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Postponing Maternity in Ireland
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)
As in many other developed countries, Ireland in recent decades has experienced a postponement of maternity. In this paper we consider the main trends in this phenomenon, considering changes in first and later births ...
Measuring the opportunity cost of time in recreation demand modelling: an application to a random utility model of whitewater kayaking in Ireland
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)
The treatment of the opportunity cost of travel time and the measurement of travel costs
in recreational demand modelling has been a contentious issue for many decades. This
paper demonstrates how a potential wage rate ...
Farm Income Mobility and Inequality in Ireland 1994-2001
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)
This paper uses eight years of data of the National Farm Survey (NFS) to analyse the statics and dynamics of the farm earnings distribution in the period 1994 to 2001, and asks the question: is the Irish farming sector ...
Assessing the Impact of Pensions Policy Reform in Ireland: the Case of Increasing the Pension Age
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2004)
Although demographic ageing will affect Ireland later than many EU countries, by 2050 it will result in significant pressures on the public pension system. Recent reform in Ireland has attempted to address these pressures ...