Karina Doorley

Karina Doorley is a labour economist at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). Karina spent the early part of her career at the Institute for Labor Economics (IZA) in Germany and at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), investigating how policy, institutions and demographic change influence labour supply and income distribution. In 2017, she moved to the ESRI and currently co-leads the ESRI’s Tax, Welfare and Pensions team, which develops and maintains the SWITCH microsimulation model. Karina is also an Adjunct Professor at Trinity College Dublin, a Research Fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics, a member of Young Academy Ireland, a member of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and sits on the board of the International Microsimulation Association. Karina’s research addresses income distribution, labour supply, tax and welfare policy and the impact of future transitions on household and public finances.