levels of average labour costs and within firm wage dispersion in private sector companies in Ireland. The results show that … advantage was greater among foreign-owned firms. The analysis suggests that there are potentially large competitiveness gains to … Regimes ; Labour Costs ; Wage Dispersion ; Ireland …

This paper examines the redesign of the Irish Single Electricity Market in order to comply with the European Target … Model for electricity. In particular, this work focuses on the challenges raised by the high concentration in the generation … sector which exists in the Irish electricity market. We examine the theoretical and empirical conditions under which forward …

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 …

three European electricity markets (Germany, UK, Nordic) over the time period 2009-2016. We find that market participants … (electricity, CO2, and coal/gas). Specifically, we show that the total vRES capacity installed during 2009-2016 is associated with …

This paper evaluates the likely effect of REFIT, the Irish scheme to support renewable electricity generation, on the … wholesale price of electricity. The cost of REFIT is passed on to Irish consumers. Here we calculate that when there are 4071MW … of on-shore wind in the Republic of Ireland the cost of the REFIT scheme is between 5 per cent and 10 per cent of the …

This study analyzes the effects of additional interconnection on welfare and competition in the Irish electricity … market. I simulate the wholesale electricity markets of Great Britain and the island of Ireland for 2005. I find that in … competition in Ireland, the less competitive of the two markets. Finally, it is unlikely that private investors will pay for the …

This paper compares retail and wholesale electricity prices in SEM, the market of the island of Ireland, and BETTA in …

This paper considers the design of efficient Distribution Use of System (DUoS) tariffs for the Irish electricity …

This paper examines the relationship between investment in innovation and productivity across firms in Ireland. We …