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Matthew Collins

@collinsmatthew.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Galway | Applied Micro - Education - Development

Matthew Collins @collinsmatthew.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New paper 🧵 How do age-set social institutions shape human capital investments and educational attainment? Using variation in the presence of age-sets in Uganda, we find that they raise early-life investments but constrain later educational attainment. with Patrick McHale @dspika.bsky.social

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 10/12/2025

New Paper 📢 "Exposure to Inequality, Human Capital Investment, and Labor Market Outcomes" 💰💼 by @jbietenbeck.bsky.social @collinsmatthew.bsky.social Petter Lundborg & @kmajlesi.bsky.social Find out more about the latest CESifo Working Paper: 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...

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Matthew Collins @collinsmatthew.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

So happy to finally see my Job Market Paper published at the @j-humanresources.bsky.social ! 🙌

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Matthew Collins @collinsmatthew.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Join us in Galway for Ireland's first Replication Games! This year, we are hosting a replication games in collaboration with @i4replication.bsky.social, alongside the annual CERIS workshop. You can sign up for the replication games here 👇

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Matthew Collins @collinsmatthew.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Check out our new working paper! See below for a thread summarising our findings!

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 05/08/2025

Welcome @collinsmatthew.bsky.social! We’re excited to introduce him as a new network member. His research covers topics in applied microeconomics related to human capital, child development and inequalities. 📚 Learn more about his work: sites.google.com/view/matthew... 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...

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Matthew Collins @collinsmatthew.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Free Primary Education is widely seen as a tool to promote long-term growth, but in a new working paper (🚨), @eleonoraguarnieri.bsky.social, Helmut Rainer and I show that the effects are more immediate and wide-reaching, with FPE leading to reduced fertility and greater female empowerment.

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John Cullinan @beta1hat.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Cool event alert! Join us in Galway in September for a workshop on replication in economics and Ireland's very first replication games. Full details in Matthew’s thread below. Please repost/share widely.

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Matthew Collins @collinsmatthew.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Ireland's 1st replication games! In collaboration with the @i4replication.bsky.social, and as part of the annual CERIS Workshop, we are hosting Ireland's first replication games in Galway on September 25-26th.

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CESifo @cesifo.org · 14/05/2025

🔊 Great news! @collinsmatthew.bsky.social will join us as a guest researcher next week from May 19th to 23rd! 🧐 Check out his website for more info on his research in in applied microeconomics: sites.google.com/view/matthew... 🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/gu...

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Emma Howard @howardemma.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

If you’re in Galway on March 10th or can travel there, come along to this #IWD2025 event!

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Matthew Collins @collinsmatthew.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

We are hiring! The University of Galway is on the market for an Assistant Professor in economics. The position is open to any field and is a permanent, tenured position. (1/5)

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Matthew Collins @collinsmatthew.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

We are hiring! The University of Galway is on the market for an Assistant Professor in economics. The position is open to any field and is a permanent, tenured position. (1/5)

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