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Public Policy Towards the Sale of State Assets in Troubled Times: Lessons from the Irish Experience
(ESRI, 10/10/2010)
Governments throughout the western world and beyond are in the midst of a severe financial crisis and emerging from a sharp recession. Ireland is no exception. One of the options for strengthening public finances is the ...
The Wealth, Health and Well-being of Ireland's Older People before and during the Economic Crisis
(2014)
The economic crisis of 2008/9 was felt more acutely in Ireland relative to elsewhere and culminated in the international bailout in 2010. Given the economic collapse, Ireland provides an ideal case-study of the link between ...
Inequality and the Crisis: The Distributional Impact of Tax Increases and Welfare and Public Sector Pay Cuts
(2010)
The economic crisis impacts directly on the distribution of income via unemployment
and private sector wages, but the way policy responds in seeking to control soaring fiscal deficits
is also central to its distributional ...