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
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Barra Roantree, Poverty, income inequality and living standards in Ireland: 4th annual report, Jointly-published Reports, ESRI, September, 2024, p1 - 51
Kakoulidou Theano, Doolan Michael, Roantree Barra, The Effect of Earnings-Related Benefits on Financial Work Incentives, International Journal of Microsimulation, 17, (3), 2024, p21-43
Roantree, Barra, Barrett, Michelle, Income inequality in Ireland, 1987-2019, Fiscal Studies, 45, (2), 2024, p143-153
Barra Roantree, Inequality in Ireland: 1987-2019, Deaton Review Country studies, Institute for Fiscal Studies, November, 2023, p1 - 40
Barra Roantree and Karina Doorley, Poverty, income inequality and living standards in Ireland, Jointly-published Reports 4, ESRI and Community Foundation Ireland, September, 2023
Barra Roantree, ESRI Poverty, Income Inequality and Living Standards Spreadsheet, 28/10/2022, Economic and Social Research Institute, 2022
Kakoulidou, Theano and Doolan, Michael and Roantree, Barra, Earnings-related benefits in Ireland: rationale, costs and work incentives, Economic and Social Research Institute, 2022
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, 2022
Doolan, Michael and Roantree, Barra and Slaymaker, Rachel, Low income renters and housing supports, Economic and Social Research Institute, 2022
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, p367
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, 2022
Barrett, Michelle and Farrell, Niall and Roantree, Barra, Energy poverty and deprivation in Ireland, ESRI Research Series, 144, Economic and Social Research Institute, 2022
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--793
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 - 57
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--653
Barra Roantree, Karina Doorley, Theano Kakoulidou, Seamus O'Malley, Budget 2022, QEC Special Article, The Economic and Social Research Institute, December, 2021, p1 - 21
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 - 22
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 - 44
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 - 18
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 - 25
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 - 32
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 - 19
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, p29-50
Maxime Bercholz, Barra Roantree, Carbon taxes and compensation options, Budget Perspectives, 2020/1, The Economic and Social Research Institute, June, 2019, p1 - 28
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, 2018
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 - 20
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--203
Facundo Alvaredo, Thomas Breda, Barra Roantree, Emmanuel Saez, Contribution Ceilings and the Incidence of Payroll Taxes, De Economist, 165, (2), 2017, p129--140
Tim Callan , Cormac O'Dea , Barra Roantree , Michael Savage, Financial Incentives to Work: Comparing Ireland and the UK, Budget Perspectives, ESRI, June, 2016, p1 - 45
Adam, S., Roantree, B., UK Tax Policy 2010-15: An Assessment, Fiscal Studies, 36, (3), 2015, p349-373
Adam, S., Johnson, P., Roantree, B., Taxing an independent Scotland, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 30, (2), 2014, p325-345
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Barra Roantree and Barra Roantree, Sustainable Development: The Role of Taxation, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2023
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 Roantree
Barra Roantree and Barra Roantree, Income Inequality and Living Standards, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2022
Barra Roantree, Mark Regan, Born under a bad sign: the impact of finishing school when labour markets are weak, 2021
Barra Roantree, Understanding Income Inequality in Ireland, Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2020
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 - 31
Barra Roantree, Thomas Pope, Robert Joyce, The characteristics and incomes of the top 1%, IFS Briefing Note, BN253, Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2019
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]
Options for increasing tax in, The IFS Green Budget: February 2015, The Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2015, pp227 - 266, [Stuart Adam and Barra Roantree]
Stuart Adam Barra Roantree, The coalition government's record on tax, IFS Briefing Note, BN167, The Institute for Fiscal Studies, March, 2015, p1 - 33
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 - 74
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]
Recognition
Representations
Member of Irish Society for Women in Economics executive committee (leadership group 2023-24)
Co-chair and founder, Irish Economics Association Public Economics Network
Member of DFHERIS Evidence Programme for Student Support
Member of Foundation for Fiscal Studies projects committee
Member of the Government's Commission on Taxation and Welfare
Member of TILDA Steering Committee
Member of Department of Transport National Demand Management Strategy Fiscal Measures steering group
Awards and Honours
Barrington Medal, Statistical & Social Inquiry Society of Ireland
Foundation for Fiscal Studies Miriam Hederman O"Brien Prize
Memberships
Irish Economics Association
European Economics Association
Royal Economics Assocation