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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, 2022. 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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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.
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Prof. Ann Carlos receives the Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar AwardOn April 11th, Professor Ann Carlos was presented the Alice Murray Distinguished Scholar Award by the Centre for Economics, Policy and History, recognising her substantial contribution to the discipline of economic history.
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We are hiring!The Department is inviting applications for the positions of Assistant Professor and Teaching Fellow. Both positions have a start date of August 1st and a closing date of May 10th.
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.