How great an effect does the structure of income taxes have on women’s labour market participation? This issue is … investigated using a discrete choice static labour supply model for married couples in Ireland. The model incorporates fixed costs … from the 1994 wave of the Living in Ireland Survey. The results are used to analyse the labour supply effects of a move to …

This paper assesses the magnitude and nature of the gender pay gap in Ireland using the National Employment Survey 2003 … regime ; Full-time/part-time labour markets ; Linked employer-employee data ; Ireland …

Recent rapid economic growth in Ireland has been accompanied by a strong surge in the number of women in employment … Ireland in 2003. Our results show that while part-time work and flexi-time tend to reduce work pressure and work-life conflict …

If participation in the labour market helps to secure women's outside options in the case of divorce/separation, an ….e., the legalization of divorce. In Ireland, the right to divorce was introduced in 1996, followed by an acceleration of …

Successive reports have put childcare costs in Ireland at among the highest in the OECD. In this paper, we investigate … the usage and cost of childcare in Ireland, profiling those experiencing high childcare costs by income quintile; family … childcare in Ireland while pointing out features of the scheme that may disincentivise work. Lastly, we simulate a number of …

We estimate a pooled travel model for the destination choice of tourists from the Republic of Ireland in 2006. We …

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 …

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. …

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 …