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The economic crisis, public sector pay, and the income distribution
Callan, Tim; Nolan, Brian; Walsh, John - 2010
private sector? This paper investigates these issues using data and a tax-benefit simulation for Ireland, a country which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003990399
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The Great Recession, austerity and inequality : evidence from Ireland
Savage, Michael; Callan, Tim; Nolan, Brian; Colgan, Brain - 2015
about inequality and its effects. We examine how the distribution of income in Ireland has evolved over the years 2008 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510153
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An Integrated Micro-Macro (IMM) approach to the evaluation of large-scale public investment programmes : the case of EU structural funds
Bradley, John; Mitze, Timo; Morgenroth, Edgar L. W.; … - 2005 - 1. complete draft
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003158455
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Public debt consolidation and its distributional effects
Varthalitis, Petros; Sakkas, Stelios - 2019
We build a dynamic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous households, namely Rich and Poor, and capital skill complementarity structure in the production function, to study aggregate and distributional implications of fiscal consolidation policies when the government uses a rich set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029011
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Government debt forecast errors and the net expenditure rule in EU countries
Cronin, David; McQuinn, Kieran - 2023
Against a backdrop of debt ratio targets being central to recent proposed changes to the EU fiscal rules, we examine errors in official forecasts of the General Government debt ratios and their determinants in 26 member states from 2012 to 2019 when the "six pack" rules applied. We find debt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014321084
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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
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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