Matt Dickson joined the UCD Geary Institute as a Marie Curie Research Fellow in June 2011 and will hold this position until June 2013. Immediately prior to this he was an ESRC Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Market and Public Organisation, University of Bristol, UK. In February 2009, Matt completed his PhD in Economics at the University of Warwick, UK, where he previously attained his Masters. Matt also has a first class honours degree in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol. His research interests include applied micro-econometrics, intergenerational transmission and the economics of education and pay. Current research addresses the complex interactions between education, time- and risk-preferences, mental health outcomes and the transmission of these factors between parents and their children.
Research Interests
Peer Reviewed Journals
Dickson, M. and Harmon, C.; (2011) 'Economic returns to education: What We Know, What We Don't Know and Where We Are Going - Some brief pointers'. Economics of Education Review, 30 (6):1118-1122. [DOI] [Details]
Dickson, M. and Smith, S.; (2011) 'What determines the return to education: An extra year or a hurdle cleared?'. Economics of Education Review, 30 (6). [DOI] [Details]
Aassve, A., Burgess, S., Dickson, M. and Propper, C.; (2006) 'Employment, Family Union and Childbearing Decisions in Great Britain'. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A-Statistics in Society, 169 (4):781-804. [DOI] [Details]
Burgess, S., Propper, C. and Dickson, M.; (2006) 'The Analysis of Poverty Data with Endogenous Transitions'. Fiscal Studies, 27 (1):75-98. [DOI] [Details]
