Olive Sweetman

Dr Olive Sweetman

Economics

Lecturer

Location Rhetoric House

Room 26

Phone (01) 708 3556

Email olive.sweetman@mu.ie

Biography

Olive Sweetman is a lecturer in Economics at Maynooth University. She obtained her Ph.D from the University of Iowa in 1994. Her main interests are in the areas of labour economics and the economics of education. She has published articles examining the gender and racial wage gap, single-sex education, inequality and intergenerational mobility. Her research has been published in leading international economics journals including the Journal of Economic Inequality, Journal of Human Resources, Labour Economics, the Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, the Economics of Education Review and the IZA Journal of Labor Economics. She was a member of the board of Combat Poverty from 2003-2006 and served as editor of the Economic and Social Review from 2010-2013.

Research

Research Interests

Labour and Inequality

Research Projects

Title	Role	Description	Start date	End date	Amount
Research on the Introduction of a Living Wage in Ireland	Co PI	The Research will review the national and international evidence on the impact of the introduction of a living wage in Ireland	25/06/2021	25/11/2021	24853
Earnings Dynamics and Inequality Across European Countries	Member of Research Team		01/11/2007	31/10/2008	39176
PRTLI Cycle 3	Member of Maynooth Labour Group (named partner in UCD led research proposal)		01/01/2002	31/12/2007	100000
Inequality in Ireland	Member of Maynooth Research Team		01/01/1997	31/12/1997	3800
Male-Female Wages in Ireland	Member of Maynooth Research Team		01/01/1999	31/12/1999	6300
Inequality and its Implicatons for the Irish Labour Market	Member of Research Team		01/01/1997	31/12/1997	5700

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal

	Year	Publication
	2022	Doris, A; O'Neill, D; Sweetman, O (2022) 'Good schools or good students? The importance of selectivity for school rankings'. Oxford Review of Education, 48 (6):804-826. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2020	Aedín Doris, Donal O'Neill, Olive Sweetman (2020) 'Does Reducing Unemployment Benefits During a Recession Reduce Youth Unemployment? Evidence from a 50% Cut in Unemployment Assistance'. Journal of Human Resources, 55 (3):902-925. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2015	Aedin Doris, Donal O'Neill, Olive Sweetman (2015) 'Wage Flexibility and the Great Recession: the response of the Irish Labour Market'. IZA JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN LABOR STUDIES, 4:18 . [Full-Text]
	2006	O'Neill, D; Olive, S; Van De Gaer, D (2006) 'The impact of cognitive skills on the distribution of the black-white wage gap'. Labour Economics, 13 :343-356. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2020	Aedín Doris; Donal O'Neill; Olive Sweetman (2020) 'How Important are Firms in Explaining Wage Changes During a Recession?'. Economica, 87 (345):282-298. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2015	O'Neill D.; Sweetman O. (2015) 'Bounding obesity rates in the presence of self-reporting errors'. Empirical Economics, . [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2013	O’Neill D.; Sweetman O. (2013) 'The consequences of measurement error when estimating the impact of obesity on income'. THE IZA JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS, 2 (1). [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2013	Doris, A; O'Neill, D; Sweetman, O (2013) 'Identification of the covariance structure of earnings using the GMM estimator'. Journal of Economic Inequality, 11 :343-372. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2013	Doris, A; O'Neill, D; Sweetman, O (2013) 'Gender, single-sex schooling and maths achievement'. Economics of Education Review, 35 :104-119. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2011	Doris, A; O'Neill, D; Sweetman, O (2011) 'GMM estimation of the covariance structure of longitudinal data on earnings'. Stata Journal, 11 :439-459. [Full-Text]
	2007	O'Neill D.; Sweetman O.; Van de gaer D. (2007) 'The effects of measurement error and omitted variables when using transition matrices to measure intergenerational mobility'. Journal of Economic Inequality, 5 (2):159-178. [DOI] [Full-Text]
	2001	D. O'Neill and O.Sweetman (2001) 'Inequality in Ireland 1987-1994: A Comparison using Measures of Income and Consumption'. Journal of Income Distribution, 10 :23-39. [Full-Text]
	2000	O'Neill, D; Sweetman, O; Van de gaer, D (2000) 'Equality of opportunity and kernel density estimation: An application to intergenerational mobility'. Advances In Econometrics, Vol 14, 14 :259-274. [Full-Text]
	1998	O'Neill, D; Sweetman, O (1998) 'Intergenerational mobility in Britain: Evidence from unemployment patterns'. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 60 :431-447. [Full-Text]
	1996	Dolton, P; ONeill, D; Sweetman, O (1996) 'Gender differences in the changing labor market - The role of legislation and inequality in changing the wage gap for qualified workers in the United Kingdom'. Journal of Human Resources, 31 :549-565. [Full-Text]

Book Chapter

	Year	Publication
	2000	O’Neill, D and O. Sweetman, O. (2000) 'Earnings Inequality and the Distribution of Gender Wage Differences, 1987-1994' In: How Unequal? Men and Women in the Irish Labour Market. ESRI General Research Series. Dublin : Oaktree Press.
	1999	D.O'Neill and O.Sweetman (1999) 'Female Labour Force Participation and Household Income Inequality in Ireland' In: Brian Nolan(Eds.). The Distribution of Income in Ireland. Dublin : Oak Tree Press/Combat Poverty Agency.

Published Report

	Year	Publication
	2013	Sweetman, Olive (with Delma Byrne, Aedín Doris, Ruth Casey, David Raffe) (2013) A National Evaluation of the HEAR and DARE Supplementary Admission Routes to Higher Education: Report Commissioned by the HEAR DARE Strategic Development Group of the Irish Universities Association. Technical Report. DARE/HEAR Strategic Development Group, .

Conference Contribution

	Year	Publication
	2022	Aedin Doris, Donal O'Neill, Olive Sweetman (2022) Why Do the Earnings of Male and Female Graduates Diverge? The Role of Motherhood and Job Dynamics Educational Statistics Liaison Group Meeting Central Statistics Office, Dublin, .
	2021	Aedin Doris, Donal O'Neill, Olive Sweetman (2021) Research on the Introduction of a Living Wage in Ireland Presentation to the Low Pay Commission Dublin, .
	2019	Olive Sweetman (2019) Good schools or good students? The importance of selectivity for school rankings Growing up in Ireland Annual Conference Dublin, .
	2018	Olive Sweetman (2018) Does Reducing Unemployment Benefits During a Recession Reduce Youth Unemployment? Evidence from a 50% Cut in Unemployment Assistance US SOLE (Society of Labour Economics) Annual Conference Raleigh, North Carolina, .
	2015	Olive Sweetman (2015) Wage Adjustment in Ireland: Within and Between-firm Effects Irish Economics Association Annual Conference Dublin, .
	2014	Olive Sweetman (2014) Wage Flexibility in Ireland. The Labour Market over the Business Cycl Central Bank of Ireland Labour Market Conference Dublin, .
	2014	Olive Sweetman (2014) Wage Flexibility and the Great Recession: The Response of the Irish Labour Market” Labour Markets during Crises Conference Maynooth University, .
	2013	Olive Sweetman (2013) The Consequences of Measurement Error when Estimating the Impact of BMI on Labour Market Outcomes European Society of Population Economics Annual Conference Aarhus, Denmark, .
	2010	Olive Sweetman (2010) Irish Economic Association Conference Identification of the Covariance Structure of Earnings using the GMM estimator Belfast, .
	2009	(2009) International Reserach on Intergenerational Mobility: A Review Questionnaire and Experiments in Equality of Opportunity Workshop Marseille, .
	2009	(2009) Estimating Models of Earnings Dynamics with the European Community Household Panel Conference on Income and Earnings Dynamics NUI Maynooth, .
	2005	Olive Sweetman (2005) Implications of Specification Error when Transition Matrices are used to Measure Intergenerational Mobility’ Society for the Study of Economic Inequality Conference Palma Majorca Palma, Majorca, .
	2002	Olive Sweetman (2002) College Attendance, Tuition and Family Income: Evidence from Ireland Irish Economics Association Annual Conference Mullingar, .
	2001	Olive Sweetman (2001) Consequences of Specification Error for Distributional Analysis with an Application to Intergenerational Mobility American Econometric Society Summer Meeting University of Maryland, .
	2001	Olive Sweetman (2001) Consequences of Specification Error for Distributional Analysis with an Application to Intergenerational Mobility ESF sponsored Conference on Mobility, Demographics and the Labout Market University of Bristol, .
	2001	Olive Sweetman (2001) Consequences of Specification Error for Distributional Analysis with an Application to Intergenerational Mobility European Society for Population Economics Conference Athens, Greece, .
	2000	Olive Sweetman (2000) Estimating Counterfactual Densities: An Application to Black-White Wage Differentials in the US Irish Economics Association Annual Conference Waterford, .
	2000	Olive Sweetman (2000) Estimating Counterfactual Densities: An Application to Black-White Wage Differentials in the US Joint American/European Society of Labor Economists Milan, .

Book Review

	Year	Publication
	1998	Sweetman, O (1998) Ireland at Work. Economic and Social Review Vol 29(3): [Book Review]

Working Paper

	Year	Publication
	2013	Olive Sweetman and Donal O'Neill (2013) Estimating Obesity Rates in the Presence of Measurement Error. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
	2012	Donal O'Neill and Olive Sweetman (2012) The Consequences of Measurement Error when Estimating the Impact of BMI on Labour Market Outcomes. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
	2010	O'Neill, Donal, Doris, Aedin and Sweetman, Olive (2010) Identification of the Covariance Structure of Earnings using the GMM Estimator. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
	2010	Doris, Aedin, O'Neill, Donal and Sweetman, Olive (2010) GMMCOVEARN: A Stata Module for GMM Estimation of the Covariance Structure of Earnings. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
	2010	Doris, Aedin, O'Neill, Donal and Sweetman, Olive (2010) Aggregate Earnings Inequality in Europe: Permanent Differences or Transitory Fluctuations?. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
	2008	Doris, A., O'Neill, D. and Sweetman, O. (2008) Does Growth Affect the Nature of Inequality? Ireland 1991-2001. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
	2012	Olive Sweetman, Aedin Doris and Donal O'Neill (2012) Gender, Single-Sex Schooling and Maths Achievement. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
	2002	Sweetman, O. (2002) College attendance, tuition and family income. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]
	2002	O'Neill, D., Sweetman, O. and Van de gear, D. (2002) Consequences of Specification Error for Distributional Analysis with an Application to Intergenerational Mobility. [Working Paper] [Full-Text]

Professional

Employment

Employer	Position	From / To
University of Iowa	Research/Teaching Assistant	01/09/1989 - 31/05/1993
Central Bank of Ireland	Economist	01/10/1987 - 31/08/1989
University of Newcastle	Lecturer	01/10/1993 - 30/09/1995

Education

	Start date	Institution	Qualification	Subject
		University College Dublin	MA
		University of Iowa	PhD
		University College Dublin	B.A.

Other Activities

	Description
	Chairperson Economic and Social Studies Council