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Welcome to the Department of Economics in the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin. Ranked 1st in Ireland QS Subject Ranking, 2024. Recognised internationally for our research expertise, particularly in applied economics, we are committed to delivering high quality teaching and providing world-class postgraduate programmes.
News
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IM-TCD Welcomes Visiting Scholar Alan M. Taylor in May 2024IM-TCD are thrilled to welcome Alan M. Taylor, Professor of Economics in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, as a visiting scholar in May 2024 for collaborative research and discussions with the Department of Economics.
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First cohort graduate from joint Trinity-ESRI MSc in Economic PolicyThe graduation of the first cohort from the joint Trinity-ESRI MSc in Economic Policy took place on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024. Congratulations to all the students on their fantastic achievement. The next intake for the programme will be in September 2025.
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Colm O’Reardon delivers Henry Grattan LectureColm O'Reardon, Secretary General of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, spoke on the transformative journey of Ireland's higher education landscape and the challlenges facing the third level sector.
Publications
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Intra-household Time Allocation: Evidence from the Post-socialist CountriesProfessor Vitaliia Yaremko has published a paper with Comparative Economic Studies, an official journal of the Association for Comparative Economic Studies (ACES). It examines the division of household work in post-socialist countries and makes comparisons to advanced economies between 1994 to 2012.
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Group Incentives for the Public Good: A Field Experiment on Improving the Urban EnvironmentProfessors Carol Newman and Tara Mitchell have recently published a research paper with The World Bank Economic Review in March 2024. Co-authored with Marcus Holmlund and Chloë Fernandez, the paper investigates strategies to overcome the public goods problem in the maintenance of communal spaces and infrastructure in an urban environment.