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In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement concluded a period of violence in Northern Ireland yet the scars of the conflict …, however, little rigorous effort has been made to test the success of the programmes. Splitting Northern Ireland into 582 …
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This paper is the first to exploit high-frequency data to measure the impact of terrorist-related incidents (TRIs) on individuals' momentary happiness and anxiety. We show the impact of TRIs varies with the nature of the incident, the individual's physical proximity to it, and the time that has...
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2016 introduction of the UK National Living Wage (NLW) in Northern Ireland (NI). NI is the only part of the UK with a land … the border (Republic of Ireland). This discontinuity in minimum wage coverage enables a research design that estimates the …
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from Lithuania and work permit and census data from the UK and Ireland, I demonstrate that emigration had a significant …
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penalty for male workers in six European countries (i.e. Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK). Findings show …, to 28 per cent in Denmark and Italy, to 67 per cent in the UK and to 149 per cent in Ireland. Human capital differences …
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This study analyses the interaction between inter-industry wage differentials and the gender wage gap in six European countries using a unique harmonised matched employer-employee data set, the 1995 European Structure of Earnings Survey. Findings show the existence of significant inter-industry...
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We evaluate the short- and medium-term health impacts of Sure Start, a large-scale and universal early childhood program in England. We exploit the rollout of the program and implement a difference-in-difference approach, combining data on the exact location and opening date of Sure Start...
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one very well-known differential - the Catholic/ Protestant unemployment differential in Northern Ireland - has largely … major structural changes in Northern Ireland. We assess the relative contributions of these changes. …
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the introduction of minimum wages in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Using survey data for the two countries, we develop a … gender gap at low wages is observed after the introduction of the minimum wage in Ireland while there is hardly any change in …
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