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Timing and Determinants of Local Residential Broadband Adoption: Evidence from Ireland
(ESRI, 28/03/2012)This article examines the time path of broadband adoption for households in areas that are offered broadband service for the first time and the socioeconomic characteristics of broadband users generally. Using cross-sectional ... -
Timing and Determinants of Local Residential Broadband Adoption: Evidence from Ireland
(ESRI, 12/11/2010)This paper tests whether households that are offered broadband service for the first time tend to delay in taking it up. Using cross-sectional data on broadband take-up and socioeconomic characteristics of small areas in ... -
To Convergence and Beyond? Human Capital, Economic Adjustment and a Return to Growth
(ESRI, 04/01/2012)This paper considers the impact on growth and convergence in the EU over the last 20 years of investment in human capital. It examines the current adjustment of a range of economies to the external imbalances at the beginning ... -
Too Many Unnecessary Merger Notifications in Ireland?
(22/08/2011)The market for corporate control plays an important role in ensuring that assets are deployed in an efficient and effective manner. However, on occasion, mergers might lead to a reduction in competition and a consequent ... -
Too much of a good thing? Gender, 'Concerted cultivation' and unequal achievement in primary education
(2010)It is well established that cultural and economic resources imparted to children vary significantly by social class. Literature on concerted cultivation has highlighted the extent to which out-of-school activities can ... -
Toward a Measure of Achievement Press in Educational Settings
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Towards a Better and Sustainable Health Care System Resource Allocation and Financing Issues for Ireland
(ESRI, 15/10/2010)The key to any efficient and sustainable system is coherence ? the various elements must lead in the same direction so that actions do not conflict and mixed signals are avoided. In the context of a complex system, such ... -
Trade Liberalisation and Climate Change: A CGE Analysis of the Impacts on Global Agriculture
(ESRI, 2011)Based on predicted changes in the magnitude and distribution of global precipitation, temperature and river flow under the IPCC SRES A1B and A2 scenarios, this study assesses the potential impacts of climate change and CO2 ... -
Trade, Energy, and Carbon Dioxide: An Analysis for the Two Economies of Ireland
(ESRI, 2012)In this paper we use a subsystem input?output decomposition analysis to examine the drivers of greenhouse gas emissions in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland. We use a bi?regional input?output analysis to look ... -
Transition from School to Work and Early Labour Market Experience
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Trends and Patterns in Occupational Health and Safety in Ireland
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Trends in Air Pollution in Ireland: A Decomposition Analysis
(ESRI, 13/02/2012)Trends in the emissions to air of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and ammonia in Ireland are analysed with a logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition for the period of ... -
Trends in Consumption since the Crisis
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Trends in the Irish Consumption Pattern
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Trends in Welfare for Vulnerable Groups, Ireland 1994-2001
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Troubled Times: What Role for Competition and Regulatory Policy?
(ESRIDublin, 2012)Hard times, occasioned by a prolonged recession resulting in a series of austerity budgetary measures, generate much economic insecurity. How should the State respond? One clear choice is between robustly enforcing competition ... -
UK Tourists, The Great Recession and Irish Tourism Policy
(ESRI, 27/10/2011)Inbound tourism to Ireland fell sharply in 2009 and 2010. Visits to Ireland from the UK, the dominant country of origin of visitors to Ireland, did not fall faster than UK visits elsewhere. We use micro-data for UK travellers ...