2026 Seamus McGuinness: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	34	3070	2787	5	5	178	6304

Overview

Seamus McGuinness is affiliated with the Economic and Social Research Institute in Ireland. Their research spans several fields within the social sciences, with a particular focus on economics and econometrics, public health, sociology, political science, and education.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

Social Sciences
Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Subfields of study encompass:

Economics and Econometrics
General Health Professions
Sociology and Political Science
Education
Political Science and International Relations

Their research topics show a consistent engagement with labor market issues, inequality, welfare, and social policy. Major topics covered are:

Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
Employment and Welfare Studies
Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Social Policy and Reform Studies
Economic Growth and Productivity

Seamus McGuinness has contributed to various academic journals, with frequent publications in:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Irish Studies in International Affairs
Oxford Economic Papers
Oxford Review of Education
World Development

Among their recent papers are:

"Educational expansion and overeducation of young graduates: A comparative analysis of 30 European countries" (2020), published in Oxford Review of Education
"Returns to education in Vietnam: A changing landscape" (2020), published in World Development
"Minimum wage non-compliance" (2020), published in Applied Economics Letters
"Who is Better off? Measuring Cross-border Differences in Living Standards, Opportunities and Quality of Life on the Island of Ireland" (2021), published in Irish Studies in International Affairs
"The impact of a minimum wage change on the distribution of wages and household income" (2020), published in Oxford Economic Papers

Coauthors who frequently collaborate with Seamus McGuinness include:

Paul Redmond
Adele Whelan
Anne Devlin
Adele Bergin
Elish Kelly

Best Publications

Overeducation in the Labour Market

Séamus McGuinness

1265
Citations
Labour Market Mismatch among UK Graduates: An Analysis Using REFLEX Data.

Seamus McGuinness;Peter J. Sloane;Peter J. Sloane

407
Citations
Five Characteristics of Youth Unemployment in Europe: Flexibility, Education, Migration, Family Legacies, and EU Policy

Jacqueline O’Reilly;Werner Eichhorst;András Gábos;Kari Hadjivassiliou

323
Citations
Skills mismatch: concepts, measurement and policy approaches

Seamus McGuinness;Konstantinos Pouliakas;Paul Redmond

289
Citations
Overeducation in the graduate labour market: A quantile regression approach

Séamus McGuinness;Jessica Bennett

251
Citations
Overskilling, Job Insecurity, and Career Mobility

Seamus McGUINNESS;Mark Wooden

236
Citations
Job Mismatches and Labour Market Outcomes: Panel Evidence on University Graduates

Kostas Mavromaras;Seamus McGuinness;Seamus McGuinness;Seamus McGuinness;Nigel O'Leary;Nigel O'Leary;Peter Sloane;Peter Sloane

209
Citations
University quality and labour market outcomes

Séamus McGuinness

179
Citations
Overskilling Dynamics and Education Pathways

Kostas Mavromaras;Seamus McGuinness;Seamus McGuinness;Seamus McGuinness

177
Citations
THE PROBLEM OF OVERSKILLING IN AUSTRALIA AND BRITAIN

Kostas Mavromaras;Seamus McGuinness;Nigel C. O'Leary;Peter J. Sloane

151
Citations
Decomposing the Impacts of Overeducation and Overskilling on Earnings and Job Satisfaction: An Analysis Using REFLEX data

Nuria Sánchez-Sánchez;Seamus McGuinness

143
Citations
Assessing the Incidence and Wage Effects of Overskilling in the Australian Labour Market

Kostas Mavromaras;Seamus Mcguinness;Yin King Fok

135
Citations
Youth unemployment

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135
Citations
The Immigrant Earnings Disadvantage across the Earnings and Skills Distributions: The Case of Immigrants from the EU's New Member States

Alan Barrett;Séamus McGuinness;Martin O'Brien

111
Citations
Impact of the Great Recession on unemployed and NEET individuals’ labour market transitions in Ireland

Elish Kelly;Elish Kelly;Seamus McGuinness;Seamus McGuinness;Seamus McGuinness

107
Citations
Graduate overeducation as a sheepskin effect: evidence from Northern Ireland

S. Mcguinness

107
Citations
Assessing the Impact of Skill Shortages on the Productivity Performance of High-Tech Firms in Northern Ireland

Jessica Bennett;Seamus McGuinness

99
Citations
The gender wage gap in Europe: Job preferences, gender convergence and distributional effects

Paul Redmond;Paul Redmond;Seamus Mcguinness;Seamus Mcguinness;Seamus Mcguinness

92
Citations
Overskilling in the Australian Labour Market

Kostas Mavromaras;Seamus McGuinness;Mark Wooden

82
Citations
Changing returns to education during a boom? The case of Ireland

Seamus McGuinness;Frances McGinnity;Philip J. O'Connell

70
Citations
The Skill Matching Challenge: Analysing Skill Mismatch and Policy implications

Peter Sloane;Kostas Mavromaras;Nigel O'Leary;Seamus McGuinness

36
Citations
Overskilling Dynamics and Education Pathways

Kostas G. Mavromaras;Kostas G. Mavromaras;Seamus McGuinness;Yin King Fok

17
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Sloane Swansea University

Mark Wooden University of Melbourne

Emer Smyth Economic and Social Research Institute

External Links

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