"In international commentary and debate on the effects of the Great Recession and austerity, Ireland has been hailed as … recovery. In this book a group of Ireland's leading social scientists present a multi-disciplinary analysis of recession and …, consumption, work, the labour market, migration, political and financial institutions, social inequality and cohesion, housing and …

has however slowed down in the wake of the recession and has since been outpaced by the speed of EU enlargement. The …, across the core Member States, we observe a dramatic increase in employment disparities that have been pushing inequality … upwards over the last decade. On a regional level, aggregate within-country inequality is determined by employment differences …

has however slowed down in the wake of the recession and has since been outpaced by the speed of EU enlargement. The …, across the core Member States, we observe a dramatic increase in employment disparities that have been pushing inequality … upwards over the last decade. On a regional level, aggregate within-country inequality is determined by employment differences …

that the demand impact of greater inequality did appear in the aftermath of the recession. A calibrated Keynesian growth …US household demand is well below its trend from prior to the Great Recession. We link weak demand to rising income … inequality. The demand problem did not arise contemporaneously with higher income inequality because the bottom 95 percent of the …

results suggest that the probit models predict U.S. recession periods more accurately than SVM models up to six months ahead …