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Mortality in the North Dublin Union During the Great Famine
Guinnane, Timothy W.; Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2001
Responsibility for the tremendous excess mortality associated with the Great Irish Famine of 1846-51 is a continuing topic of debate. One view blames an inadequate government response for much of the tragedy. These debates are hampered by a lack of detailed information on how well relief efforts...
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Social protection of non-standard workers and the self-employed during the pandemic country chapters: Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Sweden
Spasova, Slavina (contributor); Ghailani, Dalila (contributor) - 2021
. 2021), this edited volume comprises eight country case studies: Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal …
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COVID-19 infection rates and social disadvantage in Ireland: An area-level analysis
Devlin, Anne; Whelan, Adele; McGuinness, Seamus - 2024
people living in disadvantaged areas in Ireland. Health impacts are measured in terms of COVID-19 infection rates and ICU … for Ireland and ED-level measures of deprivation based on the Pobal Haase Pratschke Relative Deprivation Index (Pobal HP … examined the economic impact of COVID-19 on disadvantaged areas in Ireland in terms of pandemic-related unemployment. …
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The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement and its Relevance for the Austrian Economy
Grübler, Julia; Reiter, Oliver; Stehrer, Robert - 2018
Since the beginning of 2017, a paradigm change in international trade policy is observed. While protectionist agendas are on the rise, the EU and Japan signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) on 17 July 2018. It is the EU's most ambitious agreement with any Asian state. The study...
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A case of unilateral trade liberalization: The autonomous abolition of industrial tariffs by Switzerland in 2024
Zimmermann, Thomas A. - In: Aussenwirtschaft 73 (2023) 1, pp. 113-169
On 1 January 2024, Switzerland will implement a major trade policy reform by autonomously eliminating all tariffs on … elimination of industrial tariffs will reduce the net fiscal burden on imports by around CHF 600 million per year. In addition …
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Perspectives on the Great Irish Famine
Kennedy, Liam; MacRaild, Donald M. - 2022
This overview of the Great Irish Famine is unfolded in terms of the three major phases of British government policy. The understanding of poverty underlying the paper is in terms of diet, not income per capita, housing or literacy, or any of the other more conventional measures in use by...
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Healthcare products trade and external shocks: The US-China trade war and COVID-19 pandemics
Mikic, Mia; Puutio, T. Alexander; Gallagher, James G. - 2020
former situation involved a pair of centrally-placed trading partners introducing tariffs and retaliatory measures across a … of key technologies. We find that the trade war has led to an increase in tariffs that face several upstream inputs, such …
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WTO moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions: How much tariff revenue have developing countries lost?
Banga, Rashmi - 2022
This research paper highlights the adverse impacts of the continuing WTO moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions on the developing and least developed countries. The rapidly progressing digitalization along with the ongoing pandemic and the food crisis are creating multiple...
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Outward FDI and the investment development path of a late-industrialising economy: Evidence from Ireland
Barry, Frank; Görg, Holger; MacDowell, Andrew - 2001
systematically related to its level of economic development. Ireland is an interesting test case because of the importance of inward … important differences between Ireland's outward FDI and the bulk of FDI occurring in the world economy however. Ireland …
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Fertility in South Dublin a century ago: A first look
Guinnane, Timothy W.; Moehling, Carolyn M.; Ó Gráda, … - 2001
Ireland’s relatively late and feeble fertility transition remains poorly-understood. The leading explanations stress … Ireland to study fertility in Dublin and Belfast. Our larger project aims to use the extensive literature on the fertility …
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