Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 36, No. 3, Winter, 2005 by Subject "Ireland"
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An econometric analysis of charitable donations in the Republic of Ireland
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)This paper explores the variables that affect the probability of donating to charity and those that affect the size of donations by Irish households. The dataset employed is the Irish Household Budget Survey (HBS) 1999/2000, ... -
Discretion and cyclicality in Irish budgetary management 1969-2003
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)This paper addresses the topic of cyclicality and discretion in Irish fiscal policy. In particular, we show that the level and nature of cyclicality varies across different expenditure components and we introduce a new ... -
Rising house prices in an open labour market
(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
(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 ...