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Dr. Barra Roantree

Dr. Barra Roantree

Assistant Professor, Economics

http://barra.roantree.ie/

Biography

I'm an Assistant Professor in Economics and Programme Director of the MSc in Economic Policy at Trinity College Dublin. I previously worked as an economist at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in Dublin and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in London. I was a member of the Irish Government's 2021-22 Commission on Taxation and Welfare.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Tim Callan , Cormac O'Dea , Barra Roantree , Michael Savage, Financial Incentives to Work: Comparing Ireland and the UK, Budget Perspectives, ESRI, June, 2016, p1 - 45Report, 2016, TARA - Full Text
  • Peter Levell, Barra Roantree, Jonathan Shaw, Mobility and the lifetime distributional impact of tax and transfer reforms, International Tax and Public Finance, 28, (4), 2021, p751--793Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Stuart Adam, James Browne, David Phillips, Barra Roantree, Frictions and taxpayer responses: evidence from bunching at personal tax thresholds, International Tax and Public Finance, 28, (3), 2021, p612--653Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • Adam, S., Phillips, D., Roantree, B., 35 years of reforms: A panel analysis of the incidence of, and employee and employer responses to, social security contributions in the UK, Journal of Public Economics, 171, 2019, p29-50Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • Barra Roantree, Jonathan Shaw, What a difference a day makes: inequality and the tax and benefit system from a long-run perspective, The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • Facundo Alvaredo, Thomas Breda, Barra Roantree, Emmanuel Saez, Contribution Ceilings and the Incidence of Payroll Taxes, De Economist, 165, (2), 2017, p129--140Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Stuart Adam, Barra Roantree, David Phillips, The Incidence of Social Security Contributions in the United Kingdom: Evidence from Discontinuities at Contribution Ceilings, De Economist, 165, (2), 2017, p181--203Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • Adam, S., Roantree, B., UK Tax Policy 2010-15: An Assessment, Fiscal Studies, 36, (3), 2015, p349-373Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • Adam, S., Johnson, P., Roantree, B., Taxing an independent Scotland, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 30, (2), 2014, p325-345Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • Michelle Barrett, Karina Doorley, Paul Redmond, Barra Roantree, How Has the Gender Earnings Gap in Ireland Changed in Thirty Years?, Social Sciences, 11, (8), 2022, p367Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Barra Roantree and Karina Doorley, Poverty, income inequality and living standards in Ireland, Jointly-published Reports 4, ESRI and Community Foundation Ireland, September, 2023Report, 2023, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Roantree, Barra and Barrett, Michelle and Redmond, Paul, Poverty, income inequality and living standards in Ireland: Second annual report, Jointly-published Reports, 1, Economic and Social Research Institute, 2022Report, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Slaymaker, Rachel and Roantree, Barra and Nolan, Anne and O'Toole, Conor, Future trends in housing tenure and the adequacy of retirement income, Economic and Social Research Institute, 2022Report, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Barrett, Michelle and Farrell, Niall and Roantree, Barra, Energy poverty and deprivation in Ireland, ESRI Research Series, 144, Economic and Social Research Institute, 2022Report, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Kakoulidou, Theano and Doolan, Michael and Roantree, Barra, Earnings-related benefits in Ireland: rationale, costs and work incentives, Economic and Social Research Institute, 2022Report, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Doolan, Michael and Roantree, Barra and Slaymaker, Rachel, Low income renters and housing supports, Economic and Social Research Institute, 2022Report, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Barra Roantree, ESRI Poverty, Income Inequality and Living Standards Spreadsheet, 28/10/2022, Economic and Social Research Institute, 2022Dataset, 2022, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Barra Roantree, Inequality in Ireland: 1987-2019, Deaton Review Country studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, November, 2023, p1 - 40Report, 2023, TARA - Full Text
  • Keelan Beirne, Karina Doorley, Mark Regan, Barra Roantree, Dora Tuda, The potential costs and distributional effect of COVID-19 related unemployment in Ireland, Budget Perspectives, Budget Perspectives 202101, Economic and Social Research Institute, April, 2020, p1 - 19Report, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Barra Roantree, Maxime Bercholz, Karina Doorley, Claire Keane, Mark Regan, Budget 2019: tax and welfare changes, QEC Special Article, The Economic and Social Research Institute, December, 2018, p1 - 20Report, 2018, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Maxime Bercholz, Barra Roantree, Carbon taxes and compensation options, Budget Perspectives, 2020/1, The Economic and Social Research Institute, June, 2019, p1 - 28Report, 2019, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Cathal Coffey, Karina Doorley, Conor O'Toole, Barra Roantree, The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumption and indirect tax in Ireland, Budget Perspectives 2021, 03, The Economic and Social Research Institute, May, 2020, p1 - 25Report, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Brendan Walsh, Paul Redmond, Barra Roantree, Differences in risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19 across occupations in Ireland, Survey and Statistical Report Series, 93, The Economic and Social Research Institute, July, 2020, p1 - 22Report, 2020, DOI
  • Keelan Beirne, Anne Nolan, Barra Roantree, Income adequacy in retirement: Evidence from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing (TILDA), ESRI Research Series, 107, The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2020, p1 - 44Report, 2020, DOI
  • Seamus O'Malley, Barra Roantree, John Curtis, Carbon taxes, poverty and compensation options, ESRI Survey and Statistical Report Series, 98, The Economic and Social Research Institute, October, 2020, p1 - 32Report, 2020, TARA - Full Text
  • Karina Doorley, Claire Keane, Alyvia McTague, Seamus O'Malley, Mark Regan, Barra Roantree, Dora Tuda, Distributional impact of tax and welfare policies: COVID-related policies and Budget 2021, QEC Special Article, The Economic and Social Research Institute, December, 2020, p1 - 18Report, 2020, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Theano Kakoulidou and Barra Roantree, Options for raising tax revenue in Ireland, Budget Perspectives 2022, 01, The Economic and Social Research Institute, May, 2021, p1 - 57Report, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Barra Roantree, Karina Doorley, Theano Kakoulidou, Seamus O'Malley, Budget 2022, QEC Special Article, The Economic and Social Research Institute, December, 2021, p1 - 21Report, 2021, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Roantree, Barra, Barrett, Michelle, Income inequality in Ireland, 1987-2019, Fiscal Studies, 45, (2), 2024, p143-153Journal Article, 2024, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Kakoulidou Theano, Doolan Michael, Roantree Barra, The Effect of Earnings-Related Benefits on Financial Work Incentives, International Journal of Microsimulation, 17, (3), 2024, p21-43Journal Article, 2024, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Barra Roantree, Poverty, income inequality and living standards in Ireland: 4th annual report, Jointly-published Reports, ESRI, September, 2024, p1 - 51Report, 2024, DOI
  • Barra Roantree, Mark Regan, Born under a bad sign: the impact of finishing school when labour markets are weak, 2021Working Paper, DOI
  • Barra Roantree, Thomas Pope, Robert Joyce, The characteristics and incomes of the top 1%, IFS Briefing Note, BN253, Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2019Report, DOI
  • Barra Roantree and Barra Roantree, Sustainable Development: The Role of Taxation, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2023Journal Article, URL
  • Barra Roantree, Understanding Income Inequality in Ireland, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2020Journal Article, URL
  • Barra Roantree and Barra Roantree, Income Inequality and Living Standards, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2022Journal Article, URL
  • Dublin Economics Workshop, Annual Economic Policy Conference, 22/23 September 2023, 2023, Wexford, Rowena Dwyer Ciarán Mac An Bhaird Yvonne McCarthy Aebhric McGibney Dermot O'Leary Seán Prior Barra RoantreeMeetings /Conferences Organised
  • Broad shoulders and tight belts, options for taxing the better-off in, editor(s)Carl Emmerson, Paul Johnson and Helen Miller , The IFS Green Budget, London, The Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2013, pp245 - 280, [Stuart Adam Carl Emmerson Barra Roantree]Book Chapter, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • James Browne and Barra Roantree, Universal Credit in Northern Ireland: what will its impact be, and what are the challenges?, IFS Report, R77, Institute for Fiscal Studies, March, 2013, p1 - 74Report, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Options for increasing tax in, The IFS Green Budget: February 2015, The Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2015, pp227 - 266, [Stuart Adam and Barra Roantree]Book Chapter, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Stuart Adam Barra Roantree, The coalition government's record on tax, IFS Briefing Note, BN167, The Institute for Fiscal Studies, March, 2015, p1 - 33Report, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • The goose's golden egg: taxes, benefits and redistribution in the UK in, Plucking the goose : a century of taxation from the Great War to the digital age, London, Tolley Publishing Company, 2016, [Paul Johnson and Barra Roantree]Book Chapter
  • Barra Roantree, Mark Regan, Tim Callan, Michael Savage, John R Walsh, Housing Assistance Payment: Potential impacts on financial incentives to work, ESRI Working Paper, 610, The Economic and Social Research Institute, January, 2019, p1 - 31Report, URL , TARA - Full Text

Recognition

  • Foundation for Fiscal Studies Miriam Hederman O"Brien Prize 2022
  • Barrington Medal, Statistical & Social Inquiry Society of Ireland 2020
  • Irish Economics Association
  • European Economics Association
  • Royal Economics Assocation
  • Member of TILDA Steering Committee 2024-
  • Co-chair and founder, Irish Economics Association Public Economics Network 2024-
  • Member of Foundation for Fiscal Studies projects committee 2023-
  • Member of the Government's Commission on Taxation and Welfare 2021-2022
  • Member of DFHERIS Evidence Programme for Student Support 2024-
  • Member of Department of Transport National Demand Management Strategy Fiscal Measures steering group 2023-2024
  • Member of Irish Society for Women in Economics executive committee (leadership group 2023-24) 2023-24