Dimitrios Argyros

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I am a PhD candidate in Economics at University College Dublin supervised  by Benjamin Elsner. I am currently visiting Aix-en-Marseille School of Economics  hosted by Roberta Ziparo. From October 2024 - December 2024 I will be visiting University of Pennsylvania's Population Studies Center hosted by Hans-Peter Kohler.

My research interests are centered around Development Economics, Health Economics, Family Economics and Political Economy.  I focus on the determinants of fertility and parental health health investments in developing countries with a particular focus on the impact of economic shocks and policies.  I examine: (1) the potential of financial development as a mitigating mechanism between agricultural income shocks and child health outcomes ; (2) the role of trade policy induced income shocks on fertility ; (3) how mortality and longevity expectations influence consumption and saving behaviors of the rural poor throughout their life cycle ; (4) the long-run determinants of intra-household gender discrimination among other things. For more information about my research you can look here. 

I hold a MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick and an MSc in Finance from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens. 

I am a co-organizer of the Young Irish Economists Seminar Series (YIESS)  a platform  aiming at bringing together young economists across Ireland and beyond to present their work and engage in a vibrant research community.

I am funded by the Irish Research Council. 

You can look at my CV here. 

You can contact me at:  dimitrios.argyros@ucdconnect.ie