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This article studies the use and impact of a firm-sponsored training ("Employability-miles") voucher scheme that aims to stimulate employees to develop a more active attitude toward their own employability. Using data from two surveys of the firm's workforce, we find that voucher use is related...
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The economic collapse was more severe in Ireland relative to elsewhere. Many questions have arisen concerning the …
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Much research has been conducted on immigration into Ireland in recent years using data from the Quarterly National … Household Survey (QNHS), the official source for labour market data in Ireland. As it is known that the QNHS undercounts … immigrants in Ireland, a concern exists over whether the profile of immigrants being provided is accurate. For example, QNHS …
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Higher rates of economic growth in recent years have led Ireland from being a country characterised by emigration to … compare the wages of returned migrants with the wages of those who stayed in Ireland. In a recent paper, it has been argued … find support for this argument for men. On average, returning males earn 10 percent more than men who stayed in Ireland …
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Ireland’s exceptional economic growth in recent years has led to an influx of immigrants. Given the favourable economic … nationally representative sample drawn in 2004 are used to assess the earnings of immigrants in Ireland relative to the native …
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Starting from the observation that all firms in Ireland (foreign and domestic in manufacturing and services industries …
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Ireland has experienced a remarkable change in its migratory patterns in recent years and has moved from experiencing … of immigrants and natives drawn in 2005 to assess the occupational attainment of immigrants in Ireland relative to … origin mix of Ireland’s immigrants, with immigrants from the New Member States of the European Union having the lowest …
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in Ireland in the ten years to 2003. We then go on to use the labour market profile in estimating the impact of … 3.5 and 3.7%, largely by lowering skilled wages by around 6% and increasing Ireland’s competitiveness. Under scenario (b …
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Using data from a large-scale survey of employees in Ireland, we estimate the extent to which people who have emigrated … from Ireland and returned earn more relative to comparable people who have never lived abroad. In so doing, we are testing …
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