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Dr. Michael King

Assistant Professor (Economics)

 Michael.King@tcd.ie

 


Biography

Michael King is Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College Dublin. His research is on the microeconomics of development with a focus on financial inclusion, social protection and gender. Michael is a co-founder and director of the Trinity Impact Evaluation Research Centre (TIME) and regularly contributes to the literature on development policy. His large scale research project spans nine countries; Kenya, India, ireland, Malawi, Mexico, Nigeria, Mauritania, the US and Zambia. Michael has previously worked as Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for International Integration Studies (2007-2012), economist with Forfás and the National Competitiveness Council in Dublin (2016-2017) and is the founder and former Chief Executive Officer (2001-2004) of Dublin based international development agency Suas Educational Development. Michael holds a Masters in economics and international development (MPA/ID) from Harvard University and a BA and PhD in economics from Trinity College Dublin. Michael has been awarded the O'Reilly Foundation Scholarship (2003), the Fulbright Scholarship (2004), the John F. Kennedy Scholarship (2004) and the Provost Teaching Award (2017).

Research Tags

  African Economics   Development economics   Development in Africa   ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE   Economic Competitiveness   Economic Development   ECONOMIC EVALUATION   ECONOMIC HISTORY   Economic policy making   Finance   financial crises   FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT   Financial Services Regulation   International development   International economics, finance, trade and development   Irish economy, problems   Microeconomics   Political Economics/Economy

Research Projects

 Graduation out of Poverty and Gender Dynamics in Malawi
 Text Messaging for Financial Behaviour Change in Zambia
 Flexible Loans and Locked Savings for Female Market Vendors in India
 Financial Inclusion and Financial Sector Development in Kenya
 Policy Coherence for Development

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Representations

Details Date
Research Associate, Trinity Research in Social Science (TRISS)

Memberships

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

Details Date From Date To
Research Affiliate, Innovation for Poverty Action (IPA) 2016
Member, American Economic Association 2013
European Economics Association 2013
King Michael, Chaning Jang, Daniel Putman and Shane Byrne, Strategies for Reducing Non-Institutional Fraud and Building Trust in a Digital Market Platform: Evidence from a Lab Study in Nigeria, Innoivation for Poverty Action , 2023, Dataset, PUBLISHED
King, Michael, Bedi, Tara and Anu Jose, Joint Accounts in the Fintech Era: How Does Labelling, Transparency and Approval Rules Affect Spousal Financial, Trinity College Dublin , 2022, Dataset, PUBLISHED
King, Michael, Bhanot, Syon and Siegfried Zottel, Two-way Text Messaging for Financial Behavior Change in Zambia, World Bank, 2022, Dataset, PUBLISHED  URL
Inequality and Poverty in, editor(s)John O'Hagan, Francis O'Toole and Ciara Whelan , The Economy of Ireland: Policy Making in a Global Context, London, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021, [Michael King], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Michael King, Tara Bedi, Impact of the 2019 Malawi Floods, Trinity College Dublin, TIME, 2021, Dataset, PUBLISHED  URL
King, Michael and Anuj Singh, Understanding Farmer's Valuation of Agricultural Insurance: Evidence from Viet Nam, Food Policy, 94, (101861 3), 2020, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  URL
Michael King, Consumer Mortgage Preferences and Behavioural Biases, Trinity College Dublin, 2018, Dataset, PUBLISHED  URL
Michael King and Tara Mitchell, Savings Groups in Western Kenya: Transactions and Member Data, Trinity College Dublin, 2018, Dataset, PUBLISHED  URL
Distribution and Poverty in, editor(s)John O'hagan and Francis O'Toole , The Economy of Ireland: Policy Making in a global Context, Palgrave Macmillan , 2017, pp205 - 235, [Michael King], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Michael King, Broadening the Global Development Framework Post 2015: Embracing Policy Coherence and Global Public Goods , European Journal for Development Research, 2016, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
  

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Tara Bedi, Anu Puthenmadathil Jose, Michael King, How Does Workfare, Labelling, Transparency and Approval Rules Affect Spousal Financial Decision Making, 2023, Notes: [Trinity Economic Paper #TEP1323], Working Paper, PUBLISHED
Formal Financial Inclusion in Kenya: Understanding the Demand-Side Constraints in, editor(s)Amrik Heyer and Michael King , Kenya's Financial Transformation in the 21st Century, Nairobi, Kenya, FSD Kenya, 2015, [M. King], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
Niels Keijzer, Michael King, Alan Matthews and Eunike Spierings, Measuring Policy Coherence for Development: Study on Modernising the Comparability of Donor Contributions Post-2015, Maastricht, The Netherlands, ECDPM, 2012, Report, PUBLISHED
Niels Keijzer and Michael King, Monitoring the Effects of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) in Developing Countries, London, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), 2012, Report, PUBLISHED
Michael King and Alan Matthews, Policy Coherence for Development : Indicators for Ireland, Dublin, Institute for International Integration Studies, 2012, 1, 101, Report, PUBLISHED
Keijzer, N., King, M., Spierings, E., Matthews, A. , Measuring Policy Coherence for Development, Maastricht, Netherlands, European Centre for Development Policy Management, May, 2012, 58, Report, PUBLISHED
Niels Keijzer and Michael King, Monitoring the Effects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in Developing Countries, London, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), 2012, Report, PUBLISHED
Michael King, The Unbanked Four-fifths: Informality and Barriers to Banking Services in Nigeria, 2012, Notes: [IIIS Discussion Paper 411], Working Paper, PUBLISHED
Michael King, Is Mobile Banking Breaking the Tyranny of Distance to Bank Infrastructure? Evidence from Kenya, 2012, Notes: [IIIS Discussion Paper 412], Working Paper, PUBLISHED
Ireland's Treasure by National Competitiveness in, editor(s)Ed Burke and Ronan Lyons , Next Generation Ireland, Dublin, Blackhall Publishing, 2011, pp91 - 114, [Michael King], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED

  

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Awards and Honours

Award Date
Provost Teaching Award 2017
Provost Teaching Award Commendation 2016
O'Reilly Scholarship 2004
John F. Kennedy Scholarship 2004
Fulbright Scholarship (awarded) 2004