Jason Begley

I received my doctorate in Economic History from the University of Limerick in 2002. The subject of this thesis was the use of tariffs in Ireland in the interwar years. I then undertook a post-doctoral thesis at Trinity College Dublin where I focussed on creating GDP proxy estimates for Ireland in the 19th century. Following my time at TCD I joined Coventry University as part of the Centre for Local Economic Development (CLED) in 2005/6. I have spent the last decade in Coventry creating statistical series and researching economic development. I am currently located in the Centre for Business in Society (CBiS) where I work as a research fellow. My most recent research has been published in the Cambridge Journal of Economics and relates to the creation of an Irish Wage Index for the 19th Century.