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This paper investigates the wage-setting behaviour of Irish firms. We place particular emphasis on the use of flexible pay components and examine how these allow firms to deal with shocks requiring a reduction in costs without having to cut base wages. The results presented in this paper are...
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among farms in Ireland. Nutrient pollution harms water quality and ecosystems, and farms are subject to fines for … administrative data on farm and farmer characteristics collected by Ireland's Department of Agriculture. We identify significant …
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Since March 2017, a new income-related housing support for those with a long-term housing need called Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) has been available throughout the state. This paper examines the potential impact on financial work incentives of transferring long-run Rent Supplement...
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This paper explores the incidence of job loss by wage level during the Great Recession, using data for Ireland. Ireland …
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financial literacy is an important determinant of financial protection in the older pre-retirement population in Ireland. Using …
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A Marriage Bar is the requirement that women in certain jobs must leave that job when they marry. Ireland had a … extent of the Marriage Bar in Ireland. Our analysis suggests that the Marriage Bar was widespread and not confined to …
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In the decade before the famine, Ireland experienced a boom in Microfinance Institutions (MFIs). This paper analyses …
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The link between demographic pressure and economic conditions in pre-Famine Ireland has long interested economists …. This paper re-visits the topic, harnessing the highly disaggregated parish-level data from the 1841 Census of Ireland … Ireland's population stayed at its 1800 level, this would have led to only modest improvements in literacy and housing. …
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This study examines the determinants of demand for private health insurance in Ireland. Survey data commissioned by the …
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Emigrants from Italy and Ireland contributed disproportionately to the Age of Mass Migration. That their departure … spur investment in schooling in source countries. This essay describes the history of emigration from Italy and Ireland …
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