Ireland’s relatively late and feeble fertility transition remains poorly-understood. The leading explanations stress … samples from the 1911 census of Ireland to study fertility in Dublin and Belfast. Our larger project aims to use the extensive …

costly. Within the euro area some members, such as Ireland, are thriving; others, especially among the southern member states … existing members have been significant. Ireland and Portugal have experienced marked real exchange rate appreciation, but with …

Facility (EFSF) would offer holders of debt of the countries with an EFSF programme (probably Greece, Ireland and Portugal …

costly. Within the euro area some members, such as Ireland, are thriving; others, especially among the southern member states … existing members have been significant. Ireland and Portugal have experienced marked real exchange rate appreciation, but with …

Facility (EFSF) would offer holders of debt of the countries with an EFSF programme (probably Greece, Ireland and Portugal …

Labour market policies in Denmark, especially measures for the unemployed, recently received much attention, because of …. Denmark offers a flexible labour market with minimal regulations combined with high social security. This ‘flexicurity’ has …. However, Denmark has been able to embed activation into the tradition of a generous and universal welfare state. The paper …

The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size … Cameroon; and child mortality in North Sudan and Senegal. Overall mortality levels are high in Western and Central Africa and … low in Eastern and Southern Africa. …