Welcome

I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics at Queen's University Belfast. 

Research interests: 

Curriculum Vitae

Recent publications: 

Does the Provision of Universal Free School Meals Improve School Attendance and Behaviour? (with Markus Gehrsitz, Stuart McIntyre and Gennaro Rossi), Economics of Education Review, December 2024

Forced Migration and Local Economic Development: Evidence from Postwar Hungary (with Ross Mckenzie), Journal of Development Economics, October 2024

Urban Regeneration Projects and Crime: Evidence from Glasgow (with Gennaro Rossi), Journal of Economic Geography, December 2023 

Rurality, Socio-Economic Disadvantage and Educational Mobility: a Scottish Case Study (with Markus Gehrsitz, Stuart McIntyre, Gennaro Rossi and Graeme Roy), British Educational Research Journal, September 2023

Early-Years Multi-Grade Classes and Pupil Attainment (with Markus Gehrsitz, Stuart McIntyre, Gennaro Rossi and Graeme Roy), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, May 2023

Peer Gender and Schooling: Evidence from Ethiopia, Journal of Human Capital, May 2023

The Impact of Housing Subsidy Cuts on the Labour Market Outcomes of Claimants: Evidence from England, Journal of Housing Economics, September 2022

Does rent control work? Economics Observatory, October 2021

Limiting the distortionary effects of transaction taxes: Scottish stamp duty after the Mirrlees Review, Fiscal Studies, May 2021 

How is coronavirus affecting the provision of free school meals? Economic Observatory, July 2020 

You can reach me at: d.borbely@qub.ac.uk 

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