Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 36, No. 3, Winter, 2005 by Title

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    • Rising house prices in an open labour market 

      Duffy, David; Fitz Gerald, John D.; Kearney, Ide (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)
      We explore the consequences of rising house prices for the openness of the Irish labour market. Since many immigrants are in the household formation age group, and tend to be highly skilled, we argue that the boom in house ...

    • Testing for variation in technical efficiency of hospitals in Ireland 

      Gannon, Brenda (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)
      Funding in Irish hospitals is partially based on case mix, whereby resources are redistributed annually to hospitals with greater efficiency. Accurate measurement of efficiency is essential, so in this paper, we use Data ...

    • What can academics contribute to the study of financial stability? 

      Goodhart, Charles A. E. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)
      There were hardly any banking crises between 1939 and 1971, so their later reemergence came as a surprise. Central bank supervisors responded practically by discovering and encouraging the adoption of current best practice ...