Areas of Interest:

• Regional development and governance
• Microsimulation modeling and inequality analysis
• Economic theory: Political economy of reform and Pension policy

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway, Ireland, 2010
• M.A., Economics, University of Paris IX Dauphine, Paris, France, 2002
• B.A., Economics, University of Toulouse, France, 2001

Experience:

• Expert in governance and regional public management, German Cooperation - GIZ (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit), Tunisia, Since August 2014
• Development Economist, TPAD (Technical and Practical Assistance to Development), Tunisia, 2007-2014
• Consultant in regional development, governance and projects’ evaluation

Latest Publications:

• Abid, Y. and O’Donoghue, C., Irish Citizens’ Attitudes to Pension Reform and Redistribution, Social Policy and Society, Volume 13, Issue 2, pp. 203-220, April 2014
• Abid, Y., Doherty, E., Flannery, D. and O’Donoghue, C. “Eliciting Individual Preferences for Pension Reform,” Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Under Revision.