The paper offers a comparative look at attitudes to immigration in Ireland as reflected in the latest round of ESS …, with a particular focus on the issues of asylum, gender, and misconceptions of the true extent of immigration …

candidate-level data from Ireland and Sweden support the idea that dynastic ties help women overcome a vote disadvantage in …Throughout history and across countries, women appear more likely than men to enter politics at the heels of a close … relative or spouse. We provide a theoretical explanation for this dynastic bias in gender representation that integrates …

This study analyses the interaction between inter-industry wage differentials and the gender wage gap in six European … is quite similar for men and women and across countries, their dispersion is significantly larger in countries with … results show that in all countries more than 80% of the gender wage gaps within industries are statistically significant. Yet …

Since women are disproportionately in low paid work, they should benefit the most from minimum wage policies. We … exploit the introduction of a national minimum wage (MW) in Ireland (in 2000) and the UK (in 1999) to check this prediction … out "price" effects from "composition" effects. A large reduction of the gap at low wages is found for Ireland, with small …

gender gap at low wages is observed after the introduction of the minimum wage in Ireland while there is hardly any change in …Women are disproportionately in low paid work compared to men so, in the absence of rationing effects on their … employment, they should benefit the most from minimum wage policies. This study examines the change in the gender wage gap around …