Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 40, No. 1, Spring, 2009 by Title

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    • Social partnership, competitiveness and exit from fiscal crisis 

      Barry, Frank (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2009)
      The contribution of social partnership to Ireland?s economic boom remains the subject of controversy. This paper analyses at a theoretical level how a multi-period deal on wages and taxation of the type struck in the late ...

    • The determinants of higher education participation in Ireland: a micro analysis 

      Flannery, Darragh; O'Donoghue, Cathal (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2009)
      In this paper we present a theoretical model of higher education participation in Ireland. Utilising the Living in Ireland Survey data we model the impact of costs (direct and indirect), the estimated life cycle returns, ...