Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI): Recent submissions
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Financing the Health Care System: Is Private Financing an Alternative?
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Reconfiguring the Measurement of Deprivation and Consistent Poverty in Ireland
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Ex-ante Evaluation of the Investment Priorities for the National Development Plan 2007-2013
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Aspects of Irish Energy Policy
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Profiling the Unemployed: An Analysis of the Galway and Waterford Live-Register Surveys
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Trends in Welfare for Vulnerable Groups, Ireland 1994-2001
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Why is Relative Income Poverty so High in Ireland?
(ESRI, Dublin, 2004)Although relative income poverty rates vary from year to year, the rankings of different industrialised countries according to these poverty measures tend to be rather stable. Ireland is consistently among a group of ... -
The Mid-Term Evaluation of the National Development Plan and Community Support Framework for Ireland, 2000 to 2006: Final Report to the Department of Finance
(ESRI, Dublin, 2003)This is the Final Report on the Mid-Term Evaluation of the National Development Plan (NDP) and the Community Support Framework (CSF) for Ireland for the period 2000-2006. The Report was commissioned by the NDP/CSF Evaluation ... -
Monitoring Poverty trends in Ireland: Results from the 2001 Living in Ireland Survey
(ESRI, Dublin, 2003)The ESRI's study updates our picture of poverty in Ireland using results from the Living in Ireland Survey carried out in 2001. The publication is the latest in a series monitoring living standards and assessing progress ... -
On Rights-Based Services for People with Disabilities
(ESRI, Dublin, 2003)The adoption of a rights-based approach in legislation has come to constitute a core element being sought by groups representing people with disabilities and those working with them. This study seeks to contribute to this ... -
Work-Poor Households: The Welfare Implications of Changing Household Employment Patterns
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Taxes, Benefits and Labour Market Responses: New Evidence for Ireland
(ESRI, Dublin, 2003)Three main goals are achieved in this study.Estimates are provided of how strongly the labour supply of Irish married couples is linked to the financial rewards from work, based on best practice techniques from the ... -
Monitoring Poverty Trends in Ireland: Results from the 2000 Living in Ireland survey
(ESRI, Dublin, 2002)This study is the latest in a series monitoring the evolution of poverty, based on data gathered by The ESRI in the Living in Ireland Surveys since 1994. These have allowed progress towards achieving the targets set out ... -
The Economics and Marketing of Tobacco: An Overview of the Existing Published Evidence
(ESRI, Dublin, 2002)Smoking is the largest cause of serious illness and premature death in Ireland accounting for approximately 7,000 deaths annually. Irish people spent ?1.9 billion on tobacco in 2000 - more than on petrol, electricity, coal, ... -
The Impact of The Minimum Wage on Irish Firms
(ESRI, Dublin, 2002)The National Minimum Wage was introduced in Ireland in April 2000. This study is based on a survey carried out in late 2000/early 2001, commissioned by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, which re-interviewed ... -
Reforming Tax and Welfare
(ESRI, Dublin, 2001)This paper utilises the SWITCH model to carry out a detailed analysis of recent changes in the tax and welfare systems and to evaluate their effects in the light of policy objectives such as those set out in the National ... -
Monitoring Poverty Trends and Exploring Poverty Dynamics in Ireland
(ESRI, Dublin, 2001)The paper on Monitoring Poverty Trends is the latest report in the annual series commissioned by the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs. It attempts to assess progress in reaching the national targets in ... -
Family Formation in Ireland Trends, Data Needs and Implications: Report to Family Affairs Unit, Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs
(ESRI, Dublin, 2001)This study provides an overview of existing knowledge regarding the family in Ireland today. It focuses in particular on three major issues: the long-term decline in fertility, the growth and pattern of lone parenthood and ... -
Employability and its Relevance for the Management of the Live Register
(ESRI, Dublin, 2001)This paper considers the issue of whether the 140,000 people still on the Live Register at a time of boom contained a high proportion of unemployables. It devises a clear operational definition of employability and, using ... -
Investing in People: The Labour Market Impact of Human Resource Interventions Funded under the 1994-1999 Community Support Framework in Ireland
(ESRI, Dublin, 2000)This paper produced a rigorous analysis of the human resource interventions which formed an important part of the EU Community Support Framework implemented in Ireland in the period 1994 to 1999. The study investigates the ...
