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Remittances, terrorism, and democracy
(2024)How do remittances affect domestic terrorism? Past work argues that remittances increase groups’ resources and increase terrorism. However, we argue that the effect of remittances depends on political institutions. Within ... -
A comparative study of the juvenile justice systems of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Sociology, 1984)This thesis consists of a comparative analysis of the trends in social policy in relation to the juvenile justice systems in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The work has addressed several key issues relating ... -
VSG-GAN: A high-fidelity image synthesis method with semantic manipulation in retinal fundus image
(2024)In recent years, advancements in retinal image analysis, driven by machine learning and deep learning techniques, have enhanced disease detection and diagnosis through automated feature extraction. However, challenges ... -
Income inequality in Ireland, 1987-2019
(2024)Ireland has experienced rapid – if volatile – growth over the last three decades. While this performance looks less impressive when considered over a longer horizon and is better seen as belated convergence making up ... -
Divine Omnipotence: Aquinas and Swinburne
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Philosophy, 2024)Abstract The goal of this thesis is to establish whether Thomas Aquinas's conception of God's omnipotence can survive critical interaction with the views of Richard Swinburne. It first defines in detail what Aquinas thinks ... -
Essays in Urban and Housing Economics
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2024)This dissertation consists of three essays at the intersection of urban economics and the economic effects of affordable housing policy. While they do not use common data or methods, they all tackle fundamental issues ... -
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 ... -
Transcendentalism without Idealism: An Essay on Kant and Wittgenstein
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Philosophy, 2024)In this work, I compare Kant and Wittgenstein’s critical philosophies with respect to Transcendental Idealism, as a doctrine meant to “prove” the possibility of Metaphysics. My Central Question is: Is the early Wittgenstein ... -
Translocality and the Class Conditions of Filipino Nurse Migrants in the Republic of Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Sociology, 2024)The rise in the number of international labour migrants and their situatedness in and attachments to multiple locations are creating complex class conditions for migrant labour, which are only beginning to be understood ... -
The coalition government's record on tax
(The Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2015)As part of its deficit reduction programme, the coalition government has made tax changes whose direct impact is to reduce borrowing by £16.4 billion in 2015---16: the net effect of £64.3 billion of tax rises and £48.0 ... -
Budget 2019: tax and welfare changes
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2018)In his budget delivered to the Dáil on 9 October, the Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform announced an increase in General Government expenditure for 2019 of €4.2 billion, an increase of 5.1 per cent from ... -
Housing Assistance Payment: Potential impacts on financial incentives to work
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2019)Since March 2017, a new income-related housing support for those with a long-term housing need called Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) has been available throughout the state. This paper examines the potential impact on ... -
Carbon taxes and compensation options
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2019)This paper examines the effects an increase in the Irish carbon tax would have on households’ incomes, and assesses potential options for compensating households. While a carbon tax rise would disproportionately affect ... -
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumption and indirect tax in Ireland
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2020)Using micro data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) Household Budget Survey (HBS), we assess the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumption and its implications for indirect tax receipts in 2020. We show that ... -
Options for increasing tax
(The Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2015)The UK’s public finances are still in a weakened state. In 2015–16, the government expects to borrow 3.6% of national income over and above the borrowing that can be expected to disappear as the economy recovers, leading ... -
Carbon taxes, poverty and compensation options
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2020)This paper examines how the Irish carbon tax can be raised without increasing poverty and disproportionately affecting low-income households. It shows that poverty can in fact be reduced and the lowest-income fifth of ... -
Distributional impact of tax and welfare policies: COVID-related policies and Budget 2021
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2020)In this article, we assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on unemployment in Ireland and estimate how family incomes have changed as a result of increased unemployment, calibrated to administrative sources for ... -
Options for raising tax revenue in Ireland
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2021)Future spending pressures combined with potential declines in corporation and motor tax receipts mean that significant future tax increases are likely to be needed in the years ahead. While these should be avoided until ... -
Budget 2022
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2021)This Article outlines and assesses changes to the tax and welfare system announced as part of Budget 2022. It first looks at the main taxation measures announced before turning to employment, education and social welfare ... -
The potential costs and distributional effect of COVID-19 related unemployment in Ireland
(Economic and Social Research Institute, 2020)This paper simulates the impact that Covid-19 related job losses will have on family incomes and the public finances. It finds that in the central ‘medium’ unemployment scenario of 600,000 job losses, around 400,000 ...
