Browsing by Subject "Austerity"
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The Distributional Effects of Austerity Measures: A Comparison of Six EU Countries
(European Commission, 30/11/2011)We compare the distributional effects of austerity measures that have been introduced in 6 EU countries in the period of large gorvernment budget deficits following the 2007-8 financial crisis and subsequent economic ... -
Housing and Austerity: A Two-Way Street
(Royal Irish Academy, 2017)Simon Wren-Lewis’s chapter in this volume outlines a general theory of austerity. Underpinning it is a desire for policymakers – as well as the social sciences – to learn from the experience of austerity over the last ... -
Indicators of health system coverage and activity in Ireland during the economic crisis 2008-2014 - From 'more with less' to 'less with less'.
(2014)A new Irish government came to power in March 2011 with the most radical proposals for health system reform in the history of the state, including improving access to healthcare, free GP care for all by 2015 and the ... -
The Irish health system and the crisis: a case study in the struggle for the capacity of the Social State
(2018)Ireland’s health care system is a weak Beveridgean system with no entitlement to free care and substantial acute waiting lists. Just under half the population has voluntary private health insurance and there is a two-tier ... -
Irish Intellectual Disability Services for Children and Austerity Measures: The Qualitative Impact of Recession through Framework Method
(2021)Intellectually disabled children experience unique vulnerabilities related to poverty. The literature further identifies strong concerns for service delivery and practice with intellectually disabled children in the context ... -
Perspectives on austerity: The impact of the economic recession on children with intellectual disability
(2017)In 2008, the Republic of Ireland descended into the deepest period of economic recession since the Great Depression of 70 years before. In the aftershock of recession, research suggests that it has been the nation’s children ...
