Ireland. The distribution of household income has been broadly stable over this period, so that there has been substantial … growth for low-, middle- and high-income households. Ireland's rapid, even growth in incomes across the distribution is … Ireland was once towards the high end of the inequality spectrum for an advanced country, it now occupies a middle …

covariance structure of earnings in Ireland to examine whether this rapid growth affected earnings dynamics over the period …. Using panel data for the years 19942001, we show that, while permanent inequality in Ireland is high, the degree of …

inequality. Ireland offers a valuable case study, with distinctive wage-setting institutions and exceptional rates of growth in …

leads to an increase in average income, economic theory is ambiguous about the possible effects on the long-run growth rate …