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Energy use and appliance ownership in Ireland
Leahy, Eimear; Lyons, Seán - 2009
This paper examines domestic energy use and appliance ownership in Ireland. Regression analyses on a large micro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277681
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The likely economic impact of increasing investment in wind on the Island of Ireland
Devitt, Conor; Diffney, Seán; Gerald, John Fitz; … - 2009
Like most countries Ireland faces the double target of decreasing emissions and keeping energy costs low to maintain … electricity generation on the total electricity costs for the Island of Ireland for the year 2020 under a variety of scenarios on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277555
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The cost of natural gas shortages in Ireland
Leahy, Eimear; Devitt, Conor; Lyons, Seán; Tol, … - 2011
Ireland. We assess the impact of a hypothetical gas supply disruption in both winter and summer in 2008 (with observed market …. Ireland produces much of its electricity from natural gas and the loss of this electricity accounts for the majority of the … approximately 8 billion euro in economic losses. We also discuss some options to increase Ireland's security of supply, and find …
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Energy-using appliances and energy-saving features: Determinants of ownership in Ireland
O'Doherty, Joe; Lyons, Seán; Tol, Richard S. J. - 2007
Energy usage and energy efficiency are of increasing concern in Ireland. Regression analyses on a large household micro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290597
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Cross-national differences in income poverty among Europe´s 50+
Hallberg, Daniel - 2006
This paper studies income poverty among the 50+ population in 10 EU countries using newly collected data from the SHARE (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe) project. A measure of the household's disposable annual income is used. Relative income poverty range from 10 percent (in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321533
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Intergenerational transmission of healthy eating behaviour and the role of household income
Goode, Alison; Mavromaras, Kostas; Smith, Murray - 2008
This paper investigates the possibility of intergenerational transmission of unhealthy eating habits from parents to adult children. It uses the 2003 Scottish Health Survey and estimates the association between the present healthy eating behaviour of adult children and the past parental death...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268566
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Food price inflation and children's schooling
Grimm, Michael - 2008
I analyze the impact of food price inflation on parental decisions to send their children to school. Moreover, I use the fact that food crop farmers and cotton farmers were exposed differently to that shock to estimate the income elasticity of school enrolment. The results suggest that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271077
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Firm consolidation and labor market outcomes
Dobbelaere, Sabien; McCormack, Grace; Prinz, Daniel; … - 2022
Using rich administrative data from the Netherlands, we study the consequences of firm consolidation for workers. For workers at acquired firms, takeovers are associated with a 8.5% drop in employment at the consolidated firm and a 2.6% drop in total labor income. These effects are persistent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480422
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Shocks, income diversification and welfare in developing and transition countries
Omar Mahmoud, Toman - 2010
This dissertation takes a welfare perspective to analyze how rural households in developing countries manage risks ex-ante and cope with shocks ex-post. The first part looks at risk-coping strategies and analyzes the socio-economic consequences of AIDS-related mortality in rural sub-Saharan...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010314368
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Economic downturn and stress testing European welfare systems
Figari, Francesco; Salvatori, Andrea; Sutherland, Holly - 2010
As unemployment rises across the European Union (EU) it is important to understand the extent to which the incomes of the new unemployed are protected by tax-benefit systems and to assess the cost pressures on the social protection systems of this increase in unemployment. This paper uses the EU...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288276