Alan Barrett

Research Fellow

ESRI, Dublin

alan.barrett@esri.ie

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Research Interests

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

Working Beyond 65 in Ireland

Anne Nolan, Alan Barrett

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11663

The Role of Self-Employment in Ireland's Older Workforce

Anne Nolan, Alan Barrett

published in: Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 2019, 14, 100201

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10541

Recent Developments in the Irish Labour Market: Is It All Good News?

Elish Kelly, Alan Barrett

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

The Impact of Voluntary and Involuntary Retirement on Mental Health: Evidence from Older Irish Adults

Irene Mosca, Alan Barrett

published in: Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 2016, 19, 33-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8459

Ireland's Recession and the Immigrant/Native Earnings Gap

Alan Barrett, Adele Bergin, Elish Kelly, Seamus McGuinness

published in: M. Kahanec and K.F. Zimmermann (eds.), Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession, Springer 2016

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8037

The Impact of Adult Child Emigration on the Mental Health of Older Parents

Irene Mosca, Alan Barrett

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29 (3), 687-719

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7832

The Wealth, Health and Wellbeing of Ireland's Older People Before and During the Economic Crisis

Alan Barrett, Vincent O'Sullivan

published in: Applied Economics Letters, 2014, 21 (10), 675-678

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7596

(Lack of) Pension Knowledge

Alan Barrett, Irene Mosca, Brendan J. Whelan

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

Peer Groups, Employment Status and Mental Well-being among Older Adults in Ireland

Eibhlin Hudson, Alan Barrett

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

Income and Wealth in the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing

Vincent O'Sullivan, Brian Nolan, Alan Barrett

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

Exploring the Early-life Causes and Later-life Consequences of Migration through a Longitudinal Study on Ageing

Alan Barrett, Irene Mosca

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

Childhood Sexual Abuse and Later-Life Economic Consequences

Alan Barrett, Yumiko Kamiya

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

Social Isolation, Loneliness and Return Migration: Evidence from Older Irish Adults

Alan Barrett, Irene Mosca

published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2013, 39 (10), 1659-1677

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6325

Announcing an Increase in the State Pension Age and the Recession: Which Mattered More for Expected Retirement Ages?

Alan Barrett, Irene Mosca

published as 'Increasing the State Pension Age, the Recession and Expected Retirement Ages' in: Economic and Social Review 2013, 44 (4), 447-472