Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 24, No. 4, July 1993 by Subject "Ireland"

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    • Female labour supply in farm households: farm and off-farm participation 

      Callan, Tim; Van Soest, Arthur (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1993)
      Many Irish women in farm households have an input into the running of the farm; while a much smaller proportion are engaged in off-farm employment. Using cross-section household data, we analyse various models in which ...

    • Labour force participation and the growth of women's employment, Ireland 1971-1991 

      Walsh, Brendan M. (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1993)
      This paper studies changes in labour force participation rates and in the structure of the Irish labour force over the period 1971-1991. The rise in participation rates among females aged 25-54 and the decline among older ...

    • Unions and the wage distribution in Ireland 

      Callan, Tim; Reilly, Barry (Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1993)
      This paper examines the effects of trade unions in Ireland on the first two moments of the wage distribution. Using data from the ESRI's 1987 Survey of Income Distribution, Poverty and Usage of State Services, a union ...