Alan Barrett is the Director of the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin, Ireland. He joined the ESRI in 1994, upon the completion of his doctoral studies at Michigan State University. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin.

His main research interests are in the areas of labour economics and population economics. He has a particular interest in migration and has published on the topic in journals such as Labour Economics, the International Migration Review, the Journal of Population Economics, Economics Letters, and the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. He has also written on other labour topics such as training and the distribution of earnings and has published on these topics in outlets such as the British Journal of Industrial Relations and the Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

Between 2011 and 2015, he was a member of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. In 2015, he chaired Ireland's National Economic Dialogue.

He joined IZA as a research fellow in December 1998.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11664
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10541
published as "Atypical Work and Ireland's Labour Market Collapse and Recovery" in: Economic and Social Review, 2017, 48 (4) 463-488
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8723
published in: Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 2016, 19, 33-44
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8459
published in: M. Kahanec and K.F. Zimmermann (eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer 2016
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8037
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29 (3), 687-719
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7832
published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21 (10), 675-678
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7596
published as 'How Well-informed are Pension Scheme Members on their Future Pension Benefits?: Evidence from Ireland' in: Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 2015, 27(4), 295-313
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7586
published as 'Peer Groups, Employment Status and Depressive Symptoms among Older Adults in Ireland' in: Journal of Population Ageing, 2014, 7 (1), 43-54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7393
revised version published in: Economic and Social Review, 2014, 45 (3), 329-348, with Cara Dooley added as fourth author
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6878
revised version published as 'Early-life Causes and Later-life Consequences of Migration: Evidence from Older Irish Adults' in: Journal of Population Ageing, 2013, 6 (1), 29-45
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6332
revised version published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2014, 53, 10-16, with Vincent O'Sullivan added as third author
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6331
published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2013, 39 (10), 1659-1677
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6325
published as 'Increasing the State Pension Age, the Recession and Expected Retirement Ages' in: Economic and Social Review 2013, 44 (4), 447-472
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6324
revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 483-506
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5516
revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2013, 34 (2), 142-154
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5515
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2013, 34 (1), 8-23
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5218
revised version published in: European Journal of Population, 2012, 28 (1), 91-111
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4736
published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2010, 213 (1), R43-R51
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4472
published in: Economic and Social Review, 2011, 42 (1), 1-26
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4425
revised version published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2013, 34 (1), 52-78
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4260
published in: M. Kahanec and K. F. Zimmermann (eds.), EU Labor Markets after Post-Enlargement Migration, Springer: Berlin et al. 2009, 145-161
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3689
published as "How Reliable is the Quarterly National Household Survey for Migration Research?" in: Economic and Social Review, 2008, 39 (3), 191-205
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3494
Alan Barrett, Yvonne McCarthy
published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2008, 24 (3), 543-560
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3479
revised version published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2012, 50 (3), 457-481
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2990
Alan Barrett, Yvonne McCarthy
published in: Quarterly Economic Commentary, 2007, 43 - 62
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2838
revised version published in: International Migration Review, 2008, 42 (3), 597-619
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2457
Alan Barrett, Yvonne McCarthy
published in: Labour, 2007, 21(4), 789-808
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1553
published in: Economic and Social Review, 2006, 37 (1), 1-26
IZA Discussion Paper No. 167
published in: Labour Economics, 2002, 9 (5), 665-680
IZA Discussion Paper No. 135
published in: Economic and Social Review, 2001, 32(1), 1-21
IZA Discussion Paper No. 97
published in: Zimmermann, K. F. (ed.), European Migration: What Do We Know?, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005
IZA Discussion Paper No. 51
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2001, 54 (3), 647-662
IZA Research Report No. 43
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