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Fuel poverty in Ireland : extent, affected groups and policy issues
Scott, Susan; Lyons, Sean; Keane, Claire; McCarthy, Donald - 2008
This paper provides updated estimates for the scale of fuel poverty in the Republic of Ireland using two measures: one … price changes, outlines policies in place in Ireland and other countries, and discusses policy issues. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770262
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A double-hurdle model of Irish households' food service expenditure patterns
Keelan, Conor D.; Henchion, Maeve M.; Newman, Carol F. - In: Journal of international food & agribusiness marketing … 21 (2009) 4, pp. 269-285
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003896871
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Experimental tests of survey responses to expenditure questions
Comerford, David; Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm - 2009
This paper tests for a number of survey effects in the elicitation of expenditure items. In particular we examine the extent to which individuals use features of the expenditure question to construct their answers. We test whether respondents interpret question wording as researchers intend and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003870891
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The measurement of child costs : evidence from Ireland
Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier; Gbakou, Monnet - 2009
.e., the cost of children) in Ireland. The method also allows us to identify the economies of scale in the household and … Rothbarth method. We compare our findings to previous results for Ireland. -- Consumer demand ; collective model ; sharing rule …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932408
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Participation, expenditure and regressivity in the Irish Lottery : evidence from Irish Household Budget Survey 2004 - 2005
Crowley, Frank; Eakins, John; Jordan, Declan - In: The economic and social review 43 (2012) 2, pp. 199-225
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575216
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The effect of unemployment, arrears and negative equity on consumption : Ireland in 2009/10
Gerlach-Kristen, Petra - 2013
Since the onset of the financial crisis, income and consumption have fallen sharply in Ireland, particularly for young …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009745046
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The poverty effects of a "Fat-tax" in Ireland
Madden, David - 2013
To combat growing levels of obesity, health related taxes have been suggested with taxes on foods high in fat or sugar. Such taxes have been criticised on the basis of their regressivity and potentially adverse impact upon poverty. This paper analyses the effect of such taxes on a range of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733388
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Poverty-reducing directions of indirect marginal tax reforms in Ireland
Are, Wasiu Adekunle - 2012
The composition of tax revenue in Ireland had changed dramatically over the past decade, with indirect taxes accounting … in Ireland , using the Irish Household Budget Survey data of 1999 and 2005 periods. Using this technique, which is based …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733721
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Ireland : selected issues
Andritzky, Jochen; Jurzyk, Emilia; Abbas, S. M. Ali; … - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009626810