Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI): Recent submissions
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A study of gender in senior civil service positions in Ireland
(ESRI, 12/12/2017)Women make up the majority of those employed in the civil service but are underrepresented at the most senior grades, where key policy and operational decisions are taken. Action 8 of the Civil Service Renewal Plan commits ... -
Ireland’s response to recent trends in international protection applications
(ESRI, 06/06/2018)The flow of displaced persons into Ireland has been much lower than in many EU Member States. Despite its peripheral geographical location, Ireland did experience an increase in asylum applications in the years that ... -
Profiling barriers to social inclusion in Ireland: the relative roles of individual characteristics and location
(ESRI, 2018-07-25)The study uses data from participants in the Department of Rural and Community Development’s Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), administered by Pobal, to examine who is most likely to experience ... -
Changes in income distributions and the role of tax-benefit policy during the Great Recession: an international perspective
(Wiley, 2016-06-09)In this paper, we examine the impact of the economic crisis and the policy reaction on inequality and relative poverty in four European countries: France, Germany, Ireland and the UK. The period examined, 2008–13, was one ... -
Credit Availability, Macroprudential Regulations and the House Price-to-rent Ratio
(Elsevier, 2016-06-09)Quantifying the real economy effects of macroprudential policy is important at a time when such measures are increasingly being promoted as central to the prevention of future credit and house price bubbles. Recently, like ... -
The tax treatment of pension contributions in Ireland
(ESRI, 24/05/2018)Tax treatments of pensions vary widely across countries. This paper examines the current tax treatment of pension contributions in Ireland and some widely discussed alternatives, including equalising the tax relief available ... -
Consumer switching intentions for telecoms services: evidence from Ireland
(Elsevier, 2018-05-04)Despite long-standing market liberalisation and efforts to reduce switching costs, many consumers have never switched telecoms provider. This paper investigates how consumer and service characteristics relate to switching ... -
Switching benefits and costs in the Irish health insurance market: an analysis of consumer surveys
(Springer, 2018-05-10)Relatively little analysis has taken place internationally on the consumer-reported benefits and costs to switching insurer in multi-payer health insurance markets. Ideally, consumers should be willing to switch out of ... -
Switching benefits and costs in the Irish health insurance market: an analysis of consumer surveys
(2018)Relatively little analysis has taken place internationally on the consumer-reported benefits and costs to switching insurer in multi-payer health insurance markets. Ideally, consumers should be willing to switch out of ...
