The annual European Migration Network policy reports examine the main political developments in the area of migration and asylum at EU Member State level. This fourth annual policy analysis report focuses on the period from January to December 2007. This report for Ireland compiles information...

This is the third in a series of Key Findings from the Growing Up in Ireland study. It summarises some results on the education of 9-year-old children.

This report provides a commentary on available migration and asylum statistics submitted by Irish official sources to EUROSTAT. Data on flows, citizenship of immigrants, asylum applications and decisions, illegal immigration and return are interpreted in light of policy and legislative...

This is a report on the discharges from acute public hospitals participating in the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) scheme in 2006. Discharge activity is examined by type of patient and hospital, and by demographic parameters (such as age and sex). Particular issues of relevance to the Irish...

This paper brings together two research fields: on work-related training and high performance work practices (HPWP), respectively. We estimate models of both the determinants and the impact of training using the NCPP/ESRI Changing Workplace Survey. Our models of the determinants of training...

It is well-known that the discount rate is crucially important for estimating the social cost of carbon, a standard indicator for the seriousness of climate change and desirable level of climate policy. The Ramsey equation for the discount rate has three components: the pure rate of time...

This paper develops a statistical profiling model of long-term unemployment risk in Ireland using a combination of administrative data and information gathered from a unique questionnaire that was issued to all jobseekers making a social welfare claim between September and December 2006 who were...