Prof Donal O'Neill

    Economics

    Professor

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    Biography

    Donal O’Neill is a Professor of Economics at Maynooth University, a Research Fellow at the IZA Institute for the Study of Labor, Bonn and past President of of the Irish Economic Association. He obtained his Ph.D from the University of Iowa in 1993 and in 2000 was awarded the Barrington Medal for Economics in recognition of his contribution to research in the Social Sciences in Ireland. He has published articles examining the impact of labour market reform on unemployment, the determinants of inequality across countries, the gender and racial wage gap, missing data and measurement error, single-sex education and intergenerational mobility. His research has been published in leading international economics and statistics journals including the American Statistician, the European Journal of Health Economics, Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Inequality, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Labor Economics, Labour Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, the Economics of Education Review and the IZA Journal of Labor Economics. He has also been involved in numerous research projects for government departments in Ireland. From 2015-2018 he served as labour market expert on the inaugural Low Pay Commission of Ireland, a statutory body whose principal function is, on an annual basis, to examine and make recommendations to government on the appropriate level of the national minimum wage and related matters. He is currently a member of the Labour Market Advisory Council evaluation subgroup.  

    Research Interests

    My research interests include Labour Economics, Health Economics and Econometrics. My publications cover areas including inequality, poverty, minimum wage, race and gender wage gaps, unemployment benefit reform, obesity, single sex schooling, measurement error and missing data. 


    Research Projects

    Title Role Description Start date End date Amount
    Research on the introduction of a Living Wage PI The Low Pay Commission is seeking to extend its knowledge base on issues relating to the living wage and to extend the scope of the research and evidence base that informs their decisions and observations. 25/06/2021 24/11/2021 24852

    Book

    Year Publication
    2002 B.Nolan , D.O'Neill, and J.Williams (2002) The Impact of the Minimum Wage on Irish Firms: ESRI Policy Research Series, Number 44. : ESRI.
    2000 D. O’Neill, A. Barrett, T.Callan, A.Doris, H.Russell, O.Sweetman and J.McBride (2000) How Unequal Male-Female Wages Differences in Ireland: ESRI General Research Series. : Oak Tree Press.

    Peer Reviewed Journal

    Year Publication
    2021 Mansoor K.; O'Neill D. (2021) 'Minimum wage compliance and household welfare: An analysis of over 1500 minimum wages in India'. World Development, 147 . [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2020 Aedín Doris, Donal O'Neill, Olive Sweetman (2020) 'Does Reducing Unemployment Benefits During a Recession Reduce Youth Unemployment? Evidence from a 50% Cut in Unemployment Assistance'. Journal of Human Resources, 55 (3):902-925. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2020 Aedín Doris; Donal O'Neill; Olive Sweetman (2020) 'How Important are Firms in Explaining Wage Changes During a Recession?'. Economica, 87 (345):282-298. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2019 O’Neill D. (2019) 'A new competing risks decomposition: application to the effect of cutting unemployment benefit on unemployment durations'. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics, 68 (3):793-807. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2017 Holton N.; O’Neill D. (2017) 'The changing nature of Irish wage inequality from boom to bust'. Economic And Social Review, 48 (1):1-26. [Full-Text]
    2017 Hickey G.; McGilloway S.; Hyland L.; Leckey Y.; Kelly P.; Bywater T.; Comiskey C.; Lodge A.; Donnelly M.; O’Neill D. (2017) 'Exploring the effects of a universal classroom management training programme on teacher and child behaviour: A group randomised controlled trial and cost analysis'. Journal of Early Childhood Research, 15 (2):174-194. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2016 Donal O'Neill and Olive Sweetman (2016) 'Bounding obesity rates in the presence of self-reporting errors'. Empirical Economics, 50 (3):857-871. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-015-0958- [Full-Text]
    2015 O'Neill, D (2015) 'Measuring obesity in the absence of a gold standard'. ECONOMICS AND HUMAN BIOLOGY, 17 :116-128. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2015 Aedin Doris, Donal O'Neill, Olive Sweetman (2015) 'Wage Flexibility and the Great Recession: the response of the Irish Labour Market'. IZA JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN LABOR STUDIES, 4:18 . [Full-Text]
    2015 O'Neill, D (2015) 'Divided opinion on the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013: Random or systematic differences?'. Economics Letters, 136 :175-178. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2014 McGilloway, S; NiMhaille, G; Bywater, T; Leckey, Y; Kelly, P; Furlong, M; Comiskey, C; O'Neill, D; Donnelly, M (2014) 'Reducing child conduct disordered behaviour and improving parent mental health in disadvantaged families: a 12-month follow-up and cost analysis of a parenting intervention'. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 23 :783-794. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2013 O’Neill D.; Sweetman O. (2013) 'The consequences of measurement error when estimating the impact of obesity on income'. THE IZA JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS, 2 (1). [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2013 Doris, A; O'Neill, D; Sweetman, O (2013) 'Identification of the covariance structure of earnings using the GMM estimator'. Journal of Economic Inequality, 11 :343-372. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2013 O'Neill, D; Conniffe, D (2013) 'An alternative explanation for the variation in reported estimates of risk aversion'. Risk, 15 :91-102. [Full-Text]
    2013 Doris, A; O'Neill, D; Sweetman, O (2013) 'Gender, single-sex schooling and maths achievement'. Economics of Education Review, 35 :104-119. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2013 O'Neill, D; McGilloway, S; Donnelly, M; Bywater, T; Kelly, P (2013) 'A cost-effectiveness analysis of the Incredible Years parenting programme in reducing childhood health inequalities'. European Journal of Health Economics, 14 :85-94. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2012 Keogh, S; O'Neill, D (2012) 'A Statistical Analysis of the Fairness of Alternative Handicapping Systems in Ten-Pin Bowling'. American Statistician, 66 :209-213. https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2012.726933 [Full-Text]
    2011 Doris, A; O'Neill, D; Sweetman, O (2011) 'GMM estimation of the covariance structure of longitudinal data on earnings'. Stata Journal, 11 :439-459. [Full-Text]
    2008 O'Neill, D; Van Kerm, P (2008) 'An integrated framework for analysing income convergence'. Manchester School, 76 :1-20. [Full-Text]
    2008 O'Neill, D (2008) 'The implications of growth regressions for equality of opportunity'. Oxford Economic Papers-New Series, 60 :731-742. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2007 O'Neill D.; Sweetman O.; Van de gaer D. (2007) 'The effects of measurement error and omitted variables when using transition matrices to measure intergenerational mobility'. Journal of Economic Inequality, 5 (2):159-178. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2006 O'Neill, D; Olive, S; Van De Gaer, D (2006) 'The impact of cognitive skills on the distribution of the black-white wage gap'. Labour Economics, 13 :343-356. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2006 O'Neill D.; Nolan B.; Williams J. (2006) 'Evaluating the introduction of a national minimum wage: Evidence from a new survey of firms in Ireland'. Labour - Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini, 20 (1):63-90. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2002 Dolton, P; O'Neill, D (2002) 'The long-run effects of unemployment monitoring and work-search programs: Experimental evidence from the United Kingdom'. Journal of Labor Economics, 20 :381-403. [Full-Text]
    2001 D. O'Neill and O.Sweetman (2001) 'Inequality in Ireland 1987-1994: A Comparison using Measures of Income and Consumption'. Journal of Income Distribution, 10 :23-39. [Full-Text]
    2000 D.O'Neill (2000) 'Evaluation of Labour Market Interventions'. Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, XXIX :177-214. [Full-Text]
    2000 O'Neill, D; Sweetman, O; Van de gaer, D (2000) 'Equality of opportunity and kernel density estimation: An application to intergenerational mobility'. Advances In Econometrics, Vol 14, 14 :259-274. [Full-Text]
    1998 O'Neill, D; Sweetman, O (1998) 'Intergenerational mobility in Britain: Evidence from unemployment patterns'. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 60 :431-447. [Full-Text]
    1996 P.Dolton and D. O'Neill (1996) 'Unemployment Duration and the Restart Effect: Some Experimental Evidence'. Economic Journal, CVI :387-400. [Full-Text]
    1996 D.O'Neill, P.Dolton and O.Sweetman (1996) 'Gender Differences in the Changing Labour Market : The Role of Legislation and Inequality in Changing the Wage Gap for Qualified Workers'. Journal of Human Resources, 31 :549-566. [Full-Text]
    1996 P.Dolton and D. O'Neill (1996) 'The Restart Effect and the Return to Full-Time Stable Employment'. JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY A, CLIX :275-288. [Full-Text]
    1995 DOLTON, P; ONEILL, D (1995) 'THE IMPACT OF RESTART ON RESERVATION WAGES AND LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT'. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 57 :451-451. [Full-Text]
    1995 ONEILL, D (1995) 'EDUCATION AND INCOME GROWTH - IMPLICATIONS FOR CROSS-COUNTRY INEQUALITY'. Journal of Political Economy, 103 :1289-1301. [Full-Text]
    1990 G.Boyle and D.O'Neill (1990) 'The generation of output supply and input demand elasticities for a Johansen-type model of the Irish agricultural sector'. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 17 :387-405. [Full-Text]

    Book Chapter

    Year Publication
    2011 Conniffe, D; O'Neill, D (2011) 'EFFICIENT PROBIT ESTIMATION WITH PARTIALLY MISSING COVARIATES' In: MISSING DATA METHODS: CROSS-SECTIONAL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS. BINGLEY : EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD. [DOI] [Full-Text]
    2004 D.O'Neill (2004) 'Low Pay and the Minimum Wage in Ireland' In: D. Meulders, R. Plasman and F. Rycx(Eds.). Minimum Wages, Low Pay and Unemployment. : Palgrave Macmillan Publishers.
    2000 D.O'Neill, O.Sweetman and D. Van de gaer (2000) 'Equality of Opportunity and Kernel Density Estimation: An application to Intergenerational Mobility' In: T. Fomby and R.C. Hill(Eds.). Advances in Econometrics, Vol. 14. : JAI Press. [Full-Text]
    2000 O’Neill, D and O. Sweetman, O. (2000) 'Earnings Inequality and the Distribution of Gender Wage Differences,  1987-1994' In: How Unequal? Men and Women in the Irish Labour Market. ESRI General  Research Series. Dublin : Oaktree Press.
    1999 D.O'Neill and O.Sweetman (1999) 'Female Labour Force Participation and Household Income Inequality in Ireland' In: Brian Nolan(Eds.). The Distribution of Income in Ireland. Dublin : Oak Tree Press/Combat Poverty Agency.
    1999 D.O'Neill, B.Nolan and J.Williams (1999) 'The impact of A Minimum Wage in Ireland: Learning from a New Survey of Irish Firms' In: The Impact of the Minimum Wage in Ireland. : Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.
    1998 Boyle, G. T. McCarthy and D.O’Neill (1998) 'The Impact of Minimum Wages on Employment' In: Report of the National Minimum Wage Commission. Dublin : The Stationary Office.

    Published Report

    Year Publication
    2018 Low Pay Commission of Ireland (2018) Recommendation for the National Minimum Wage. LPC, . [Link]
    2012 McGilloway, S; Ni Mhaille, G; Furlong, M; Hyland, L; Leckey, Y; Kelly, P; Bywater, T; Comiskey, C; Lodge, A; O’ Neill, D; Donnelly, M. (2012) ‘Long-term outcomes of the Incredible Years Parent and Teacher Classroom Management training programmes (Combined 12-month Report). Archways, .
    2012 McGilloway, S; Ni Mhaille, G; Furlong, M; Hyland, L; Leckey, Y; Kelly, P; Bywater, T; Comiskey, C; Lodge, A; O’ Neill, D; Donnelly, M. (2012) Long-term outcomes of the Incredible Years Parent and Teacher Classroom Management training programmes (Combined 12-month Report). Archways, .
    2009 McGilloway, S; Ni Mhaille, G; Bywater, T; Furlong, M; O’Neill, D; Comiskey, C; Donnelly, M. (2009) Proving the power of positive parenting: A randomised controlled trial to investigate the effectiveness of the Incredible Years BASIC Parenting program in an Irish context (Short-term outcomes). Archways, .
    2017 Low Pay Commission of Ireland (2017) Recommendations for the National Minimum Wage. Government of Ireland, . [Link] [Full-Text]
    1999 Nolan, B., G. Boyle, T. Callan, A. Doris, I. Kearney, J. Fitzgerald, S. Machin, D. O’Neill, J. Walsh, J. Williams, B. McCormick and D. Smyth (1999) The Impact of the minimum wage in Ireland. Report for the InterDepartmental Group on the implementation of a national minimum wage. Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, .
    2017 Low Pay Commission of Ireland (2017) REPORT ON THE SUB-MINIMA RATES OF THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE. Government of Ireland, . [Link] [Full-Text]
    2017 Low Pay Commission of Ireland (2017) REPORT ON THE ALLOWANCES PROVIDED FOR BOARD & LODGINGS UNDER THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE. Government of Ireland, . [Link] [Full-Text]
    2016 Low Pay Commission of Ireland (2016) The preponderance of women on the National Minimum Wage. Government of Ireland, . [Link]
    2016 Low Pay Commission of Ireland (2016) Recommendations for the National Minimum Wage. Government of Ireland, . [Link] [Full-Text]
    2016 Low Pay Commission of Ireland (2016) REPORT ON THE SUB-MINIMA RATES OF THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE (Part 1). Government of Ireland, . [Link]
    2015 Low Pay Commission of Ireland (2015) Recommendations for the National Minimum Wage. Government of Ireland, . [Link] [Full-Text]

    Technical Publication

    Year Publication
    2009 McGilloway, S., Bywater, T., Ní Mháille, G, Furlong, M., O'Neill, D., Comiskey, C., Leckey, Y., Kelly, P. and Donnelly, M. (2009) Proving the power of positive parenting: a Randomised Control Trial to investigate the effectiveness of the Incredible Years Basic Parent training programme in an Irish context (short-term outcomes). [Technical Publication] [Full-Text]

    Conference Contribution

    Year Publication
    2021 Donal O'Neill (2021) Minimum Wage Compliance and Household Welfare: An analysis of over 1500 Minimum Wages in India IEA Annual meeting Dublin, 07/05/2021-. [Full-Text]
    2018 Donal O'Neill (2018) Unemployment Benefits in Ireland Maynooth University Social Science Institute (MUSSI) Societal Challenges Research Day Maynooth, 18/04/2018-.
    2017 Donal O'Neill (2017) Does Reducing Unemployment Benefits During a Recession Reduce Unemployment? Evidence from a 50% cut in Unemployment Assistance What Works: Review of Current Labour Market Evaluation Evidence: UCD Geary-Labour Market Council Joint Conference Dublin Castle, 06/02/2017-.
    2017 Donal O'Neill (2017) NERI 5th Labour Market Conference Annual Labour Market Coference maynooth, .
    2017 Donal O'Neill (2017) Does Reducing Unemployment Benefits During a Recession Reduce Unemployment? Evidence from a 50% cut in Unemployment Assistance Irish Economic Association Annual Conference Dublin, 05/05/2017-.
    2017 Donal O'Neill (2017) Does Reducing Unemployment Benefits During a Recession Reduce Unemployment? Evidence from a 50% cut in Unemployment Assistance 3th IZA Workshop: Labour Market Policy Evaluation Bonn, Germany, 05/10/2017-06/10/2017.
    2017 Donal O'Neill (2017) “Does Reducing Unemployment Benefits During a Recession Reduce Unemployment? Evidence from a 50% cut in Unemployment Assistance.” European Society of Population Economics Annual Conference Glasgow, Scotland, 15/06/2017-.
    2017 Donal O'Neill (2017) Does Reducing Unemployment Benefits During a Recession Reduce Unemployment? Evidence from a 50% cut in Unemployment Assistance 5th NERI Annual Labour Market Conference Maynooth, 12/05/2017-.
    2015 D. O'Neill (2015) “Correcting for Self-Reporting Bias in BMI: A Multiple(Over)Imputation Approach NUI Maynooth Maynooth, .
    2015 D.O'Neill (2015) “Divided Opinion on the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013: Random or Systematic Differences? Irish Economic Association Dublin, 07/05/2015-.
    2015 D. O'Neill (2015) Divided Opinion on the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013: Random or Systematic Differences?” Irish Economic Association Annual Conference Dublin, .
    2015 D. O'Neill (2015) Irish Labour Market Central Bank of Ireland Dublin, .
    2015 D. O'Neill (2015) Why Economists’ Opinions Differ? ?” Economics Alive, PDST Annual Conference Athlone, .
    2015 D. O'Neill (2015) Divided Opinion on the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013: Random or Systematic Differences?” NUI Maynooth Maynooth, .
    2014 "Estimating Obesity in the Absence of a Gold Standard,” (2014) Intertnational Health Economics Association Annual Conference IHEA Dublin, .
    2014 D. O'Neill (2014) “Estimating Obesity in the Absence of a Gold Standard,” NUI Maynooth Maynooth, .
    2014 D. O'Neill (2014) “Estimating Obesity in the Absence of a Gold Standard,” Irish Economic Association Annual Conference Limerick, .
    2013 D. O'Neill (2013) “The Consequences of Measurement Error when Estimating the Impact of BMI on Labour Market Outcomes,” Irish Economic Association Maynooth, .
    2012 D. O'Neill (2012) The Consequences of Measurement Error when Estimating the Impact of Obesity on Labour Market Outcome NUI Maynooth Maynooth, .
    2012 D. O'Neill (2012) A Statistical Analysis of 10-pin bowling scores and an Examination of the Fairness of Alternative Ha NUI Maynooth Maynooth, .
    2012 D. O'Neill (2012) “Earnings Dynamics and Volatility in Europe,” University of Wisconsin, Madison, , USA University of Wisconsin, Madison, , USA, .
    2011 D. O'Neill (2011) Efficient Probit Estimation with Partially Missing Covariates NUI Galway NUIG, .
    2010 D. O'Neill (2010) “Efficient Probit Estimation with Partially Missing Covariates,” Advances in Econometrics 9th Annual Conference Texas, Dallas, .
    2010 D. O'Neill (2010) Identification of the Covariance Structure of Earnings using the GMM Estimator Geary Institute UCD UCD, .
    2009 D. O'Neill (2009) A Cost Analysis of the Incredible Years Parenting Archways National Conference Royal Hospital Kilmainham, .
    2009 D. O'Neill (2009) Efficient Probit Estimation with Partially Missing European Econometrics Society Annual Conference Universitat de Barcelona, .
    2009 D. O'Neill (2009) Efficient Probit Estimation with Partially Missing University of Padua Padua, Italy, .
    2009 D. O'Neill (2009) A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Early Childhood Intervention Economics Dept. NUIM NUIM, .
    2009 D. O'Neill (2009) Efficient Probit Estimation with Partially Missing Economics Department UCD UCD, .
    2008 D. O'Neill (2008) Does Growth Affect the Nature of Inequality? Ireland 1994-2001 CEPS/INSTEAD Differdange, Luxembourg, .
    2008 D. O'Neill (2008) An Efficient Estimator for Dealing with Missing Data on Explanatory Variables in a Probit Model Economics Dept., NUIM NUIM, .
    2005 D.O'Neill (2005) An Integrated Framework for Analysing Income Convergence Across Countries,” International Conference in Memeory of two Eminent Social Scientists@ C. Gini and M. Lorenz University of Siena, .
    2004 D. O'Neill (2004) An Empirical Note on the Relationship between Unemployment and Risk-Aversion Economics Dept. NUIM NUIM, .
    2004 D. O'Neill (2004) An Empirical Note on the Relationship between Unemployment and Risk-Aversion Applied Microeconomics Workshop, Queens University Belfast Queens University Belfast, .
    2004 D. O'Neill (2004) A New Approach for Analysing Income Convergence Across Countries Royal Economic Society Annual Conference Swansea, Wales, .
    2003 D.O'Neill (2003) “The Consequences of Specification Error for Distributional Analysis with an Application to Intergenerational Mobility,” Tinbergen Institute Applied Microeconomics Seminar Amsterdam, .
    2003 D. O'Neill (2003) The Impact of Cognitive Skills on the Black-White Wage Gap HEA Review of NIRSA NUIM, .
    2003 D. O'Neill (2003) A New Approach for Analysing Income Convergence Across Countries Economics Dept. NUIM NUIM, .
    2003 D.O'Neill (2003) A New Approach for Analysing Income Convergence Across Countries,” Dublin Economics Workshop, Trinity Trinity College, .
    2002 D.O'Neill (2002) “Evaluating the Impact of a National Minimum Wage: Evidence from a New Survey of Firms,” Applied Econometrics Annual Association Conference Brussels, .
    2002 D.O'Neill (2002) “Evaluating the Impact of a National Minimum Wage: Evidence from a New Survey of Firms,” RES Annual Conference Swansea, .
    2002 D. O'Neill (2002) Evaluating the Impact of a National Minimum Wage: Evidence from a New Survey of Firms Royal Economics Society Annual Conference University of Warwick, UK, .
    2002 D. O'Neill (2002) Evaluating the Impact of a National Minimum Wage: Evidence from a New Survey of Firms Irish Economic Association Conference Mullingar, .
    2002 D. O'Neill (2002) The Consequences of Specification Error for Distributional Analysis with an Application to Intergene Queens University Belfast Belfast, .
    2002 D.O'Neill (2002) The Consequences of Specification Error for Distributional Analysis with an Application to Intergenerational Mobility Aberdeen Applied Econometrics Workshop Aberdeen, .
    2002 D. O'Neill (2002) The Impact of Cognitive Skills on the Black-White Wage Gap ESRI, Dublin Dublin, .
    2002 D. O'Neill (2002) Evaluating the Impact of a National Minimum Wage: Evidence from a New Survey of Firms Economics Dept, NUIM NUIM, .
    2001 D. O'Neill (2001) Estimation of Counterfactual Densities: An Application to black-white wage differences in the U.S University College Cork Cork, .
    2001 D. O'Neill (2001) Evaluating the Impact of a National Minimum Wage: Evidence from a New Survey of Firms Summer Econometric Society Meetings university of Marlyland, USA, .
    2000 D. O'Neill (2000) Estimation of Counterfactual Densities: An Application to black-white wage differences in the U.S,” European Society of Population Economics annual conference Bonn, .

    Working Paper

    Year Publication
    2017 Aedín Doris, Donal O'Neill & Olive Sweetman (2017) Does Reducing Unemployment Benefits During a Recession Reduce Youth Unemployment? Evidence from a 50% Cut in Unemployment Assistance. Bonn: [Working Paper] [Link] [Full-Text]
    2012 Professor Donal O'Neill Aedin Doris Olive Sweetman (2012) Wage Flexibility and the Great Recession: The Response of the Irish Labour Market. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2008 Conniffe, D. and O'Neill, D. (2008) An Efficient Estimator for Dealing with Missing Data on Explanatory Variables in a Probit Choice Model. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2017 Donal O'Neill (2017) A Competing Risks Decomposition for Average Duration Effects. Maynooth University: [Working Paper] [Link]
    2016 Aedín Doris, Donal O'Neill & Olive Sweetman (2016) Wage changes in the Irish Labour Market: Within and Between Firm Effects. [Working Paper] [Link]
    2014 Professor Donal O'Neill (2014) Divided Opinion on the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013: Random or systematic differences?. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2012 Donal O'Neill and Olive Sweetman (2012) The Consequences of Measurement Error when Estimating the Impact of BMI on Labour Market Outcomes. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2012 Donal O'Neill and Denis Conniffe (2012) An alternative Explanation for Variation in Reported Estimates of Risk-Aversion. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2011 O'Neill, Professor Donal and Sarh Keogh (2011) A Statistical Analysis of 10-pin bowling scores and an Examination of the Fairness of Alternative Handicapping systems. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2010 O'Neill, Donal, Doris, Aedin and Sweetman, Olive (2010) Identification of the Covariance Structure of Earnings using the GMM Estimator. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2009 O'Neill, D. (2009) A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Early Childhood Intervention: Evidence from a Randomised Evaluation of a Parenting Programme. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2005 O'Neill, D. (2005) The Welfare Implications of Growth Regressions. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2004 O'Neill, D. (2004) The Consequences of Non-Classical Measurement Error for Distributional Analysis. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2004 Diaz-Serrano, L. and O'Neill, D.(2004) (2004) An Empirical Note on the Relationship between Unemployment and Risk-Aversion. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2003 O'Neill, D. and Van Kerm, P. (2003) A New Approach for Analysing Income Convergence across Countries. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
    2001 O'Neill, D., Sweetman, O. and Van de gear, D. (2001) Consequences of Specification Error for Distributional Analysis with an Application to Intergenerational Mobility. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
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    Honors and Awards

    Date Title Awarding Body
    01/01/2000 Barrington Prize
    01/01/2007 Research Fellow IZA Bonn IZA Bonn
    01/01/2012 Vice President Irish Economic Association
    01/01/2014 President Irish Economic Association

    Teaching Interests

    Labour Economics,  Econometrics and Economics of Crime.

    Awarded Maynooth University Teaching and Learning Fellowship 2022-23 (with O.Sweetman, I.Mosca and A.Doris) for "Pod learning: Using student-created podcasts for Assessment and Feedback in Undergraduate Teaching"

    Awarded Maynooth University Teaching and Learning Fellowship 2019-20 (with F.Rousseau, B.McNally and A.Casey) for "Evaluating the use of eLearning for undergraduate and executive teaching at Maynooth University"

    Recent Students

    Graduation date Name Degree
    2014 Paul Redmond PhD
    2011 Adele Bergin PhD
    2013 Declan Sheridan MLitt
    2011 Mosito Ntema MLitt
    2007 Brenda Gannon PhD