Dr. Olive Sweetman

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PhD Economics University of Iowa 1994
Lecturer
Contact Details
Email: 
olive.sweetman
Tel: 
353-1-7083556
Fax: 
353-1-7083934
Location: 
Room 26, Rhetoric House, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland

PERSONAL DATA

DATE OF BIRTH May 17 1966

Work Address      Telephone
Dept. of Economics, Finance and Accounting  01-7083556  
NUI Maynooth      E-Mail: olive.sweetman@nuim.ie
Maynooth, Co. Kildare     
Ireland.

MAJOR FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION

Income Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility
Economics of Education

EDUCATION

  • PhD  Economics University of Iowa 1994
  • M.A  Economics  University College Dublin  1987
  • B.A  Economics  University College Dublin  1986

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • 1995- present    Lecturer in the Department of Economics at NUI Maynooth.
  • 1993-1995 Contract Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Newcastle.
  • 1989-1993 Teaching /Research Assistant in the Department of Economics at the University of   Iowa.
  • 1987-1989 Junior Economist at the Central Bank of Ireland

External Assignments

  • Managing Editor of the  Economic and Social Review  2010-
  • Member of the Council of Economic and Social Studies, 2010-
  • Member of the Irish Economic Association committee. 2010-
  • Member of the Quarterly Economic Commentary  Editorial Board 2007-2009.
  • Member of the Socio-Economic Panel of Advisors for the Growing up in Ireland project. 2006-
  • Member of Assessment Committee to assess proposals for the Combat Poverty Research Initiative April  2006.
  • External member of Board of Assessors for position of Lecturer in Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway December 2005.
  • Chair of Combat Poverty Research Committee 2005- May 2006present.
  • Member of Assessment Committee for PhD Awards for Combat Poverty June 2005.
  • Member of Board of Assessors for Research Officer position Combat Poverty,  December 2004.
  • Member of Board of Assessors for Policy and Research Analyst position Combat Poverty,  2004.
  • Member of Assessment Committee to assess proposals for the Combat Poverty Research Initiative June 2004.
  • Member of Assessment Committee to assess proposals for the Combat Poverty study on Tax and Equity April 2004.
  • Member of Assessment Committee for PhD Awards for Combat Poverty June 2003.
  • Member of the Board of Combat Poverty 2003- present
  • External advisor to Indecon International Economic Consultants on a successful tender to the
    Department of Justice, Equality and Law reform regarding a sectoral study to identify the gender pay gap December 2001.

Referee for:

  • Economic and Social Review
  • Labour
  • Journal of Economic Inequality

Research Grants

  • O.Sweetman  with A. Barrett and T. Callan ( ESRI) and A. Doris and D.O’Neill (NUI Maynooth) “ Male-Female Wage Differentials in Ireland” Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (with ESRI).
  • O.Sweetman. “Inequality and its Implications for the Irish Labour Market” Social Science Research Council  (with Donal O’Neill).
  • Olive Sweetman. “Inequality in Ireland” with T. Callan and B.Nolan (ESRI) and D. O’Neill NUI Maynooth. Combat Poverty Agency (with ESRI).
  • "Earnings Dynamics and Inequality across European Countries" (with A.Doris and D.O’Neill) approved for funding by the International Assessment Board reviewing the IRCHSS Government of Ireland Small Research Project Grants. (€39176) November 2007.