Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI): Recent submissions
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Understanding the Irish economy
(ESRI, 2023-06-27)Related Press Release The CSO Institutional Sector Accounts allow a decomposition of the separate contributions to the Irish economy since 2013 from the Multinational Enterprise (MNE) sector and the domestic sector. The ... -
Public perceptions of electromagnetic fields and environmental health risks
(ESRI, 2024-08-16)Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) are invisible fields of energy generated when electricity flows through wires or a device. Radiofrequency EMFs (RF EMFs) are a specific type of EMF generated by telecommunications masts and ... -
Ireland's Women in Finance Charter: Annual Report 2024
(ESRI, 2024-07-11)Ireland’s Women in Finance Charter is an initiative to address gender imbalances in the sector, by supporting firms’ initiatives to improve their female representation. Created in 2022, the Charter now counts 81 signatories. ... -
The National Development Plan in 2023: priorities and capacity
(ESRI, 2024-01-12)When the current National Development Plan (NDP) was launched in 2018, it identified a clear need for substantial public investment in Ireland and set out an ambitious programme for this investment. The needs were set out ... -
State Contributory Pension reform: Winners and losers. Evidence from the Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing
(ESRI, 2024-06-12)The Yearly Average Method used in calculating State Contributory Pension entitlements has been criticised for creating anomalies, particularly for women. It has been announced that from 2034 onwards, entitlements will be ... -
Increasing Pay Related Social Insurance to fund the State Pension: Incidence and effectiveness
(ESRI, 2024-07-12)Demographic change is putting pressure on the sustainability of State Pension systems in many developed countries. In Ireland, there have been recent calls to reform the system of contributions and/or increase the State ... -
The distributional impact of carbon pricing and energy related taxation in Ireland
(ESRI, 2024-06-25)In this paper we evaluate the distributional impact of carbon pricing in Ireland via a number of different measures, Excise Duties, Carbon Taxes and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, utilising information contained in the ... -
Poverty, income inequality and living standards in Ireland: Fourth annual report
(ESRI, 2024-09-05)This report is the fourth from an ESRI research programme funded by Community Foundation Ireland, which seeks to address gaps in our knowledge and understanding of poverty, income inequality and living standards in Ireland. ... -
The equality impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Irish labour market
(ESRI, 2024-04-24)The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the lives of people in Ireland and around the world. Yet while everyone was impacted, there is abundant evidence the effects were not equally experienced across all members ... -
Attitudes towards immigration and refugees in Ireland: Understanding recent trends and drivers
(ESRI, 2024-03-22)This report draws on several high quality, nationally representative surveys, along with a unique survey experiment, to conduct a comprehensive analysis of where attitudes towards immigration in Ireland currently stand ... -
Skill requirements for emerging technologies in Ireland
(ESRI, 2024-09-18)This research examines the labour market for jobs in Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in Ireland. -
Health impacts of climate change and mitigation policies in Ireland
(ESRI, 2024-07-10)Recognition of the need to limit climate change has led countries to sign up to concerted efforts to decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These efforts culminated in the ratification of the Paris Agreement by Ireland ... -
COVID-19 infection rates and social disadvantage in Ireland: An area-level analysis
(ESRI, 2024)Existing research has shown that deprived areas were impacted to a greater extent by the COVID-19 pandemic in a multitude of ways but particularly in terms of the health impact. This research examines the health impact of ... -
Population projections, the flow of new households and structural housing demand
(ESRI, 2024-07-02)This report provides estimates of structural (demographic) housing demand at a regional level. Any assessment of structural future housing demand relies on assumptions around (1) population growth, (2) headship rates (the ... -
Access to autonomous housing for beneficiaries of International Protection in Ireland
(ESRI, 2024-06-10)Housing plays a key role in the integration of beneficiaries of international protection (BIPs). However, past research has shown that BIPs often face significant barriers in accessing housing. Many countries provide ... -
Housing, health and happiness: How inadequate housing shapes child and parental wellbeing
(ESRI, 2024-05-30)There has been a good deal of attention in Irish policy discourse to housing supply and affordability. However, there has been less focus on the extent to which the quality of housing impacts the wellbeing of children and ... -
The changing social worlds of 13-year-olds May 28, 2024
(ESRI, 2024-05-28)This study draws on data on Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) Cohorts '98 and '08 to document changes in the lives of adolescents over the period 2011/12 to 2021/22, building on an earlier study (Smyth, 2022) which compared their ... -
What is preventing individual climate action? Impact awareness and perceived difficulties in changing transport and food behaviour
(ESRI, 2024-05-09)Mitigating climate change requires large and, by historical standards, rapid changes to policy, business processes and individual behaviour. This report examines awareness of and perceived difficulty with individual behaviour ... -
‘Embracing diversity in all its forms’: The voluntary secondary sector in Irish education
(ESRI, 2024-04-30)The Irish education system is undergoing significant change as it navigates the challenges of the 2020s. Schools are at the frontline of Ireland’s efforts to integrate migrant families, build an inclusive society and tackle ... -
The application of the Temporary Protection Directive: Challenges and good practices for Ireland
(ESRI, 2024-04-25)Temporary protection is an exceptional measure that provides immediate and temporary protection to people displaced from non-EU countries who are unable to return to their country of origin. The EU Temporary Protection ...
