Biography
Seán Lyons is a researcher specialising in economic history, applied economics and policy modelling. He is a Senior Research Advisor at a national regulatory authority, an occasional lecturer at TCD and an adjunct professor at UCD.
Seán has a PhD in Economics from Trinity College Dublin, an MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a BA in History from TCD.
Seán worked at the ESRI from 2007-2022, and other former posts include Partner at Indecon Economic Consultants, Senior Adviser at the ODTR (now ComReg) and Managing Consultant at London Economics.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Seán Lyons, Katie Duffy and Anne Nolan, Regulatory impact of possible radon prevention measures in new build homes in Ireland, ESRI Research Series Report 162, ESRI, July, 2023
Lyons, Seán, Mao, Likun, Nolan, Anne, O'Sullivan, Vincent, The effect of "smoky" coal bans on chronic lung disease among older people in Ireland, Economics & Human Biology, 50, 2023, p101275
Mohan, Gretta, Lyons, Seán, The association between E. coli exceedances in drinking water supplies and healthcare utilisation of older people, PLOS ONE, 17, (9), 2022, pe0273870
Walsh B., Smith S., Wren M.-A., Eighan J., Lyons S., The impact of inpatient bed capacity on length of stay, European Journal of Health Economics, 23, (3), 2022, p499 - 510
Griffin M., Lyons S., Mohan G., Joseph M., Domhnaill C.M., Evans J., Intra-operator mobile plan switching: Evidence from linked survey and billing microdata, Telecommunications Policy, 46, (7), 2022
Mohan, Gretta, Lyons, Seán, High-speed broadband availability, Internet activity among older people, quality of life and loneliness, New Media & Society, 2022, p146144482210952
Mac Domhnaill, Ciarán, Douglas, Owen, Lyons, Seán, Murphy, Enda, Nolan, Anne, Road traffic noise, quality of life, and mental distress among older adults: evidence from Ireland, Cities & Health, 6, (3), 2022, p564-574
Barlow, Peter, Mohan, Gretta, Nolan, Anne, Lyons, Seán, Area-level deprivation and geographic factors influencing utilisation of general practitioner services, SSM - Population Health, 2021, p100870
Walsh, B. and Lyons, S., Demand for the statutory home support scheme, ESRI Research Series, 122, Dublin, March, 2021
Brick, A., Walsh, B., Keegan, C. and Lyons, S., COVID-19 and emergency department attendances in Irish public hospitals, ESRI Quarterly Economic Commentary, 2020
Ahrens A., FitzGerald J., Lyons S., Commuting across the Irish border, Economics Letters, 190, 2020
Walsh, Brendan and Lyons, Sean and Smith, Samantha and Wren, Maev-Ann and Eighan, James and Morgenroth, Edgar, Does formal home care reduce inpatient length of stay?, Health Economics, 29, (12), 2020, p1620-1636
Philip Carthy, Peter D. Lunn, Sean Lyons, Demographic variation in active consumer behaviour: On-line search for retail broadband services, Heliyon, 6, (7), 2020, pe04478
Carthy, P., O'Domhnaill, A., O'Mahony. M., Broderick, B.M., Hennessy, M., Donnelly, A., Naughton, O. and Lyons, S, Local NO2 concentrations and asthma among over-50s in Ireland: a microdata analysis, International Journal of Epidemiology , 49, (6), 2020, p1899 - 1908
Philip Carthy, Sean Lyons, Anne Nolan, Characterising urban green space density and footpath-accessibility in models of BMI, BMC Public Health, 20, 2020
Nolan, A., Mac Domhnaill, C. and Lyons, S., The citizens in citizen science: characteristics of biodiversity recorders in Ireland, Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 5, (1), 2020
Ahrens A., Lyons S., Do rising rents lead to longer commutes? A gravity model of commuting flows in Ireland, Urban Studies, 2020
Lunn P.D., Lyons S., Murphy M., Predicting farms' noncompliance with regulations on nitrate pollution, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2020
Dempsey, Seraphim, Lyons, Seán, McCoy, Selina, Early mobile phone ownership: influencing the wellbeing of girls and boys in Ireland?, Journal of Children and Media, 2020, p1-18
Ahrens A., Lyons S., Changes in land cover and urban sprawl in Ireland from a comparative perspective over 1990-2012, Land, 8, (1), 2019
Haller S.A., Lyons S., Effects of broadband availability on total factor productivity in service sector firms: Evidence from Ireland, Telecommunications Policy, 43, (1), 2019, p11 - 22
Gretta Mohan, Anne Nolan, Seán Lyons, An investigation of the effect of accessibility to General Practitioner services on healthcare utilisation among older people, Social Science & Medicine, 220, 2019, p254--263
Harold, Jason, Cullinan, John, Lyons, Seán, Consumer switching in European retail markets, Oxford Economic Papers, 2019
Carthy P., Lyons S., Is employment growth affected by the introduction of broadband services? Evidence from firms in Ireland, Economics and Business Letters, 8, (1), 2019, p41 - 52, p41-52
Dempsey S., Lyons S., McCoy S., Later is better: mobile phone ownership and child academic development, evidence from a longitudinal study, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2018
Bryan Coyne, Sean Lyons and Daire McCoy, The effects of home energy efficiency upgrades on social housing tenants: evidence from Ireland, Energy Efficiency, 11, (8), 2018, p2077 - 2100
Peter D. Lunn and Sean Lyons, Consumer switching intentions for telecoms services: evidence from Ireland, Heliyon, 5, 2018
Dempsey S, Lyons S, Nolan A, Authors' reply to 'comments on high radon areas and lung cancer prevalence: evidence from Ireland'., Journal of environmental radioactivity, 2018
Daire McCoy, Sean Lyons, Edgar Morgenroth, Donal Palcic, Leonie Allen, The impact of broadband and other infrastructure on the location of new business establishments, Journal of Regional Science, 58, (3), 2018, p509 - 534
Dempsey S, Lyons S, Nolan A., Urban green space and obesity in older adults: Evidence from Ireland., SSM - population health, 4, 2018, p206-215
Petra Gerlach-Kristen, Seán Lyons, Determinants of mortgage arrears in Europe: evidence from household microdata, International Journal of Housing Policy, 18, (4), 2018, p545--567
Sean Kennedy, Sean Lyons, Edgar L.W. Morgenroth, Keith Walsh, Assessing the Level of Cross-Border Fuel Tourism, Irish Journal of Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability , 1, (2), 2018, p4 - 22
Dempsey S, Devine MT, Gillespie T, Lyons S, Nolan A., Coastal blue space and depression in older adults., Health & place, 54, 2018, p110-117
Jason Harold, John Cullinan and Sean Lyons, Heterogeneity and persistence in the effect of demand side management stimuli on residential gas consumption, Energy Economics, 73, 2018, p135 - 145
Seraphim Dempsey, Seán Lyons, Anne Nolan, High Radon Areas and lung cancer prevalence: Evidence from Ireland, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 182, 2018, p12 - 19
Daire McCoy, Seán Lyons , Unintended Outcomes of Electricity Smart-metering: trading-off consumption and investment behaviour, Energy Efficiency, 10, (2), 2017, p299 - 318
Farrell, N., Devine, M.T., Lee, W.T., Gleeson, J.P., Lyons, S., Specifying an efficient renewable energy feed-in tariff, Energy Journal, 38, (2), 2017, p53-75
J. Harold, J. Cullinan, S. Lyons, The income elasticity of household energy demand: a quantile regression analysis, Applied Economics, 2017, p5570 - 5578
Sarah Stanley, Ronan C. Lyons, Sean Lyons, The Price Effect of Building Energy Ratings in the Dublin Residential Market, Energy Efficiency, 9, (4), 2016, p875 - 885
Carroll, J., Denny, E., Lyons, S., The Effects of Energy Cost Labelling on Appliance Purchasing Decisions: Trial Results from Ireland, Journal of Consumer Policy, 39, (1), 2016, p23-40
Seán Lyons, Bryan Coyne, The price of broadband quality: tracking the changing valuation of service characteristics, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 6, 2016, p516 - 532
Niall Farrell, Seán Lyons, Equity impacts of energy and climate policy: who is shouldering the burden?, WIREs Energy and Environment, 5, (5), 2016, p492 - 509
McCoy, S., Lyons, S., Coyne, B. and Darmody, M., Teaching and Learning in Second-Level Schools at the Advent of High-Speed Broadband, ESRI Research Series, 51, Dublin, May, 2016
Cullinan John; Lyons, Sean; Nolan, Brian, The Economics of Disability: Insights from Irish Research, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2015
Sarah Stanley, Ronan C Lyons, Sean Lyons, The price effect of building energy ratings in the Dublin residential market, Energy Efficiency, 2015
Coyne, B., Devitt, N., Lyons, S., McCoy, S., Perceived benefits and barriers to the use of high-speed broadband in Ireland's second-level schools, Irish Educational Studies, 34, (4), 2015, p355-378
Stefanie Haller, Sean Lyons, Broadband adoption and firm productivity: evidence from Irish manufacturing firms, Telecommunications Policy, 39, (1), 2015, p1 - 13
Haller, S.A., Lyons, S., Broadband adoption and firm productivity: Evidence from Irish manufacturing firms, Telecommunications Policy, 39, (1), 2015, p1-13
Harold, J., Lyons, S., Cullinan, J., The determinants of residential gas demand in Ireland, Energy Economics, 51, 2015, p475-483
Hyland, M., Layte, R., Lyons, S., McCoy, S., Silles, M., Are classroom internet use and academic performance higher after government broadband subsidies to primary schools?, Economic and Social Review, 46, (3), 2015, p399-428
Watson, Dorothy, Banks, Joanne and Lyons, Seán , Educational and Employment Experiences of People with a Disability in Ireland: An Analysis of the National Disability Survey, ESRI Research Series, 41, Dublin, ESRI, July, 2015, p1 - 99
Niall Farrell, Sean Lyons, Who should pay for renewable energy? Comparing the household impacts of different policy mechanisms in Ireland, Energy Research and Social Sciences, 7, 2015, p31 - 42
Lyons, S., Proceedings of the statistical and social inquiry of ireland one hundred and Sixty-Seventh session: 2013/2014, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 43, 2014, p191-192
Carroll, J., Lyons, S., Denny, E., Reducing Electricity Demand through Smart Metering: The Role of Improved Household Knowledge, Energy Economics, 45, 2014, p234 - 243
McCoy, D., Lyons, S., Consumer preferences and the influence of networks in electric vehicle diffusion: An agent-based microsimulation in Ireland, Energy Research and Social Science, 3, (C), 2014, p89-101
Lyons, Sean, Timing and determinants of local residential broadband adoption: evidence from Ireland, Empirical Economics, 47, 2014, p1341-1363
Di Cosmo, V., Lyons, S., Nolan, A., Estimating the Impact of Time-of-Use Pricing on Irish Electricity Demand, Energy Journal, 35, (2), 2014, p117 - 136
McCoy, Daire and Lyons, Sean, The diffusion of electric vehicles: An agent-based microsimulation, Energy Research & Social Science, 3, 2014, p1-13
Gorecki, Paul; Hennessy, Hugh; Hyland, Marie; Lyons, Seán, The Influence of Impact Fees and Local Planning Regulation on the Deployment of Telecommunications Infrastructure: The Irish Experience, Administration, 60, (4), 2013, p115 - 145
Diffney, S., Lyons, S., Malaguzzi Valeri, L., Evaluation of the effect of the Power of One campaign on natural gas consumption, Energy Policy, 62, 2013, p978-988
Marie Hyland, Ronan C. Lyons & Sean Lyons, The value of domestic building energy efficiency - evidence from Ireland, Energy Economics, 40(C), 2013, p943 - 952
Driscoll, Áine; Lyons, Seán; Mariuzzo, Franco; Tol, Richard S. J., Simulating Demand for Electric Vehicles Using Revealed Preference Data, Energy Policy, 62, 2013, p686 - 696
Sean Lyons and Michael Savage, Choice, price and service characteristics in the Irish broadband market, International Journal of Management and Network Economics, 3, (1), 2013, p1 - 21
Lyons, Seán; Morgenroth, Edgar; Tol, Richard S. J., Estimating the value of lost telecoms connectivity, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 12, (1), 2013, p40 - 51
Mirko Moro, Karen Mayor, Sean Lyons and Richard S.J. Tol, Does the housing market reflect cultural heritage? A case study of Greater Dublin, Environment and Planning A, 45, (12), 2013, p2884-2903
Alice Casey, Richard Layte, Sean Lyons and and Mary Silles, Home computer use and academic performance of 9-year-olds, Oxford Review of Education, 38, (5), 2012, p617 - 634
Leahy, Eimear; Devitt, Conor; Lyons, Seán; Tol, Richard S. J. , The Cost of Natural Gas Shortages in Ireland, Energy Policy, 46, 2012, p153 - 169
Leahy, E., Devitt, C., Lyons, S., Tol, R.S.J., The cost of natural gas shortages in Ireland, Energy Policy, 46, 2012, p153-169
Mayor, K., Lyons, S., Duffy, D., Tol, R.S.J., A hedonic analysis of the value of rail transport in the greater dublin area, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 46, (2), 2012, p239-261
Mayor, Karen; Lyons, Seán; Duffy, David; Tol, Richard S. J. , A Hedonic Analysis of the Value of Rail Transport in the Greater Dublin Area , Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 46, (2), 2012, p239 - 261
Paul K. Gorecki; Anne Nolan; Aoife Brick; Seán Lyons, Pharmaceuticals Delivery in Ireland. Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck, Dublin, ESRI, January, 2012, 1-161
Lyons, Seán; Pentecost, Anne; Tol, Richard S. J., Socioeconomic Distribution of Emissions and Resource Use in Ireland, Journal of Environmental Management, 112, 2012, p186 - 198
Layte,Richard; Harrington,Janas; Sexton,Eithne; Perry,Ivan; Cullinan,J.; Lyons,Seán, Irish Exceptionalism? Local Food Environments and Dietary Quality, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65, 2011
Leahy, Eimear; Lyons, Seán; Tol, Richard S. J. , Determinants of Vegetarianism and Meat Consumption Frequency in Ireland, The Economic and Social Review , 42, (4), 2011, p407 - 436
Leahy,Eimear; Lyons,Seán; Tol,Richard S. J., The Distributional Effects of Value Added Tax in Ireland, The Economic and Social Review, 42 , (2), 2011, p213 - 235
Curtis, John; Lyons, Seán; O'Callaghan-Platt, Abigail, Managing Household Waste in Ireland: Behavioural Parameters and Policy Options, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 54, (2, March), 2011, p245 - 266
Gorecki, Paul; Lyons, Seán; Tol, Richard S. J. , Public Policy Towards the Sale of State Assets in Troubled Times: Lessons from the Irish Experience, Utilities Policy, 19, (3), 2011, p193 - 201
Commins, Nicola; Lyons, Seán; Schiffbauer, Marc; Tol, Richard S. J., Climate Policy & Corporate Behavior, The Energy Journal, 32, (4), 2011
Leahy, E., Lyons, S., Tol, R.S.J., The distributional effects of value added tax in ireland, Economic and Social Review, 42, (2), 2011, p213-235
Cullinan, J.; Gannon, B. Lyons, S., Estimating the Extra Cost of Living for People with Disabilities, Health Economics, 20, (5), 2011, p582 - 599
Lyons, Seán; Murphy, Liam; Tol, Richard S. J. , Reply to "Comment on Estimating Historical Landfill Quantities to Predict Methane Emissions", Atmospheric Environment, 45, (39), 2011, p7533 - 7534
Gorecki, P.K., Lyons, S., Tol, R.S.J., EU climate change policy 2013-2020: Using the Clean Development Mechanism more effectively in the non-EU-ETS Sector, Energy Policy, 38, (11), 2010, p7466-7475
Sean Lyons, Measuring the Effects of Mobile Number Portability on Service Prices, Journal of Telecommunications Management, 2, (4), 2010, p357 - 368
Leahy, E, Lyons, S, Energy use and appliance ownership in Ireland, ENERGY POLICY, 38, (8), 2010, p4265-4279
Lyons,Seán; O'Doherty,Joe; Tol,Richard S.J., Determinants of Water Connection Type and Ownership of Water-Using Appliances in Ireland, Water Resources Management, 24, (12), 2010, p2853 - 2867
Lyons,Seán; Murphy,Liam; Tol,Richard S.J., Estimating Historical Land Fill Quantities to Predict Methane Emissions, Atmospheric Environment, 41, (32), 2010, p3901 - 3906
Devitt, Conor; Hennessy,Hugh; Lyons,Seán; Murphy,Liam; Tol,Richard S.J., The Energy and Environment Review 2010, Dublin, ESRI, December, 2010
Gorecki,Paul K.; Lyons,Seán; Tol,Richard S.J., EU Climate Change Policy 2013-2020: Using the Clean Development Mechanism More Effectively in the Non-ETS Sector, Energy Policy, 38, (1), 2010, p7466 - 7475
Lyons,Seán; Mayor,Karen; Tol,Richard S.J., Convergence of Consumption Patterns During Macroeconomic Transition: A Model of Demand in Ireland and the OECD, Economic Modelling, 26, (3), 2009, p702 - 714
Estimating the Impact of Price Regulation on Service Quality in Post in, editor(s)M.A. Crew and P.R. Kleindorfer , Progress in the Competitive Agenda in the Postal and Delivery Sector, Cheltenham, Edward Edgar, 2009, [Greg Swinand, Sean Lyons, Michael O'Grady and and David Murphy]
Callan,Tim; Lyons,Seán; Scott,Susan; Tol,Richard S.J.; Verde,Stefano, The Distributional Implications of a Carbon Tax in Ireland, Energy Policy, 37, (2), 2009, p407 - 412
Lyons,Seán; Mayor,Karen; Tol,Richard S.J., Environmental accounts for the Republic of Ireland: 1990-2005, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 37, (2007/8), 2009, p190 - 216
Lyons,Seán; Mayor,Karen; Tol,Richard S.J., Holiday Destinations: Understanding the Travel Choices of Irish Tourists, Tourism Management, 30, (5), 2009, p683 - 692
Tol,Richard S.J.; Commins,Nicola; Crilly,Niamh; Lyons,Seán; Morgenroth,Edgar, Towards Regional Environmental Accounts for Ireland, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 38 , (2008/2009), 2009, p105 - 142
Diffney,Seán; FitzGerald,John; Lyons,Seán; Malaguzzi Valeri,Laura, Investment in Electricity Infrastructure in a Small Isolated Market: the Case of Ireland, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 25, (3), 2009, p469 - 487
O'Doherty, J, Lyons, S, Tol, RSJ, Energy-using appliances and energy-saving features: Determinants of ownership in Ireland, APPLIED ENERGY, 85, (7), 2008, p650-662
Sean Lyons, Testing which proposed regulations need "competition proofing", Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 35, 2006
Lyons, S, O'Toole, F, CONCEPTUAL AND APPLIED PROBLEMS WITH THE UK COMPETITION FILTER, JOURNAL OF COMPETITION LAW & ECONOMICS, 2, (4), 2006, p683-696
Lyons, Sean and O'Toole, Francis, Conceptual and Applied Problems with the UK Competition Filter, Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 2, (4), 2006, p683 - 696
McCloughan, P, Lyons, S, Accounting for ARPU: New evidence from international panel data, TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY, 30, (10-11), 2006, p521-532
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Keegan, C. and Lyons, S., Hospital admission probability and length of stay among Covid-19 confirmed cases, Technical Note, Dublin, Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, February, 2021
Keegan, C. and Lyons, S., COVID-19 Hospital Utilisation Planning model: description and parameters, Technical Note, Dublin, Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, February, 2021
Keegan, C. and Lyons, S., Hospital Utilisation Planning model: description and parameters, Technical Note, Dublin, Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, April, 2021
Keegan, C. and Lyons, S., Hospital admission probability and length of stay among Covid-19 confirmed cases, Technical Note, Dublin, Irish Epidemiological Modelling Advisory Group, April, 2021
Marie Hyland, Anna Alberini and Sean Lyons, The Effect of Energy Efficiency Labelling: Bunching and Prices in the Irish Residential Property Market, 2016
Aine Driscoll, Sean Lyons, Edgar Morgenroth and Anne Nolan, Comparing the Determinants of Mode Choice across Travel Purposes, 2013
Lyons, Seán, Pentecost, Anne; Tol, Richard S. J., Socioeconomic Distribution of Emissions and Resource Use in Ireland, 2012
Lyons, Seán; Savage, Micheal, Choice, Price and Service Characteristics in the Irish Broadband Market, 2012
Leahy, Eimear; Lyons, Seán; Walsh, Sharon, Electrical Appliance Ownership and Usage in Ireland, 2012
Lyons, Seán, Timing and Determinants of Local Residential Broadband Adoption: Evidence from Ireland, 2012
Driscoll, Áine; Lyons, Seán; Mariuzzo, Franco; Tol, Richard S.J. , Simulating Demand for Electrical Vehicles using Revealed Preference Data, 2012
Leahy, Eimear; Lyons, Seán; Tol, Richard S. J. , Determinants of Vegetarianism and Partial Vegetarianism in Ireland, 2011
Gorecki,Paul K.; Hennessy,Hugh; Lyons,Seán , How Impact Fees and Local Planning Regulation Can Influence Deployment of Telecoms Infrastructure, 2011
Moro,Mirko; Mayor,Karen; Lyons,Seán; Tol,Richard S.J., Does the housing market reflect cultural heritage? A case study of Greater Dublin, 2011
Leahy, Eimear; Devitt, Conor; Lyons, Seán; Tol, Richard S. J. , The Cost of Natural Gas Shortages in Ireland, 2011
Leahy, Eimear;Lyons, Seán;Tol, Richard, S. J.;, The Distributional Effects of Value Added Tax in Ireland, 2011
Gorecki, Paul; Lyons,Seán; Tol,Richard S.J., Public Policy Towards the Sale of State Assets in Troubled Times: Lessons from the Irish Experience, 2010
Leahy,Eimear; Lyons,Seán; Tol,Richard S.J., Determinants of Vegetarianism and Partial Vegetarianism in the United Kingdom, 2010
Lyons, Seán, Timing and Determinants of Local Residential Broadband Adoption: Evidence from Ireland, 2010
Lunn,Pete; Lyons,Seán, Behavioural Economics and "Vulnerable Consumers": A Summary of Evidence, London, Communications Consumer Panel UK, December , 2010
Seán Lyons, Liam Murphy and Richard S.J. Tol, Estimating Historical Landfill Quantities to Predict Methane Emissions, 2009
Research Expertise
Recognition
Memberships
Member of the Council of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland