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| Colm Harmon is Professor of Economics at University College Dublin (UCD) and Director of the UCD Geary Institute. He received his BA (1991) and MA (1992) in Economics from UCD, and his PhD from the University of Keele in 1997. He was a lecturer at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth, and has held visiting appointments at the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University, the University of Chicago, University College London and the University of Warwick. He has, together with colleagues, published papers in journals such as the American Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of the European Economic Association, Economica, Economics Inquiry, Economic and Social Review, European Economic Review, Health Economics and Labour Economics and the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, and has made a number of policy related contributions locally. He has also been involved in a number of research projects for government departments in Ireland and the UK as well as the EU Commission. He is an Assistant Editor of the Economics of Education Review, and an Associate Editor of Effective Education and E-conomics. He joined IZA as a research fellow in November 2000. |
| Labour Economics, Behavioural Economics, Econometrics, Health Economics |
| Denny, K. Harmon, C. O'Connell, P.; (2000) Investing in People: the Labour Market Impact of Human Resource Interventions Funded Under the 1994-1999 Community Support Framework in Ireland. : ESRI. [Details] |
| Colm Harmon; (2011) 'The Economics of Higher Education - Beyond a Zero Sum Game' In: Ronaldo Munck (eds). Reinventing the University. Dublin: Dublin City University Press. [Details] |
| Colm Harmon, Carol Newman; (2009) 'Education' In: The Economy of Ireland. Dublin: Gill and MacMillan. [Details] |
| C. Harmon, K.Denny; (2001) 'Ireland' In: Harmon, C; Walker, I. and Westergaard-Nielson, N (eds). Education and Earnings in Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [Details] |
| Harmon, C. with K. Denny and S. Redmond; (1999) 'Wages and Human Capital' In: In Asplund, R. and Telhado Pereira, P. (eds) Helsinki: ETLA, 1999 (eds). Returns to Human Capital in Europe. [Details] |
| Harmon, C. with J. Durkan & D. FitzGerald; (1998) 'Human Capital and Growth' In: In Barry, F. (ed.) London: Macmillan, 1998 (eds). Understanding Irelands Economic Growth. [Details] |
Colm Harmon, Maureen Gaffney (Ed.). (2007) Evidence-based Policy Making: Getting the Evidence, Using the Evidence & Evaluating the Outcomes. Dublin: National Economic and Social Forum.  [Details] |
| Harmon, C et al (Ed.). (2001) Education and Earnings in Europe. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. [Details] |
| 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] |
| van Soest, A,Delaney, L,Harmon, C,Kapteyn, A,Smith, JP; (2011) 'Validating the use of anchoring vignettes for the correction of response scale differences in subjective questions'. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A-Statistics in Society, 174 :575-595. [DOI] [Details] |
| Colm Harmon, Liam Delaney, Cathy Redmond; (2011) 'Parental Education, Grade Attainment and Earning Expectations ¿ Evidence from University Students'. Economics of Education Review, 30 (6):1136-1152. [Details] |
| Daly, M,Delaney, L,Doran, PP,Harmon, C,MacLachlan, M; (2010) 'Naturalistic Monitoring of the Affect-Heart Rate Relationship: A Day Reconstruction Study'. Health Psychology, 29 :186-195. [DOI] [Details] |
| Michael Daly, Liam Delaney, Colm Harmon; (2009) 'Psychological and Biological Foundations of Time Preference: Evidence from a Day Reconstruction Study with Biological Tracking'. Journal of the European Economic Association, 7 (2-3):659-669. [Details] |
| Doyle O, Harmon CP, Heckman JJ, & Tremblay RE; (2009) 'Investing in early human development: timing and economic efficiency'. Econ Hum Bio, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Comerford, D. and Delaney, L. and Harmon, C.; (2009) 'Experimental Tests of Survey Responses to Expenditure Questions'. Fiscal Studies, 30 (4):419-433. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harmon, C., Chevalier, A., Finn, C., Heckman, J.; (2006) 'The Microeconomics of Early Child Investment'. Journal of Childrens Services, 1 (2):18-31. [Details] | |||||||||
| Chevalier, A; Harmon, C; Walker, I; Zhu, Y; ; (2004) 'Does Education Raise Productivity, or Just Reflect It?'. Economic Journal, 114 (499):499-517. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harmon, C Oosterbeek, H Walker, I; (2003) 'The Returns to Education A Review of Evidence, Issues and Deficiencies in the Literature'. Journal Of Economic Surveys, (1). [Details] | |||||||||
| Harmon, C., V.Hogan and I. Walker; (2003) 'Dispersion in the Return to Education'. Labour Economics, . [Details] | |||||||||
| Denny, KJ; Harmon, CP; ; (2001) 'Testing for sheepskin effects in earnings equations: evidence for five countries'. Applied Economics Letters, 8 (9):635-637. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harmon, C. with B. Nolan; (2001) 'Health Insurance and Health Service Utilization in Ireland'. Health Economics, 10 :135-145. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harmon, C. with I. Walker; (2000) 'Returns to the Quantity and Quality of Education: Evidence for Men in England and Wales'. Economica, 67 . [Details] | |||||||||
| Harmon, C. with O. Ashenfelter and H. Oosterbeek; (1999) 'A Review of Estimates of the Schooling/Earnings Relationship, with Tests for Publication Bias'. Labour Economics, 6 (4):453-470. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harmon, C. with T. Callan; (1999) 'The Economic Return to Schooling in Ireland'. Labour Economics, 6 (4):543-550. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harmon, C. with I. Walker; (1999) 'The Marginal and Average Return to Schooling'. European Economic Review, 43 (4-6):879-887. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harmon, C. with I. Walker; (1995) 'Estimates of the Economic Return to Schooling for the UK'. American Economic Review, 85 (5):1278-1296. [Details] | |||||||||
| Harmon, C. with I. Walker; (1993) 'Schooling and Earnings in the U.K. the ROSLA Experiment'. Economic and Social Review, 25 (1):77-93. [Details] | |||||||||
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| Harmon, C., J. Sheehan; (2004) 'Private Returns and Access to Education' Irish Banking Review . [Details] |
| Harmon, C.; (2003) 'Schooling Returns, Schooling Decisions and Educational Finance' JOURNAL OF THE IRISH STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL INQUIRY SOC . [Details] |
| Harmon, C., B. Nolan; (2003) 'On the Demand for Health Insurance in Ireland' The Geneva Association Information Newsletter: Health and Ageing (9) . [Details] |
| Harmon, C. with F. Barry and J. Holt; (1998) 'Employment Effects of the Proposed Minimum Wage' Irish Banking Review . [Details] |
| Harmon, Colm and Hogan, Vincent and Timmins, Lori; (2007) Evaluation of Building Schools for the Future – 1st Annual Report and Technical Appendix. UK Department for Education and Skills, London. [Details] |
| Harmon, C. with Ian Walker; (2001) The Returns to Education - A Review of Evidence, Issues and Deficiencies in the Literature. UK Department for Education and Employment, London. [Details] |
| C. Harmon, V.Dukelow and I. Walker; (2000) Education and Earnings in Northern Ireland. Training and Employment Agency, Belfast. [Details] |
| Doyle, O., Harmon, I. and Walker, I.; (2005) The Impact of Parental Income and Education on the Health of their Children. Bonn: Reports [Details] |
| C. Harmon, L.Farrell, C.Laffan, C.O'Carroll; (2006) The Economic and Social Impact of Higher Education. Reports [Details] |
| C. Harmon, I. Walker; (2004) The Returns to Education. Reports [Details] |
| Harmon, C. (with K. Denny, R. Lydon and I.Walker).; (2002) An Econometric Analysis of Burglary in Ireland. Reports [Details] |
| Harmon, C. With V.Dukelow and I. Walker; (2000) Education and Earnings in Northern Ireland. Reports [Details] |
| Harmon, C. with Peter Archer, Kevin Denny and Damien Hannon; (2000) Features of the Irish Educational System. Reports [Details] | |||||||||
| Harmon, C. with K. Denny, D. McMahon and S.Redmond; (1999) Analysis of the International Adult Literacy Survey for Ireland. Reports [Details] | |||||||||
| Harmon, C. with Anthony Murphy; (1998) Pricing and Demand for Drink Product. Reports [Details] | |||||||||
| Harmon, C. with J.Durkan; (1997) Demographic Trends and the Impact on Growth in Ireland. Reports [Details] | |||||||||
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| Van Soest, Arthur and Delaney, Liam and Harmon, Colm and Smith, James; (2008) Validating the Use of Vignettes for Subjective Threshold Scales. Working Paper [Details] |
| C. Harmon, O.Doyle, J. Heckman, R. Tremblay; (2007) Early Childhood Intervention: Rationale, Timing and Efficacy. *: Working Paper [Details] |
| C. Harmon, A.Chevalier, C. Finn, T.Viitanen; (2006) The Economics of Early Childhood Care and Education. Policy Contribution [Details] |
| Year: 2001. Title: Nuffield Foundation New Career Development Fellowship |
| Year: 0. Title: Barrington Medal |
| Year: 0. Title: President?s Research Fellowship |
| Year: 0. Title: Marie Curie Research Fellowship |
| Year: 0. Title: President?s Discretionary Travel Grant Award |
| Year: 0. Title: President?s Research Award |
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| Association: Econometric Society, Function/Role: * |
| Association: European Association of Labour Economists (EALE), Function/Role: * |
| Association: Irish Economic Association, Function/Role: * |
| Association: Royal Economic Society, Function/Role: * | |||||||||
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| Harmon, C.; (1998) *. [International Refereed Conference], European Economic Association - Humboldt University, Berlin , 01-SEP-98 - 01-SEP-98. |
| Harmon, C.; (2002) Department Invited seminar. [Oral Presentation], Department of Economics, Queens University Belfast, QUB Belfast , 15-MAY-02 - 15-MAY-02. |
| Harmon, C.; (2001) *. [Oral Presentation], Centre for the Economics of Education, London School of Economics (4th May 2001), * , 04-MAY-01. |
| Harmon, C.; (2000) *. [Oral Presentation], Department of Economics, University of Warwick. (7th December 2000), * , 07-DEC-00. |
| Harmon, C.; (2000) *. [Oral Presentation], Summer School in Labour Economics, University of Warwick. (21st July 2000), * , 21-JUL-00. |
| Harmon, C.; (2000) *. [Oral Presentation], Department of Education Northern Ireland. (9th June 2000), * , 09-JUN-00. | |||||||||
| Harmon, C.; (2000) *. [Oral Presentation], ECUITY Health Economics Symposium (8th May 2000), * , 08-MAY-00. | |||||||||
| Harmon, C.; (2000) *. [Oral Presentation], Department of Economics, University of Warwick. (3rd February 2000), * , 03-FEB-00. | |||||||||
| Harmon, C.; (2000) *. [Oral Presentation], European Meeting, Econometric Society UCL (14th January 2000), * , 14-JAN-00. | |||||||||
| Harmon, C.; (1999) *. [Oral Presentation], Department of Education, Dublin. (16th September 1999), * , 16-SEP-99. | |||||||||
| Harmon, C.; (1999) *. [Oral Presentation], Department of Economics, MIT, Massachusetts, USA (30th March 1999), Massachusetts, USA , 30-MAR-99. | |||||||||
| Harmon, C.; (1999) *. [Oral Presentation], Industrial Relations Group, Princeton University, Princeton, USA (23rd March 1999), Princeton, USA , 23-MAR-99. | |||||||||
| Harmon, C.; (1998) *. [Oral Presentation], Centre for Micro-Social Change, University of Essex, Essex, UK (1st June 1998), Essex , 01-JUN-98. | |||||||||
| Harmon, C.; (1998) *. [Oral Presentation], Industrial Relations Group, Princeton University, Princeton, USA (11th March 1998), Princeton, USA , 11-MAR-98. | |||||||||
| Harmon, C.; (1997) *. [Oral Presentation], Foundation for Fiscal Studies Seminar, Newman House, Dublin (November 12th 1997), * , 12-NOV-97. | |||||||||
| Harmon, C.; (1997) *. [Oral Presentation], EEEG Group, DfEE London, UK (31st October 1997), London , 31-OCT-97. | |||||||||
| Harmon, C.; (1997) *. [Oral Presentation], University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (10th October 1997), Amsterdam , 10-OCT-97. | |||||||||
| Harmon, C.; (1997) *. [Oral Presentation], University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (24th April 1997), Amsterdam , 24-APR-97. | |||||||||
| Harmon, C.; (1997) *. [Oral Presentation], Department of Economics, University of Venice, Venice, Italy (17th March 1997), Venice , 17-MAR-97. | |||||||||
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| Employer: University College Dublin Position: Professor |
| Employer: University College Dublin Position: Director |
| Employer: University College London Position: Research Fellow |
| Employer: Centre for Economic Policy Research Position: Research Affiliate |
| Employer: Institute for the Study of Labor Position: Research Fellow |
| Employer: Economic and Social Research Institute Position: Visiting Researcher |
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| Employer: Princeton University Position: Visiting Researcher |
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| Employer: University of Warwick Position: Visiting Research Fellow |
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| Employer: NUI Maynooth. Position: College Lecturer |
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| Year 1992 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: MA Subject: |
| Year 1991 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: BA Subject: |
| Year 1996 Institution: University of Keele Qualification: PhD Subject: |
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Introductory: Statistics and Quantitative Methods, Microeconomics Intermediate: Statistics, Microeconomics, Quantitative Methods Final/Degree: Econometrics, Labour Economics Postgraduate Masters/PhD MA - Econometrics, Applied Econometrics, Labour Economics PhD - Applied Econometrics
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PhD Supervision (with year of first registration) Thomas Healy (Fall 2001): – thesis submitted August 2004, passed January 2005. Claire Finn (Fall 2002): – thesis submitted May 2007, passed July 2007.
MA/MSc./M.Econ.Sc Supervision (Minor Theses with year of completion) Geoff Tucker (1997) – “Should We Subsidise Third-Level Education? Returns to Education in Ireland” Jonathon Holt (1998) – “The Economic Consequences of the Minimum Wages in Ireland.” Raemonn Lydon (1998) – “Employment and Earnings Patterns of Graduates 82-96.” (joint with Dr. Frank Barry) Don O’Connor (1999) – “Economics of the Housing Market.” (joint with Mr Joseph Durkan) Christopher Sibley (1999) – “The Cyclical Nature of the Irish Art Market.” Vivienne Black (1999) – “Property Prices in Ireland – Auctions and Private Treaty Sales.” Joses Tegyeza (2001) – “The Economic Return to Schooling in Sub-Saharan Africa.” (joint with Dr Vincent Hogan) Bridget O’Leary (2003) – “Education Choices and Parental Influences.” Izabela Grabowska (2003) – “Migration – the Polish Experience.” Inna Contina (2004) – “Push and Pull Factors in Migration Decisions.”
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