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Lectures delivered under the auspices of the Barrington Trust (founded by the bequest of John Barrington, Esq.) with the collaboration of the Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland.
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Institutional Investment in Housing: Financialisation 2.0 in the Case of Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2023)This paper examines the growth of institutional housing investment in Ireland, part of a global phenomenon known as “Financialisation 2.0”. Using a unique Institutional Investment Database (IID) produced specifically for ... -
Price, Size and Density: Dublin Housing in an EU Context
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2022)The current discussions and analysis around housing in Ireland lack a detailed analysis of the relationship between house size and prices in Ireland. Related to house size is the density of an area. In this paper I contribute ... -
Understanding Income Inequality in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2020)This paper shows that inequality in disposable income has fallen substantially in Ireland between 1987 and 2017. However, inequality in market income has risen on most measures over the same period, leaving Ireland the ... -
Taxation, work and gender equality in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2018)In most developed countries, economies are facing population ageing, falling fertility rates and stagnating labour force participation. The ability of governments to fund future pension and health-care expenditure relies ... -
Seventy Years of Personal Disposable Income and Consumption in Ireland
(SSISI, 2017)This paper compiles annual data on personal consumption and personal disposable income for Ireland over the period 1944 to 2014 and goes on to estimate consumption functions. Having established that the series are cointegrated, ...
