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Estimating Commodity Substitution Bias in the Irish Inflation Rate Statistics during the Financial Crisis
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2016)Measures such as the Consumer Price Index are important economic indicators setting out price changes in the Irish economy over time. Such measures, however, are subject to various types of measurement bias. The latter ... -
Socio-economic Differentials in Male Mortality in Ireland 1984-2008
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2016)The presence of pronounced inequalities in mortality and life expectancy across income, education and social groups has long been a “stylized fact” of demography. Research across a large number of developed and wealthy ... -
Informal Cost of Dementia Care – A Proxy-Good Valuation in Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2011)This paper values the informal costs of dementia care in Ireland based on recently agreed national costing framework. Drawing on a survey of 270 Irish dementia caregivers, the hours of informal care per day are estimated ... -
Exploring the Steady-State Relationship Between Credit and GDP for a Small Open Economy–The Case Of Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2011)The rapid increase in credit in an economy is now commonly perceived to be one of the leading indicators of financial instability. This view has been reinforced by the aftermath of the international financial crisis, which ... -
Linguistic Elitism: the Advantage of Speaking Irish Rather than the Irish-speaker Advantage
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2011)This paper contributes to the discussion of linguistic elitism in this journal (Borooah et al., 2009). Two main questions are addressed. First, most “census Irish speakers” are not in fact Irish speakers and the majority ...
