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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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Better harnessing talent and knowledge to boost sustainable medium-term growth in Spain

Haugh, David; Westmore, Ben - 2014

Structural transformation towards a more knowledge-based economy will strengthen Spain’s medium-term growth prospects. To deal with long standing impediments to higher growth the government has a substantial structural reform programme touching on education, the labour market and the business...

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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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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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Yours inclusively? : income mobility in Ireland, 10 years of tax record microdata

Kennedy, Seán; Haugh, David; Stanley, Brian - 2019

While policymakers are rightly concerned about evidence of rising income concentration at the top, it is often wrongly assumed that the same rich individuals stay rich. In reality, the membership of this group are in a state of constant flux. This new study, based on more than 20 million tax...

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Taxes, income and economic mobility in Ireland : new evidence from tax records data

Kennedy, Seán; Jin, Yosuke; Haugh, David; Lenain, Patrick - 2015

This paper analyses income inequality in Ireland using a new panel dataset based on the administrative tax records of the Revenue Commissioners for Ireland. High inequality at market incomes in Ireland by international standards appears to be driven by both ends of the income distribution. An...

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