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Matthew Collins

@collinsmatthew.bsky.social

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

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Matthew Collins@collinsmatthew.bsky.social · last yr.

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

The JHR@j-humanresources.bsky.social · last yr.

Culture shapes #FamilyInvestment choices. @collinsmatthew.bsky.social found that having a brother reduces #Education for first-born boys by 0.05 SD in cultures where sons don’t inherit from their fathers. When sons can’t inherit, parents compensate with more education. doi.org/10.3368/jhr....

Sibling Gender, Inheritance Customs and Educational Attainment Matthew Collins This study identifies the causal effect of second-born gender on the education of first-born children and how it varies across traditional inheritance customs in 27 sub-Saharan African countries. When customs dictate that sons do not inherit from fathers, having a brother causes a 0.05 SD reduction in education. For boys who inherit, having a brother reduces inheritance, for which parents substitute greater educational investments. For first-born girls whose brother can inherit, having a brother causes a 0.028 SD reduction in education. Exploiting national legal reforms, I show that sibling gender effects converge when all children can inherit from their parents.
Matthew Collins@collinsmatthew.bsky.social · last yr.

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 👇

Institute for Replication@i4replication.bsky.social · last yr.

We have our first games ever in Ireland next month. The event will be at the University of Galway as part of CERIS’s Annual Workshop on September 26th. Virtual participation is possible and coauthorship to a meta paper is granted. Register here: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/Replicatio...

John Cullinan@beta1hat.bsky.social · last yr.

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.

Matthew Collins@collinsmatthew.bsky.social · last yr.

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.

Emma Howard@howardemma.bsky.social · 2y ago

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

Irish Society for Women in Economics (ISWE)@isweconomics.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our #IWD2025 event takes place in @universityofgalway.bsky.social on March 10th at 11am! A panel discussion with panellists Prof. Helena Lenihan, Deputy Governor Vas Madouros & Prof John Mc Hale will be moderated by ISWE Chair @howardemma.bsky.social Register: buytickets.at/irishsociety...