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Immigrants and Welfare Programmes: Exploring the Interactions between Immigrant Characteristics, Immigrant Welfare Dependence and Welfare Policy

Barrett, Alan; McCarthy, Yvonne - Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) - 2008

issues by looking at immigrant welfare use in Ireland and the UK. Immigrants in the UK appear to use welfare more intensively … than natives but the opposite appears to be the case in Ireland. …

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Welfare and Competition Effects of Electricity Interconnection between Great Britain and Ireland

Valeri, Laura Malaguzzi - Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) - 2008

market. I simulate the wholesale electricity markets of Great Britain and the island of Ireland for 2005. I find that in … positive effects on competition in Ireland, the less competitive of the two markets. Finally, it is unlikely that private …

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Energy-Using Appliances and Energy-Saving Features: Determinants of Ownership in Ireland

O'Doherty, Joe; Lyons, Seán; Tol, Richard S. J. - Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) - 2007

Energy usage and energy efficiency are of increasing concern in Ireland. Regression analyses on a large household micro …

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The Immigrant Earnings Disadvantage Across the Earnings and Skills Distributions: The Case of Immigrants from the EU's New Member States in Ireland

Barrett, Alan; McGuinness, Seamus; O'Brien, Martin - Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) - 2008

destinations. In this paper, we analyse the earnings of immigrants in Ireland from the NMS using a new large-scale dataset on … employees in Ireland. In so doing, we add to the emerging strand in the literature on immigrant earnings that looks beyond … determinant of the immigrant-native earnings gap for NMS immigrants in Ireland. …

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Determinants of Water Connection Type and Ownership of Water-Using Appliances in Ireland

O'Doherty, Joe; Lyons, Seán; Tol, Richard S.J. - Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) - 2007

Ireland, a country where rapid economic and demographic change are putting pressure on water and sewerage infrastructure …

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The Climate Preferences of Irish Tourists by Purpose of Travel

Lyons, Seán; Mayor, Karen; Tol, Richard S. J. - Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) - 2008

We estimate a pooled travel model for the destination choice of tourists from the Republic of Ireland in 2006. We …

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Accounting for Taste: An Examination of Socioeconomic Gradients in Attendance at Arts Events

Lunn, Pete; Kelly, Elish - Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) - 2009

We critically examine and empirically test the hypothesis that the strong socioeconomic gradients characterising attendance at arts events result from similar gradients in preferences for the arts, in line with existing theories of demand for the arts derived from orthodox consumer theory. To...

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Socioeconomic Distribution of Emissions and Resource Use in Ireland

Lyons, Seán; Pentecost, Anne; Tol, Richard S. J. - Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) - 2012

This paper uses the ESRI's ISus model to explore the distributional differences in emissions by household type. Most greenhouse gas and metal emissions are emitted via indirect means, although direct sources of emissions play a role for CO2, SO2 and CO. The results suggest that the richest...

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Pharmaceuticals Delivery in Ireland. Getting a Bigger Bang for the Buck

Gorecki, Paul K.; Nolan, Anne; Brick, Aoife; Lyons, Seán - Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)

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The Impact of Changes in Educational Attainment on Life Expectancy in Ireland

FitzGerald, John; Byrne, David; Znuderl, Nusa - Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) - 2011

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