One of the most frequently expressed concerns about the unprecedented economic boom that Ireland experienced in the … widening gaps leaving Ireland with a particularly unequal distribution of income. This paper examines Ireland's income … distribution in comparative perspective, and seeks to shed some empirical light on what happened during the boom and how Ireland …

There are concerns that the unprecedented economic boom which Ireland experienced in the second half of the 1990s has … raised only some living standards and has widened income gaps. This paper analyzes Ireland's income distribution in … comparative perspective, to understand how Ireland's distribution changed and how it compares to other rich countries. We begin …

This paper explores the incidence of job loss by wage level during the Great Recession, using data for Ireland. Ireland …

paper we examine what has happened to earnings inequality and the returns to education in Ireland between 1987 and 1997. We …