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Dementia services in Ireland 2018: Audit of community-based health and social care services used by people with dementia
(Centre for Economic and Social Research on Dementia National University of Ireland, Galway, 2020-09)This audit is concerned with identifying the current provision of services and resources for people with dementia in Ireland. The audit is one part of a larger partnership study between the Centre for Economic and ... -
Estimating the cost of type 1 diabetes in Ireland
(Wiley, 2021-12-27)Background Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease, which given its existing and projected prevalence, is likely to pose a significant economic burden, both in terms of directs costs to the healthcare system and indirect ... -
Flooded cities
(American Economic Association, 2020-04)Does economic activity move away from areas that are at high risk of recurring shocks? We examine this question in the context of floods, which displaced more than 650 million people worldwide in the last 35 years. We study ... -
A foundation for Pareto optimality
(Elsevier, 2020-03-04)Can an axiomatic justification be given for the requirement that society picks all and only Pareto optimal alternatives at each profile of individual preferences? Using the framework of fixed-agenda social choice theory, ... -
Combining actual and contingent behaviour data to estimate the value of coarse fishing in Ireland
(Elsevier, 2019-03-15)The use of contingent behaviour style questions enables the presentation of scenarios that extended beyond previous experience, making it a valuable tool for the examination of a change in policy or management practices. ... -
The role of extension in dynamic economic adjustments: the case of Irish dairy farms
(Oxford University Press, 2019-01-11)European Union dairy policy eliminated milk production quotas in 2015, inducing major adjustments in the European dairy industry. This article explores the role of farm extension services in dynamic adjustments on Irish ... -
Cost per unit abated for selected nitrogen mitigation strategies on Irish farms
(NUI Galway, 2018)With the initial deadline identified by the Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC) has passed in 2015 and new one set out in 2027, policymakers face increasing pressure to introduce new regulations to achieve ... -
Austerity and Irish local government expenditure since the Great Recession
(Sciendo, 2018-12-31)This paper sets out to establish the extent of austerity in the Irish local government system during and after the Great Recession. Austerity is measured by the adjusted change in local government expenditure from peak to ... -
Economics, politics and democracy in the age of credit-rating capitalism
(Sameeksha Trust, 2013-02-02)Unlike in earlier major economic crises, the current turmoil in the global economy has seen the consolidation of orthodoxy as the dominant paradigm. This essay traces the political economy of change in the current situation ... -
A needs and resources assessment of fiscal equalisation in the Irish local government system
(Economic and Social Studies, 2015)In 2000 the central government in Ireland introduced a formula-based needs and resources equalisation model in its local government system to ensure that the allocation of general purpose grants to local authorities was ... -
An analysis of local public finances and the 2014 local government reforms
(Economic and Social Studies, 2016)In this paper we set out to analyse changes in local government expenditures and income in the context of central government austerity measures, local government budgetary adjustments and, most especially, the 2014 local ... -
Deprivation and access to work in Dublin city: the impact of transport disadvantage
(Elsevier, 2016-09-29)Ireland's economy underwent a period of rapid expansion between 1995 and 2007, accompanied by a boom in construction. The subsequent decade saw a rapid decline in construction as Ireland went through an unprecedented ... -
The spatial impact of commuting on income: a spatial microsimulation approach
(Springer Verlag, 2016-08-24)The Irish economic boom resulted in a substantial increase in car-ownership and commuting. These trends were particularly noticeable in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), with an unprecedented increase in employment levels and ... -
A comparative examination of healthcare use related to hearing impairment in Europe
(2016)Impaired health resulting from whatever source presents challenges to individuals and societies. These challenges can be presented in terms of an economic burden - costs and dis-utilities - that arise from the experience ... -
Lack of critical slowing down suggests that financial meltdowns are not critical transitions, yet rising variability could signal systemic risk
(Public Library of Science, 2016-01-13)Complex systems inspired analysis suggests a hypothesis that financial meltdowns are abrupt critical transitions that occur when the system reaches a tipping point. Theoretical and empirical studies on climatic and ecological ... -
How have contracts for difference affected Irish equity market volatility?
(The Economic and Social Review, 2014)Contracts for Difference (CFDs) have existed for less than twenty years and the markethas grown significantly up to the period before the recent international crises. This paper presentsan analysis of how CFDs have affected ... -
Leadership in the Irish Civil Service: A 360° Assessment of Senior Management Capability
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Towards earlier discharge, better outcomes, lower cost: stroke rehabilitation in Ireland
(The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2014)'Towards Earlier Discharge, Better Outcomes, Lower Cost' is a new and valuable study which adds to our understanding of how to better patient outcomes within the budgetary realities of our current healthcare system. This ... -
From boom to bust? The financial performance of city and county councils
(2014)A framework to assess the financial performance of city and county councils in Ireland is applied to the recent boom and bust period. Based on previous work, our financial performance measurement framework assesses ...