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Towards regional environmental accounts for Ireland
Tol, Richard S. J.; Commins, Nicola; Crilly, Niamh; … - 2009
Existing environmental accounts for the Republic of Ireland are at the national level. This is fine for continental and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003839313
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Managing Household Waste in Ireland : Behavioural Parameters and Policy Options
Curtis, John; Lyons, Sean; O'Callaghan-Platt, Abigail - 2009
Ireland has signed up to ambitious targets for diverting municipal solid waste from landfill. These targets are likely … household waste management behaviour in Ireland is scarce, and policymaking could benefit from improved data and market analysis …. In this paper we use data from the EPA and CSO to estimate econometric models of household waste collection in Ireland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003839324
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Estimating historical landfill quantities to predict methane emissions
Lyons, Sean; Murphy, Liam; Tol, Richard S. J. - 2009
We estimate Irish historical landfill quantities from 1960 -2008 and Irish methane emissions from 1968-2006. A model is constructed in which waste generation is a function of income, price of waste disposal and, household economies of scale. A transformation ratio of waste to methane is also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935624
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Cost-benefit analysis of the introduction of weight-based charges for domestic waste : West Cork's experience
Scott, Susan; Watson, Dorothy - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935630
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The climate preferences of Irish tourists by purpose of travel
Lyons, Seán (contributor); Mayor, Karen (contributor);  … - 2008
We estimate a pooled travel model for the destination choice of tourists from the Republic of Ireland in 2006. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003639322
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'New' and 'old' social risks : life cycle and social class perspectives on social exclusion in Ireland
Whelan, Christopher T. (contributor);  … - 2008
The life cycle concept has come to have considerable prominence in Irish social policy debate. However, this has occurred without any systematic effort to link its usage to the broader literature relating to a concept. Nor has there been any detailed consideration of how we should set about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003639324
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Using a census to assess the reliability of a national household survey for migration research : the case of Ireland
Barrett, Alan (contributor); Kelly, Elish (contributor) - 2008
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003753462
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The misperception of inflation by Irish consumers
Duffy, David (contributor); Lunn, Pete (contributor) - 2008
How people perceive and forecast inflation has the potential to impact on a range of economic outcomes. We reveal large, systematic overestimation of inflation by Irish consumers, which varies by social group. In contrast to previous work in this area, our models suggest the upward bias and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770258
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Fuel poverty in Ireland : extent, affected groups and policy issues
Scott, Susan; Lyons, Sean; Keane, Claire; McCarthy, Donald - 2008
This paper provides updated estimates for the scale of fuel poverty in the Republic of Ireland using two measures: one … price changes, outlines policies in place in Ireland and other countries, and discusses policy issues. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770262
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Poverty in Ireland in comparative European perspective
Whelan, Christopher T. (contributor);  … - 2008
variation by household reference person characteristics for this indicator and a consistent poverty measure for Ireland, the UK … of Ireland’s situation lies not in the overall levels of poverty per se but in the very high penalties associated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003785106