Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring, 2004 by Subject "Ireland"
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Changes in relative consumer prices and the substitution bias of the Laspeyres price index: Ireland, 1985-2001
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2004)This paper shows that Irish relative consumer prices have changed significantly, 1985-2001, at the ten commodity-group level. A ?true? cost-of-living index is derived from Madden?s (1993) parameter estimates for an Almost ... -
State, competition and industrial change in Ireland 1991-1999
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2004)As job losses increased rapidly in 2003 amid calls for increased competitiveness, it becomes all the more crucial to understand the character and causes of such industrial upgrading that did occur in Ireland in the 1990s. ... -
Women returning to employment, education and training in Ireland: an analysis of transitions
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2004)Recent improvements in the Irish labour market have led to a substantial increase in the labour force participation rate of women in Ireland. Part of this increase has been fuelled by women moving from the home into paid ...