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How did immigrants fare in the Irish labour market over the Great Recession?

Kelly, Elish; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Connell, Philip J.; … - 2016

This paper identifies the labour market impact of the Great Recession on immigrants compared to natives and how this relationship has evolved since the downturn. We find that the employment penalty suffered by immigrant workers, relative to native workers, increased significantly over the Irish...

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Migration in Ireland : challenges, opportunities and policies

González Pandiella, Alberto - 2016

The Irish labour market is exceptionally open to international migration flows, thus making labour supply highly responsive to changes in cyclical conditions. Immigration provides the skills that the Irish economy needs. The crisis triggered a sharp reversal in migration flows, with immigration...

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The short-term effects of structural reforms : an empirical analysis

Bouis, Romain; Causa, Orsetta; Demmou, Lilas; Duval, Romain - 2012

effects vary with prevailing economic conditions and institutions. Impulse responses of aggregate outcomes (GDP growth … that some labour market reforms (e.g. of unemployment benefit systems and job protection) pay off more quickly in good …

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Transitions in and out of unemployment among young people in the Irish recession

Kelly, Elish; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Connell, Philip J.; … - 2013

Young people have been hit hard by unemployment during the Irish recession. While much research has been undertaken to … unemployment and the associated challenges. This paper attempts to fill this gap by comparing the profile of transitions to work … transition of the youth from unemployment to employment fell dramatically. The fall is not due to changes in the composition or …

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Secular stagnation : evidence and implications for economic policy

Rawdanowicz, Łukasz; Bouis, Romain; Inaba, Kei-Ichiro; … - 2014

This paper investigates whether OECD countries are facing secular stagnation. Secular stagnation is defined as a situation when policy interest rates bounded at zero fail to stimulate demand sufficiently, due to low or negative neutral real interest rates and low inflation, and when ensuing...

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Getting Irish youth on the job track

González Pandiella, Alberto - 2013

Irish youth was hit hard by the crisis. Many young workers have remained unemployed for a long time and, unless it is tackled promptly, this issue will become one of the most enduring legacies of the recession. New labourmarket policy initiatives have been introduced recently, but more will be...

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Growing together : towards a more inclusive Ireland

Haugh, David; Jin, Yosuke; González Pandiella, Alberto - 2016

with children. Structural unemployment is also explained by the lack of skills required to find employment in the Irish …

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Structural reforms to boost growth and living standards in Argentina

González Pandiella, Alberto - 2018

institutions are particularly relevant, would stimulate private investment, facilitating the creation of new firms and jobs, and …

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Implications of output gap uncertainty in times of crisis

Bouis, Romain; Cournède, Boris; Christensen, Ane Kathrine - 2012

productivity gaps, except in the United States where it essentially resulted from a large increase in the unemployment gap. As … States, the large unemployment gap could also keep wage inflation under pressure despite a flattening Phillips curve. These …

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