7. Egidio Farina & Colin Green & Duncan McVicar, 2020. "Zero Hours Contracts and Their Growth," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 58(3), pages 507-531, September.
  8. Duncan McVicar, 2020. "The impact of monitoring and sanctioning on unemployment exit and job-finding rates," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 1-49, June.
  9. Barbara Broadway & Guyonne Kalb & Duncan McVicar & Bill Martin, 2020. "The Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Labor Supply and Employment Outcomes in Australia," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(3), pages 30-65, July.
  10. Duncan McVicar & Julie Moschion & Jan C. van Ours, 2019. "Early illicit drug use and the age of onset of homelessness," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 182(1), pages 345-372, January.
  11. McVicar Duncan & Park Andrew & McGuinness Seamus, 2019. "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), vol. 8(1), pages 565-640, June.
  12. McVicar, Duncan & Moschion, Julie & Ryan, Chris, 2018. "Achievement effects from new peers: Who matters to whom?," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 66(C), pages 154-166.
  13. Duncan McVicar & Mark Wooden & Felix Leung & Ning Li, 2016. "Work-Related Training and the Probability of Transitioning from Non-Permanent to Permanent Employment," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 54(3), pages 623-646, September.
  14. Moriarty, John & McVicar, Duncan & Higgins, Kathryn, 2016. "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, Elsevier, vol. 163(C), pages 37-44.
  15. Deborah A. Cobb-Clark & Sonja C. Kassenboehmer & Trinh Le & Duncan McVicar & Rong Zhang, 2015. "Is there an educational penalty for being suspended from school?," Education Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(4), pages 376-395, August.
  16. Deborah A. Cobb-Clark & Sonja C. Kassenboehmer & Trinh Le & Duncan McVicar & Rong Zhang, 2015. "‘High’-School: The Relationship between Early Marijuana Use and Educational Outcomes," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 91(293), pages 247-266, June.
  17. Hielke Buddelmeyer & Duncan McVicar & Mark Wooden, 2015. "Non-Standard “Contingent” Employment and Job Satisfaction: A Panel Data Analysis," Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(2), pages 256-275, April.
  18. McVicar, Duncan & Moschion, Julie & van Ours, Jan C., 2015. "From substance use to homelessness or vice versa?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 136, pages 89-98.
  19. Richard Burkhauser & Mary Daly & Duncan McVicar & Roger Wilkins, 2014. "Disability benefit growth and disability reform in the US: lessons from other OECD nations," IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 3(1), pages 1-30, December.
  20. Duncan McVicar & Arnold Polanski, 2014. "Peer Effects in UK Adolescent Substance Use: Never Mind the Classmates?," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 76(4), pages 589-604, August.
  21. Yin Fok & Duncan McVicar, 2013. "Did the 2007 welfare reforms for low income parents in Australia increase welfare exits?," IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 2(1), pages 1-21, December.
  22. Duncan McVicar & Roger Wilkins, 2013. "Explaining the Growth in the Number of Recipients of the Disability Support Pension in Australia," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, vol. 46(3), pages 345-356, September.
  23. Duncan McVicar, 2013. "Local Level Incapacity Benefits Rolls in Britain: Correlates and Convergence," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(8), pages 1267-1282, September.
  24. McVicar, Duncan, 2011. "Estimates of peer effects in adolescent smoking across twenty six European Countries," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 73(8), pages 1186-1193.
  25. DUNCAN McVICAR, 2010. "Does Job Search Monitoring Intensity Affect Unemployment? Evidence from Northern Ireland," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 77(306), pages 296-313, April.
  26. Michael Anyadike-Danes & Duncan McVicar, 2010. "My Brilliant Career: Characterizing the Early Labor Market Trajectories of British Women From Generation X," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 38(3), pages 482-512, February.
  27. Duncan McVicar & Michael Anyadike-Danes, 2010. "Panel estimates of the determinants of British regional male incapacity benefits rolls 1998-2006," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(26), pages 3335-3349.
  28. Duncan McVicar & Jan M. Podivinsky, 2009. "How Well Has The New Deal For Young People Worked In The Uk Regions?," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 56(2), pages 167-195, May.
  29. McVicar, Duncan, 2008. "Job search monitoring intensity, unemployment exit and job entry: Quasi-experimental evidence from the UK," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 15(6), pages 1451-1468, December.
  30. Michael Anyadike-Danes & Duncan McVicar, 2008. "Has the Boom in Incapacity Benefit Claimant Numbers Passed Its Peak?," Fiscal Studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, vol. 29(4), pages 415-434, December.
  31. Chalkley, Martin & McVicar, Duncan, 2008. "Choice of contracts in the British National Health Service: An empirical study," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 27(5), pages 1155-1167, September.
  32. Duncan McVicar, 2008. "Why Have Uk Disability Benefit Rolls Grown So Much?," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(1), pages 114-139, February.
  33. Duncan McVicar, 2006. "Why do disability benefit rolls vary between regions? A review of the evidence from the USA and the UK," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(5), pages 519-533.
  34. Anyadike-Danes, Michael & McVicar, Duncan, 2005. "You'll never walk alone: Childhood influences and male career path clusters," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 12(4), pages 511-530, August.
  35. Duncan McVicar & Michael Anyadike‐Danes, 2002. "Predicting successful and unsuccessful transitions from school to work by using sequence methods," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 165(2), pages 317-334, June.
  36. Duncan McVicar, 2002. "Spillovers and foreign direct investment in UK manufacturing," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(5), pages 297-300.
  37. Duncan McVicar & Brian McKee, 2002. "Part–Time Work During Post–Compulsory Education And Examination Performance: Help Or Hindrance?," Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Scottish Economic Society, vol. 49(4), pages 393-406, September.
  38. McVicar, Duncan & Rice, Patricia, 2001. "Participation in Further Eduction in England and Wales: An Analysis of Post-War Trends," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 53(1), pages 47-66, January.
  39. Duncan McVicar, 2001. "School Quality and Staying-On in Northern Ireland - Resources, Peer Groups and Ethos," The Economic and Social Review, Economic and Social Studies, vol. 32(2), pages 131-151.
  40. David Armstrong & Duncan McVicar, 2000. "Value added in further education and vocational training in Northern Ireland," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(13), pages 1727-1736.
  41. Duncan Mcvicar, 2000. "Marginalized Young People and Social Inclusion Policy in Northern Ireland," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(9), pages 883-888.

More information

Research fields, statistics, top rankings, if available.

Statistics

Access and download statistics for all items

Rankings

This author is among the top 5% authors according to these criteria:
  1. Number of Journal Pages, Weighted by Number of Authors

Co-authorship network on CollEc

NEP Fields

NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 28 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (9) 2012-12-22 2013-10-02 2016-04-09 2016-05-14 2017-05-28 2018-07-30 2019-05-06 2020-04-27 2020-09-14. Author is listed
  2. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (7) 2003-06-16 2010-10-30 2012-12-22 2013-10-02 2015-06-20 2016-03-29 2018-08-27. Author is listed
  3. NEP-EDU: Education (6) 2013-07-15 2013-11-29 2013-12-15 2013-12-15 2015-03-22 2016-05-14. Author is listed
  4. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (6) 2013-07-15 2013-11-29 2013-12-15 2013-12-15 2016-05-14 2018-07-30. Author is listed
  5. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (5) 2013-11-29 2014-01-17 2020-04-27 2023-06-26 2024-02-05. Author is listed
  6. NEP-EUR: Microeconomic European Issues (4) 2018-07-30 2019-05-06 2020-09-14 2024-02-05
  7. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (3) 2015-06-20 2015-12-08 2017-05-28
  8. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (3) 2022-09-05 2023-06-26 2024-02-05
  9. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (2) 2022-09-05 2024-02-05
  10. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (2) 2015-01-19 2018-01-15
  11. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (2) 2015-12-08 2018-07-30
  12. NEP-RES: Resource Economics (2) 2022-09-05 2023-06-26
  13. NEP-DCM: Discrete Choice Models (1) 2004-10-30
  14. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2024-02-05
  15. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (1) 2018-08-27
  16. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (1) 2016-04-09
  17. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (1) 2012-12-22
  18. NEP-ORE: Operations Research (1) 2020-04-27
  19. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2018-01-15

Corrections

All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. For general information on how to correct material on RePEc, see these instructions.

To update listings or check citations waiting for approval, Duncan McVicar should log into the RePEc Author Service.

To make corrections to the bibliographic information of a particular item, find the technical contact on the abstract page of that item. There, details are also given on how to add or correct references and citations.

To link different versions of the same work, where versions have a different title, use this form. Note that if the versions have a very similar title and are in the author's profile, the links will usually be created automatically.

Please note that most corrections can take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.