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  • The impact of household energy poverty on the mental health of parents of young children

    — February 26, 2021

    Gretta Mohan, ESRI and Department of Economics, Trinity College, Dublin Journal of Public Health, 2021 | pp. 1–8 | doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdaa260 The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction In this paper, Mohan finds that energy poverty increases…

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  • Who is better off? Measuring Cross-border Differences in Living Standards, Opportunities and Quality of Life on the Island of Ireland

    — February 15, 2021

    Adele Bergin and Seamus McGuinness The Economic & Social Research Institute, Dublin and Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin Irish Studies in International Affairs, Vol. 32, 143-60 The Digest series presents summaries of papers that make a contribution to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction Possible…

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  • The Initial Labour Market Impact of COVID-19

    — February 3, 2021

    Economic Letters, Vol 2020, No. 4, Central Bank of Ireland Stephen Byrne, Dermot Coates, Enda Keenan and Tara McIndoe-Calder The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction Job losses since the outbreak of COVID-19 are concentrated in…

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  • The Growth of private home care providers in Europe: The case of Ireland

    — December 22, 2020

    Social Policy & Administration, 2020:1-16 Julien Mercille and Nicholas O’Neill The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction The growth of private for-profit home care providers has been an uneven process in Europe. It has underlined the…

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  • CARBON TAXATION IN IRELAND: DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS OF REVENUE RECYCLING POLICIES

    — October 29, 2019

    ESRI QEC Special Article (June 2019) M.A. Tovar Reaños and M. Lynch The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction Reducing carbon emissions by taxation is seen as a useful means of addressing a key element in…

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  • “Carrots, No Stick, No Driver: The Employment Impact of Job Search Assistance in a Regime with Minimal Monitoring and Sanction”.

    — October 17, 2019

    Journal of Labor Research (2019) 40:151–180 Seamus McGuinness & Philip J. O’Connell & Elish Kelly The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction Assessing the effectiveness of active labour market programmes (ALMPs) there is a considerable literature…

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  • Supporting Pension Contributions Through the Tax System: Outcomes, Costs and Examining Reform

    — July 1, 2019

    The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 48, No. 4, Winter 2017, pp. 489-514 Micheál L. Collins University College Dublin and Gerard Hughes Trinity College Dublin The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction In recent years there…

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  • Householder Preferences for the Design of an Energy Efficiency Retrofit Subsidy in Ireland

    — June 21, 2019

    The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 49, No. 2, Summer 2018, pp. 145-172 Matthew Collins, Economic and Social Research Institute and Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Seraphim Dempsey, Economic and Social Research Institute John Curtis, Economic and Social Research Institute and Trinity College Dublin The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to…

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  • The Impact of Free GP Care on GP Utilisation in Ireland

    — June 17, 2019

    The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 49, No. 2, Summer 2018, pp.201-215 Paul Gorecki The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction Public policy in Ireland has committed to extending free GP care to all, on a…

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  • Health

    Universal GP Care in Ireland: Potential Cost Implications

    — June 10, 2019

    The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 49, No. 1, Spring 2018, pp. 93-109 Sheelah Connolly* ESRI, Anne Nolan ESRI, Brendan Walsh, ESRI, Maev-Ann Wren ESRI The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction In 2011, the Government…

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  • The Impact of Displacement on the Earnings of Workers in Ireland

    — May 2, 2019

    Nóirín McCarthy University College Cork and Peter W. Wright University of Sheffield The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Background This paper looks at the experiences of displaced workers in Ireland over the years 2005-2011, from a…

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  • Atypical Work and Ireland’s Labour Market Collapse and Recovery

    — April 26, 2019

    Elish Kelly and Alan Barrett The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction This paper looks at developments in the incidence of “atypical work” in Ireland.  The OECD (2015) notes that “traditional” permanent, full-time work is being…

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  • “Identifying Inter-Sectoral Exposures in Ireland using Network Analysis”

    — March 26, 2019

    Economics Letters, Central Bank of Ireland, Volume 2017, Number 3, 2017 Mary Cussen The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction Recent analysis by the Central Bank of Ireland looks at the financial connections between the economic…

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  • Housing

    Identifying Rent Pressures in Your Neighbourhood: A New Model of Irish Regional Rent Indicators

    — March 13, 2019

    Martina Lawless, Economic and Social Research InstituteKieran McQuinn, Economic and Social Research InstituteJohn Walsh, Economic and Social Research Institute The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 49, No. 1, Spring 2018, pp. 73-92 The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in…

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