A good deal of previous ESRI research was directed at the situation of school leavers and the factors easing the transition from education to working life. This study looks at this topic from the employer's point of view. A detailed survey of employers shows some 70 per cent have never employed...

Monitoring the evolution of poverty and assessing progress towards achieving the stated targets is of central importance to the National Anti Poverty Strategy (NAPS). Last year, the ESRI carried out a study for the NAPS Inter-Departmental Policy Committee (Callan et al. 1999) based on results...

The changed circumstances of the EU after 1992 have a given rise to concern about possible indirect tax competition and related economic distortions. This paper develops a model, incorporating both a production and a retail sector, to examine the effects of different VAT regimes. This model is...