Browsing School of Social Sciences and Philosophy by Sponsor "Irish Research Council (IRC)"
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Accountability and the Democratic Mandate: Analysing Pledges, Party Competition, Media Coverage, and Public Opinion
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2019)This dissertation examines electoral accountability and the democratic mandate by reassessing the concept of election pledges, by analysing when parties emphasise the present and past rather than the future, by classifying ... -
Achievement Gaps by Migration Background and the Role of Early Childhood Education and Care: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Irish Cohort Study
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2023)Drawing on the longitudinal data from the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) '08 Cohort, this thesis sets out to contribute to the literature on the academic achievement of children with a migration background and Early Childhood ... -
Authoritarian diffusion at a distance? China's impact on levels of and on citizens' support for liberal-democracy in Sub-Saharan African states
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2020)The recent emergence of authoritarian countries, such as China, as leading economic powers, increasingly engaged in the developing world, has coincided with a 'democratic recession' in certain developing countries. Are ... -
Berkeley's Gland Tour into Speculative Fiction Part 1: Homer, Descartes and Pope
(2023)Berkeley is best known for his immaterialism and the texts that extol it—the Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous. He made his case by treatise, then by dialogue, and this tendency ... -
Campaign Spending and Electoral Integrity: Assessing the Plausibility of the Challenger Spending Efficacy Advantage in Irish & British Elections
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2020)Do incumbents lose ground to challengers even when their spending is evenly matched? Much of the literature points to a spending efficacy advantage for challengers (i.e. non-incumbents glean more from spending than ... -
Choose Your Target Wisely: How the EU Shapes Nationalism in Contemporary Europe
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2022)Nationalism has experienced a resurgence across Europe since 1980, and one common explanation for this resurgence is that the backlash to European integration aids radical right parties, which prioritise nativism in the ... -
Confronting global capital: Trade union organising for higher wages in Cambodia's garment and footwear industry
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2019)After almost a decade of declining wages in Cambodia’s garment and footwear industry, worker incomes have steadily improved since 2013. Minimum wages increased from 80USD a month to 170USD a month in just 4 years, an average ... -
Consolidated Foreign Wealth of Nations: Initial steps and novel estimates
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2023)This thesis is made of three essays in International Macroeconomics. The central question these essays focus on is how to assess the international exposure of countries. The conventional approach uses the residence of the ... -
The deep roots of rebellion
(2022)This paper analyzes the triggers of rebellion and documents the historical roots of conflict using a unique dataset at the individual level. Drawing on evidence from the Famine (1845–1850) and its effect on the Irish ... -
The effect of observable party cohesion on voter choice in liberal democracies
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2018)The goal of this thesis is to assess the electoral impact of party infighting. It addresses the key research question of what is the impact of party infighting on the electoral fortunes of that party. In answering this ... -
Emerging digital generations? Impacts of child digital use on mental and socioemotional well-being across two cohorts in Ireland, 2007 2018
(2021)Despite the growing body of literature on how digital technologies impact child well-being, previous research has provided little evidence on recent digital trends. This paper examines the patterns and effects of digital ... -
Essays in applied microeconomics. Research collaboration and dissemination in economics
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2018)This dissertation studies the production and dissemination of economic research in three essays. The chapters explore data on economic research articles and their authors to study, first, the effect of national borders ... -
Essays in Behavioural Economics: Representation and Weighting of Numerical Information
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2022)This thesis consists of four essays. The first two essays (Chapters 2 and 3) present experimental tests of how numerical information is represented in the brain, and the implications of this representation for economic ... -
Essays in Development and Gender Economics
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2024)This thesis consists of three essays at the intersection of development and gender economics. Each chapter addresses significant questions that aim to understand the origins of harmful practices and norms that impact girls ... -
Essays in developmental economics: The role of information and access to financial services in changing financial and employment behaviour and the resulting impact on household welfare
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2018)This thesis contains three essays that analyse the financial access and information awareness constraints faced by individuals and household in developing countries for managing income uncertainty and income shocks. The ... -
Essays in International Macroeconomics
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2019)This dissertation consists of three essays in international macroeconomics. It lies at the intersection of balance of payments analysis and sectoral financial analysis. In particular, it makes use of newly available financial ... -
Essays in Political Economics
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2023)This dissertation consists of three essays on political economics. First, it studies how changes in the electoral design affect politicians and voters alike. Second, it studies the impact of criminal organisations on both ... -
Essays in Political Economics and Political Communication
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2023)This dissertation consists of three essays on political economics with a particular focus on the effect of political communication. First, it studies how politicians way of speaking reacts in the aftermath of a salient ... -
Essays in Urban and Development Economics
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2024)This thesis consists of three essays at the intersection of urban, environmental, transport, development and labour economics. Each chapter tackles important questions regarding the role of new active mobility transport ... -
Media Ownership, Differential Coverage, and Effects on Public Attitudes : The Case of News Coverage of Labour Unions
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Political Science, 2018)This dissertation examines the relationship between media ownership structures, the influence ownership has on news content and the effects of differential coverage on citizens who consume this content. It examines the ...