Niall O'Higgins

Research Fellow

ILO International Labour Organization

Niall O'Higgins is Senior Economist in the ILO's Employment Analysis Unit. He holds degrees from Trinity College Dublin, York and Sheffield Universities and a Ph.D. from the European University Institute in Florence. His main research interests cover various aspects of labour and experimental economics. He is one of the main authors of the ILO's bi-annual Global Employment Trends for Youth. Amongst his recent publications a book on youth employment policy and one on Internship, along with papers in the European Economic Review, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Journal of Institutional Economics and B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in February 2008.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16637
Reciprocity and Learning Effects in Price Competition
Annamaria Nese, Niall O'Higgins, Patrizia Sbriglia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14933
Crowdwork for Young People: Risks and Opportunities
Niall O'Higgins, Luis Pinedo Caro
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12424
Complementarities between Labour Market Institutions and Their Causal Impact on Youth Labour Market Outcomes
Niall O'Higgins, Giovanni Pica
published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2020, 20 (3), 20180165
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11459
Evaluating Trust and Trustworthiness in Social Groups and Networks
Niall O'Higgins, Clelia Mazzoni, Patrizia Sbriglia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9901
Cooperation, Punishment and Organized Crime: A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Southern Italy
Annamaria Nese, Niall O'Higgins, Patrizia Sbriglia, Maurizio Scudiero
published in: European Economic Review, 2018, 107, 86–98
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9249
Smoking, Drinking, Never Thinking of Tomorrow: Income and Risky Choices amongst Young Adults in the UK
Gianluigi Coppola, Niall O'Higgins, Claudio Pinto
published in: O’Higgins, N. and G. Coppola (eds), Youth unemployment and the crisis: Unemployment, education and health in Europe, Routledge , Abdingdon, 2016
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8860
Gender Effects, Culture and Social Influence in the Dictator Game: An Italian Study
Niall O'Higgins, Arturo Palomba, Patrizia Sbriglia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7792
Jailer of Freedom and Enemy of Growth? The Role of Personal and Social Identities in Educational Choices
Giuseppina Autiero, Niall O'Higgins
published in: International Review of Applied Economics, 2016, 30(5), 591-604
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7668
The Consequences of Cumulative Discrimination: How Special Schooling Influences Employment and Wages of Roma in the Czech Republic
Niall O'Higgins, Christian Brüggemann
published in: European Educational Research Journal, 2014, 13(3), 282-294
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7667
Ethnicity and Gender in the Labour Market in Central and South East Europe
Niall O'Higgins
published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics 2015, 39 (2), 631-654
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6434
This Time It's Different? Youth Labour Markets During 'The Great Recession'
Niall O'Higgins
published in: Comparative Economic Studies, 2012, 54 (2), 395-412
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5094
Youth Labour Markets in Europe and Central Asia
Niall O'Higgins
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4229
Fat and Out in Salerno and Province: Adolescent Obesity and Early School Leaving in Southern Italy
Adriana Barone, Niall O'Higgins
revised version published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2010, 8 (1), 44-57
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4208
"It's not that I'm a racist, it's that they are Roma": Roma Discrimination and Returns to Education in South Eastern Europe
Niall O'Higgins
revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2010, 31(2) 163-187
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3584
Eliciting Motives for Trust and Reciprocity by Attitudinal and Behavioural Measures
Francesco Farina, Niall O'Higgins, Patrizia Sbriglia
revised version published as "Suit the action to the word, the word to the action" in: Research in Economics, 2009, 63 (4), 253-265
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3292
Gone for Good? Determinants of School Dropout in Southern Italy
Niall O'Higgins, Marcello D'Amato, Floro Ernesto Caroleo, Adriana Barone
published in: Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia, 2007, 66(2), 207-246
IZA Policy Paper No. 103
Youth Unemployment
Niall O'Higgins
published in: Andy Furlong (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Youth and Young Adulthood, 2nd Edn, 2017
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