Martina Lawless
Biographic Data
| ID | 5737603 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martina Lawless |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martina |
| FAMILY NAME | Lawless |
| SIGNATURE | LAWLESS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Economic and Social Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3484-8670 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Firm dynamics and productivity by age—evidence from Ireland
The establishment and growth of new businesses are key ingredients for economic growth and job creation, but also productivity growth. This paper examines a panel of firms from both manufacturing and services sectors over a 13-year period to compare the relative productivity performance of entrants, exitors and incumbents in Ireland. We find evidence of catch-up in productivity levels of new entrants towards that of incumbents in both sectors wit…
The Impact of Demography and Migration on Employment in Ireland
The product and sector level impact of a hard Brexit across the EU
The UK exit from the European Union (Brexit) is likely to have a range of impacts, with trade flows one of the most immediate areas where the effects will become evident. One possible outcome of Brexit is a situation where WTO tariffs apply to merchandise trade between the UK and the EU. By examining detailed trade flows between the UK and all other EU members, matching over 5200 products to the WTO tariff applicable to external EU trade this pap…
Why Firms Avoid Cutting Wages
Firms very rarely cut nominal wages, even in the face of considerable negative economic shocks. The authors of this article use a unique survey of 14 European countries to ask firms directly about the incidence of wage cuts and to assess the relevance of a range of potential reasons for why the firms avoid cutting wages. They examine how firm characteristics and collective bargaining institutions affect the relevance of each of the common explana…
Age or size? Contributions to job creation
SMEs in Ireland
The small and medium enterprise (SME) segment is regarded as an important contributor to sustainable economic and employment recovery due to their largely indigenous, employment-intensive nature. The recent economic, financial and employment crisis has been particularly sharply felt in this segment of the Irish economy. Taking a wide range of indicators from firm production and bank lending data, this article examines the structure of the SME sec…
Do Complicated Tax Systems Prevent Foreign Direct Investment
The negative relationship between tax rates and FDI is well known. This paper looks at how complexity of the tax system affects FDI . Fulfilling tax requirements can be time‐consuming, and this implies a cost for more complex tax systems. Alternatively, complexity may provide opportunities to reduce the overall tax bill. We find that measures of tax complexity have a significant inhibiting effect on the presence of FDI for a country pair, but hav…
The product and sector level impact of a hard Brexit across the EU
The UK exit from the European Union (Brexit) is likely to have a range of impacts, with trade flows one of the most immediate areas where the effects will become evident. One possible outcome of Brexit is a situation where WTO tariffs apply to merchandise trade between the UK and the EU. By examining detailed trade flows between the UK and all other EU members, matching over 5200 products to the WTO tariff applicable to external EU trade this pap…
SMEs in Ireland
The small and medium enterprise (SME) segment is regarded as an important contributor to sustainable economic and employment recovery due to their largely indigenous, employment-intensive nature. The recent economic, financial and employment crisis has been particularly sharply felt in this segment of the Irish economy. Taking a wide range of indicators from firm production and bank lending data, this article examines the structure of the SME sec…
Do Complicated Tax Systems Prevent Foreign Direct Investment
The negative relationship between tax rates and FDI is well known. This paper looks at how complexity of the tax system affects FDI . Fulfilling tax requirements can be time‐consuming, and this implies a cost for more complex tax systems. Alternatively, complexity may provide opportunities to reduce the overall tax bill. We find that measures of tax complexity have a significant inhibiting effect on the presence of FDI for a country pair, but hav…
Do Complicated Tax Systems Prevent Foreign Direct Investment
The negative relationship between tax rates and FDI is well known. This paper looks at how complexity of the tax system affects FDI . Fulfilling tax requirements can be time‐consuming, and this implies a cost for more complex tax systems. Alternatively, complexity may provide opportunities to reduce the overall tax bill. We find that measures of tax complexity have a significant inhibiting effect on the presence of FDI for a country pair, but hav…
Age or size? Contributions to job creation
SMEs in Ireland
The small and medium enterprise (SME) segment is regarded as an important contributor to sustainable economic and employment recovery due to their largely indigenous, employment-intensive nature. The recent economic, financial and employment crisis has been particularly sharply felt in this segment of the Irish economy. Taking a wide range of indicators from firm production and bank lending data, this article examines the structure of the SME sec…
Why Firms Avoid Cutting Wages
Firms very rarely cut nominal wages, even in the face of considerable negative economic shocks. The authors of this article use a unique survey of 14 European countries to ask firms directly about the incidence of wage cuts and to assess the relevance of a range of potential reasons for why the firms avoid cutting wages. They examine how firm characteristics and collective bargaining institutions affect the relevance of each of the common explana…
The product and sector level impact of a hard Brexit across the EU
The UK exit from the European Union (Brexit) is likely to have a range of impacts, with trade flows one of the most immediate areas where the effects will become evident. One possible outcome of Brexit is a situation where WTO tariffs apply to merchandise trade between the UK and the EU. By examining detailed trade flows between the UK and all other EU members, matching over 5200 products to the WTO tariff applicable to external EU trade this pap…
The Impact of Demography and Migration on Employment in Ireland
Firm dynamics and productivity by age—evidence from Ireland
The establishment and growth of new businesses are key ingredients for economic growth and job creation, but also productivity growth. This paper examines a panel of firms from both manufacturing and services sectors over a 13-year period to compare the relative productivity performance of entrants, exitors and incumbents in Ireland. We find evidence of catch-up in productivity levels of new entrants towards that of incumbents in both sectors wit…
Economics (6 works) · Business (5 works) · International economics (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Macroeconomics (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economic Policies and Impacts (2 works) · Entrepreneurship (2 works) · European union (2 works) · Firm Innovation and Growth (2 works)