Frank Crowley
Biographic Data
| ID | 687725 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Frank Crowley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Frank |
| FAMILY NAME | Crowley |
| SIGNATURE | CROWLEY F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College Cork |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3626-203X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The role of FDI-focused business and technology parks in promoting local employment growth
This paper examines whether the establishment of foreign direct investment (FDI) focused business and technology parks (BTPs) enhances local employment and examines whether this policy strategy is conditioned by BTP heterogeneity. Using detailed Irish panel data (1986–2016) and a propensity score matching with difference-in-difference (PSM-DiD) method, the analysis shows that electoral divisions in close proximity to BTPs experience 0.7% higher a…
Tolerance, social capital, and life satisfaction: A multilevel model from transition countries in the European Union
Tolerance of others on grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion and sexuality is an important component of social capital but has received scant attention in the social capital well-being literature. We examine the components of social capital and their relationship with life satisfaction using data from the Life in Transition Survey in European Union transition countries. A principal component factor analysis identifies three distinct a…
Measuring land-use mixing across the Republic of Ireland: Source data comparisons
Historical patterns of land-use development across many countries in the Global North have generally been characterised by land-use segregation, low-density settlements, and limited transport accessibility. This can lead to inefficient regional developmental patterns and can increase the environmental degradation attributable to regional expansion. Numerous metrics and datasets have been employed to infer the sustainability and efficiency of thes…
Land-use mixing in Irish cities: Implications for sustainable development
Land-use configurations are explicitly related to the outcomes of numerous economic, social, and environmental policies. From a regional development perspective, efficiency in the use of natural resources, such as space, can positively contribute to sustainability efforts in these realms. This Viewpoint measures the efficiency of land and infrastructure usage within Irish metropolitan areas using relative entropy (i.e., land-use mixing). We find …
How the relationship between socio-demographics, residential environments and travel influence commuter choices
Individual socio-demographic characteristics influence the composition of residential environments, employment considerations and transport-dedicated resources, all of which influence individual travel behaviours. To analyse these interrelationships, we employ generalised structural equation modelling using individual-level data from the 2016 Irish Census on workers across the Republic of Ireland alongside highly spatially disaggregated residenti…
The spatiotemporal dimension of population change in Ireland: Visualisation of growth and shrinkage in Irish Electoral Divisions (1986–2016)
Population shrinkage has gained attention from academics and policymakers in recent years, due to the long-term implications the phenomenon has for public service delivery and the viability of urban and rural communities. We visualise the socio-temporal evolution of population shrinkage and growth, utilising a spatially rectified dataset containing population data from seven Census of Population covering the 1986–2016 period in the Republic of Ir…
Retail sprawl and CO2 emissions: Retail centres in Irish cities
The concept of sustainable retail development implies that retail centres should serve their communities economically and socially, while not degrading local environments. However, existing literature identifies that retail centres often create negative externalities, impacting the sustainable development of both the core and peripheries of city regions. International evidence also shows that retail sprawl and transport emissions have been exacer…
Regional variations in automation job risk and labour market thickness to agricultural employment
Automation has the potential to transform entire agricultural value chains and the nature of agricultural business. Recent studies have emphasised barriers to adoption, as well as issues related to labour market and cultural outcomes of automation. However, thus far, very little attention has been afforded to the regional variations in the potential for automation adoption or threats to agricultural employment. Specifically, research to date does…
Do local start-ups and knowledge spillovers matter for firm-level R&D investment
What happens to firm-level research and development (R&D) when urban locations have more knowledge spillovers and are more entrepreneurial? This article explores the potential tension between knowledge spillovers, start-ups and innovation effort in existing firms. The relationship is empirically tested using Swedish firm-level data and municipality-level data on start-ups. The results indicate that having more start-ups in urban municipalities is…
The vulnerability of European regional labour markets to job automation: The role of agglomeration externalities
Automation is expected to have strong implications for labour-saving technologies. We calculate the proportion of jobs at high risk of automation across European regions using data from the 2018 Labour Force Survey (LFS). We examine the relationship between regional vulnerability to job automation, specialization, related (and unrelated) variety and agglomeration. The results indicate that regions at low vulnerability to job automation benefit fr…
Firm subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Is There Urban Bias
Regional disparities exist due to the uneven impact of economic development. The World Bank's World Development Report (2009) advocates that attempts to spread out economic activity will undermine growth. This study finds that policy-makers in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia favour subsidizing firms in less urbanized locations. However, innovation market outcomes would probably be higher if there was an urban bias in subsidy distribut…
Tough Times. Australia in the Seventies
Brian Fitzpatrick: A Tribute
New Information on the Biography of Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca
Biographers and students of Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca, have often found it difficult to explain 'the frequent intervals during which his literary .output was interrupted.* One of these occurred during the year 1588. It is our contention that Garcilaso formed part of the Spanish Armada, since his name appears both in the Spanish and English roster of participants thereto. Documents show that he was a captain and that he used the name Garcilaso…
The vulnerability of European regional labour markets to job automation: The role of agglomeration externalities
Automation is expected to have strong implications for labour-saving technologies. We calculate the proportion of jobs at high risk of automation across European regions using data from the 2018 Labour Force Survey (LFS). We examine the relationship between regional vulnerability to job automation, specialization, related (and unrelated) variety and agglomeration. The results indicate that regions at low vulnerability to job automation benefit fr…
Firm subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Is There Urban Bias
Regional disparities exist due to the uneven impact of economic development. The World Bank's World Development Report (2009) advocates that attempts to spread out economic activity will undermine growth. This study finds that policy-makers in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia favour subsidizing firms in less urbanized locations. However, innovation market outcomes would probably be higher if there was an urban bias in subsidy distribut…
Land-use mixing in Irish cities: Implications for sustainable development
Land-use configurations are explicitly related to the outcomes of numerous economic, social, and environmental policies. From a regional development perspective, efficiency in the use of natural resources, such as space, can positively contribute to sustainability efforts in these realms. This Viewpoint measures the efficiency of land and infrastructure usage within Irish metropolitan areas using relative entropy (i.e., land-use mixing). We find …
Regional variations in automation job risk and labour market thickness to agricultural employment
Automation has the potential to transform entire agricultural value chains and the nature of agricultural business. Recent studies have emphasised barriers to adoption, as well as issues related to labour market and cultural outcomes of automation. However, thus far, very little attention has been afforded to the regional variations in the potential for automation adoption or threats to agricultural employment. Specifically, research to date does…
Tolerance, social capital, and life satisfaction: A multilevel model from transition countries in the European Union
Tolerance of others on grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion and sexuality is an important component of social capital but has received scant attention in the social capital well-being literature. We examine the components of social capital and their relationship with life satisfaction using data from the Life in Transition Survey in European Union transition countries. A principal component factor analysis identifies three distinct a…
How the relationship between socio-demographics, residential environments and travel influence commuter choices
Individual socio-demographic characteristics influence the composition of residential environments, employment considerations and transport-dedicated resources, all of which influence individual travel behaviours. To analyse these interrelationships, we employ generalised structural equation modelling using individual-level data from the 2016 Irish Census on workers across the Republic of Ireland alongside highly spatially disaggregated residenti…
Do local start-ups and knowledge spillovers matter for firm-level R&D investment
What happens to firm-level research and development (R&D) when urban locations have more knowledge spillovers and are more entrepreneurial? This article explores the potential tension between knowledge spillovers, start-ups and innovation effort in existing firms. The relationship is empirically tested using Swedish firm-level data and municipality-level data on start-ups. The results indicate that having more start-ups in urban municipalities is…
New Information on the Biography of Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca
Biographers and students of Garcilaso de la Vega, el Inca, have often found it difficult to explain 'the frequent intervals during which his literary .output was interrupted.* One of these occurred during the year 1588. It is our contention that Garcilaso formed part of the Spanish Armada, since his name appears both in the Spanish and English roster of participants thereto. Documents show that he was a captain and that he used the name Garcilaso…
Brian Fitzpatrick: A Tribute
Tough Times. Australia in the Seventies
Firm subsidies in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Is There Urban Bias
Regional disparities exist due to the uneven impact of economic development. The World Bank's World Development Report (2009) advocates that attempts to spread out economic activity will undermine growth. This study finds that policy-makers in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia favour subsidizing firms in less urbanized locations. However, innovation market outcomes would probably be higher if there was an urban bias in subsidy distribut…
The vulnerability of European regional labour markets to job automation: The role of agglomeration externalities
Automation is expected to have strong implications for labour-saving technologies. We calculate the proportion of jobs at high risk of automation across European regions using data from the 2018 Labour Force Survey (LFS). We examine the relationship between regional vulnerability to job automation, specialization, related (and unrelated) variety and agglomeration. The results indicate that regions at low vulnerability to job automation benefit fr…
The spatiotemporal dimension of population change in Ireland: Visualisation of growth and shrinkage in Irish Electoral Divisions (1986–2016)
Population shrinkage has gained attention from academics and policymakers in recent years, due to the long-term implications the phenomenon has for public service delivery and the viability of urban and rural communities. We visualise the socio-temporal evolution of population shrinkage and growth, utilising a spatially rectified dataset containing population data from seven Census of Population covering the 1986–2016 period in the Republic of Ir…
Retail sprawl and CO2 emissions: Retail centres in Irish cities
The concept of sustainable retail development implies that retail centres should serve their communities economically and socially, while not degrading local environments. However, existing literature identifies that retail centres often create negative externalities, impacting the sustainable development of both the core and peripheries of city regions. International evidence also shows that retail sprawl and transport emissions have been exacer…
Regional variations in automation job risk and labour market thickness to agricultural employment
Automation has the potential to transform entire agricultural value chains and the nature of agricultural business. Recent studies have emphasised barriers to adoption, as well as issues related to labour market and cultural outcomes of automation. However, thus far, very little attention has been afforded to the regional variations in the potential for automation adoption or threats to agricultural employment. Specifically, research to date does…
Do local start-ups and knowledge spillovers matter for firm-level R&D investment
What happens to firm-level research and development (R&D) when urban locations have more knowledge spillovers and are more entrepreneurial? This article explores the potential tension between knowledge spillovers, start-ups and innovation effort in existing firms. The relationship is empirically tested using Swedish firm-level data and municipality-level data on start-ups. The results indicate that having more start-ups in urban municipalities is…
Measuring land-use mixing across the Republic of Ireland: Source data comparisons
Historical patterns of land-use development across many countries in the Global North have generally been characterised by land-use segregation, low-density settlements, and limited transport accessibility. This can lead to inefficient regional developmental patterns and can increase the environmental degradation attributable to regional expansion. Numerous metrics and datasets have been employed to infer the sustainability and efficiency of thes…
Land-use mixing in Irish cities: Implications for sustainable development
Land-use configurations are explicitly related to the outcomes of numerous economic, social, and environmental policies. From a regional development perspective, efficiency in the use of natural resources, such as space, can positively contribute to sustainability efforts in these realms. This Viewpoint measures the efficiency of land and infrastructure usage within Irish metropolitan areas using relative entropy (i.e., land-use mixing). We find …
How the relationship between socio-demographics, residential environments and travel influence commuter choices
Individual socio-demographic characteristics influence the composition of residential environments, employment considerations and transport-dedicated resources, all of which influence individual travel behaviours. To analyse these interrelationships, we employ generalised structural equation modelling using individual-level data from the 2016 Irish Census on workers across the Republic of Ireland alongside highly spatially disaggregated residenti…
Tolerance, social capital, and life satisfaction: A multilevel model from transition countries in the European Union
Tolerance of others on grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion and sexuality is an important component of social capital but has received scant attention in the social capital well-being literature. We examine the components of social capital and their relationship with life satisfaction using data from the Life in Transition Survey in European Union transition countries. A principal component factor analysis identifies three distinct a…
The role of FDI-focused business and technology parks in promoting local employment growth
This paper examines whether the establishment of foreign direct investment (FDI) focused business and technology parks (BTPs) enhances local employment and examines whether this policy strategy is conditioned by BTP heterogeneity. Using detailed Irish panel data (1986–2016) and a propensity score matching with difference-in-difference (PSM-DiD) method, the analysis shows that electoral divisions in close proximity to BTPs experience 0.7% higher a…
Economics (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Business (5 works) · Economic geography (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Urban Transport and Accessibility (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Irish (3 works) · Land Use and Ecosystem Services (3 works)