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Smoking outside : the effect of the Irish workplace smoking ban on smoking prevalence among the employed
Savage, Michael - 2013
In March 2004, Ireland became the first country to introduce a nationwide workplace smoking ban. The smoking ban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009761442
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Do youth access control policies stop young people smoking? : evidence from Ireland
Savage, Michael - 2017
suitable control group of identically aged adolescents exists. The 2001 MLA reform in the Republic of Ireland, which increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725685
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Cost of doing business during COVID-19 : SME investment in public health compliance
Kren, Janez; Lawless, Martina; O'Toole, Conor - 2021
onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. Using a unique dataset designed to capture expenditure on public health measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012520133
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A lack of perceived benefits and a gap in knowledge distinguish the vaccine hesitant from vaccine accepting during the COVID-19 pandemic
Robertson, Deirdre; Mohr, Kieran S.; Barjakova, Martina; … - 2021
The current strategy to end the COVID-19 pandemic is to achieve herd immunity through mass vaccination. This relies on individuals’ willingness to take a vaccine. Yet little is known about how people perceive the risks and benefits of the COVID-19 vaccine. This paper reports the results of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012584068
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Containing the COVID-19 pandemic: what determined the speed of government interventions?
Siedschlag, Iulia; Yan, Weijie - 2020
This paper examines the speed with which governments introduced lockdown measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. We use data on daily confirmed COVID-19 cases and related deaths combined with information on containment measures available for 124 countries as well as a range of annual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012318653
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Using behavioural science to help fight the coronavirus
Lunn, Pete; Belton, Cameron; Lavin, Ciarán; McGowan, … - 2020
This paper summarises useful evidence from behavioural science for fighting the COVID-19 outbreak. It is based on an extensive literature search of relevant behavioural interventions and studies of crises. The findings aim to be useful not only to government and public authorities, but to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175762
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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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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