Alan Barrett

Research Fellow

ESRI, Dublin

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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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6324
The Psychic Costs of Migration: Evidence from Irish Return Migrants
Alan Barrett, Irene Mosca
revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (2), 483-506
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5516
Immigrants and Welfare Receipt in Ireland
Alan Barrett, Corona Joyce, Bertrand Maitre
revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2013, 34 (2), 142-154
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5515
Immigrant Welfare Receipt across Europe
Alan Barrett, Bertrand Maitre
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2013, 34 (1), 8-23
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5218
The Impact of Ireland's Recession on the Labour Market Outcomes of its Immigrants
Alan Barrett, Elish Kelly
revised version published in: European Journal of Population, 2012, 28 (1), 91-111
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4736
Returning to the Question of a Wage Premium for Returning Migrants
Alan Barrett, Jean Goggin
published in: National Institute Economic Review, 2010, 213 (1), R43-R51
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4472
Estimating the Impact of Immigration on Wages in Ireland
Alan Barrett, Adele Bergin, Elish Kelly
published in: Economic and Social Review, 2011, 42 (1), 1-26
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4425
Immigrants and Employer-Provided Training
Alan Barrett, Seamus McGuinness, Martin O`Brien, Philip J. O'Connell
revised version published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2013, 34 (1), 52-78
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4260
EU Enlargement and Ireland's Labour Market
Alan Barrett
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
Using a Census to Assess the Reliability of a National Household Survey for Migration Research: The Case of Ireland
Alan Barrett, Elish Kelly
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
Immigrants and Welfare Programmes: Exploring the Interactions between Immigrant Characteristics, Immigrant Welfare Dependence and Welfare Policy
Alan Barrett, Yvonne McCarthy
published in: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2008, 24 (3), 543-560
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3479
The Immigrant Earnings Disadvantage across the Earnings and Skills Distributions: The Case of Immigrants from the EU’s New Member States in Ireland
Alan Barrett, Seamus McGuinness, Martin O`Brien
revised version published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2012, 50 (3), 457-481
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2990
The Earnings of Immigrants in Ireland: Results from the 2005 EU Survey of Income and Living Conditions
Alan Barrett, Yvonne McCarthy
published in: Quarterly Economic Commentary, 2007, 43 - 62
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2838
Are Ireland’s Immigrants Integrating into its Labour Market?
Alan Barrett, David Duffy
revised version published in: International Migration Review, 2008, 42 (3), 597-619
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2457
Immigrants in a Booming Economy: Analysing their Earnings and Welfare Dependence
Alan Barrett, Yvonne McCarthy
published in: Labour, 2007, 21(4), 789-808
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1553
The Labour Market Characteristics and Labour Market Impacts of Immigrants in Ireland
Alan Barrett, Adele Bergin, David Duffy
published in: Economic and Social Review, 2006, 37 (1), 1-26
IZA Discussion Paper No. 167
Earnings Inequality, Returns to Education and Immigration into Ireland
Alan Barrett, John FitzGerald, Brian Nolan
published in: Labour Economics, 2002, 9 (5), 665-680
IZA Discussion Paper No. 135
Is There a Wage Premium for Returning Irish Migrants?
Alan Barrett, Philip J. O'Connell
published in: Economic and Social Review, 2001, 32(1), 1-21
IZA Discussion Paper No. 97
Irish Migration: Characteristics, Causes and Consequences
Alan Barrett
published in: Zimmermann, K. F. (ed.), European Migration: What Do We Know?, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005
IZA Discussion Paper No. 51
Does Training Generally Work? The Returns to In-Company Training
Alan Barrett, Philip J. O'Connell
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2001, 54 (3), 647-662
IZA Research Report No. 43
Study on Active Inclusion of Migrants
Klaus F. Zimmermann, Martin Kahanec, Corrado Giulietti, Martin Guzi, Alan Barrett, Bertrand Maitre
Report prepared for the European Commission, Bonn 2012 (216 pages)
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