Pearse Redmond
Biographic Data
| ID | 703995 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pearse Redmond |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pearse |
| FAMILY NAME | Redmond |
| SIGNATURE | REDMOND P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Economic and Social Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8272-8596 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Does the measure of party system size matter with incomplete election returns? The case of Ireland
The problem that incomplete election returns pose for the calculation of the effective number of parties and related statistics such as the Herfindahl-Hirschman fractionalization index is known. Over the past several decades, different measurement approaches have been proposed, all of which attempt to overcome these challenges. The approach that is chosen may have consequences for theories about party system size. However, this issue has not been…
The impact of a minimum wage increase on hours worked: Heterogeneous effects by gender and sector
A minimum wage increase could lead to adverse employment effects for certain subgroups of minimum wage workers, while leaving others unaffected. This heterogeneity could be overlooked in studies that examine the overall population of minimum wage workers. In this paper, we test for heterogeneous effects of a minimum wage increase on the hours worked of minimum wage employees in Ireland. For all minimum wage workers, we find that a 10% increase in…
Covid-19 employment disruption and area-level deprivation
There is an ever growing literature on how those living in deprived areas were affected to a greater extent by the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of both the health and the economic impacts. Based on the latter, we investigate the spatial patterns of employment disruption due to COVID-19 and the relationship with area-level deprivation in Ireland. Using a unique administrative dataset, we examine if area-level deprivation affected the proportion in …
The impact of voter turnout on referendum outcomes: Evidence from Ireland
We estimate the causal effect of voter turnout on referendum outcomes in Ireland using a newly created dataset that links 25 years of constituency-level referendum results to a variety of demographic and economic characteristics, as well as daily rainfall amounts. Our instrumental variables methodology uses rainfall as an instrument for voter turnout to overcome issues of endogeneity. By exploiting Ireland’s extensive experience with referendums,…
Genome-wide analysis identifies genetic effects on reproductive success and ongoing natural selection at the Fads locus
How Has the Gender Earnings Gap in Ireland Changed in Thirty Years
Since 1987, the wages of women in Ireland have been growing faster than those of men. This, coupled with a decrease in the average hours worked by men, has resulted in a reduction in the gender earnings gap in Ireland, most notably at the bottom of the earnings distribution. This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the growth of male and female wages, weekly earnings, and differences in working patterns across the wage and earnings distribut…
Home garden use during Covid-19: Associations with physical and mental wellbeing in older adults
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of people's lives. Lockdown measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have been more stringent for those aged over 70, at highest risk for the disease. Here, we examine whether home garden usage is associated with self-reported mental and physical wellbeing in older adults, during COVID-19 lockdown in Scotland. This study analysed data from 171 individuals (mean age 84 ± 0.5 years) from the Lothian …
Educational expansion and overeducation of young graduates: A comparative analysis of 30 European countries
This study uses quarterly EU Labour Force Survey data for 30 countries over the period 2000 to 2016 to examine the relationship between changes in the composition of educational attainment and overeducation rates among new labour market entrants holding post-secondary and tertiary qualifications. We find that tertiary education expanded rapidly across our sample, while the proportion of young people with lower levels of education fell gradually t…
Change in Physical Activity, Sleep Quality, and Psychosocial Variables during Covid-19 Lockdown: Evidence from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
(1) Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the lives of older people. In this study, we examine changes in physical activity, sleep quality, and psychosocial variables among older people during COVID-19 lockdown. We build on cross-sectional studies on this topic by assessing change longitudinally. We also examined whether participant characteristics including demographic, cognitive, personality, and health variables wer…
Consumption in Retirement: Heterogeneous Effects by Household Type and Gender
Regulating through reporting: An anticipatory assessment of the Australian Modern Slavery Acts
In 2018, two Australian Parliaments—the Parliament of Australia and the Parliament of New South Wales—passed complementary statutes requiring large entities to report annually on measures they have taken to detect and respond to modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. The statutes build upon transparency requirements in United Kingdom and Californian legislation touching slavery and human trafficking in supply chains. Indeed, the Au…
Rainfall, population density and voter turnout
An initial evaluation of the effectiveness of Intreo activation reforms
The mission of the Economic and Social Research Institute is to advance evidencebased policymaking that supports economic sustainability and social progress in Ireland. ESRI researchers apply the highest standards of academic excellence to challenges facing policymakers, focusing on 12 areas of critical importance to 21stcentury Ireland.
Skills Mismatch: Concepts, Measurement and Policy Approaches
The term skills mismatch is very broad and can relate to many forms of labour market friction, including vertical mismatch, skill gaps, skill shortages, field of study (horizontal) mismatch and skill obsolescence. In this paper, we provide a clear overview of each concept and discuss the measurement and inter‐relatedness of different forms of mismatch. We present a comprehensive analysis of the current position of the literature on skills mismatc…
Green space and cognitive ageing: A retrospective life course analysis in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
International evidence suggests that green space has beneficial effects on general and mental health but little is known about how lifetime exposure to green space influences cognitive ageing. Employing a novel longitudinal life course approach, we examined the association between lifetime availability of public parks and cognitive ageing. Lifetime residential information was gathered from the participants of the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 using a…
Incumbent-challenger and open-seat elections in a spatial model of political competition
The Historical Roots of CIA-Hollywood Propaganda
The ability to use movies that tell persuasive stories is a powerful tool, particularly if it is consciously used to legitimize war, assassination, and illegal activities and to undermine the core principles of democracy. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the U.S. military have made use of that tool for almost a century, starting with the War Department's quiet support for the movieBirth of a Nationin 1915 and continuing for a centur…
Incumbent-Quality Advantage and Counterfactual Electoral Stagnation in the US Senate
This article examines the extent to which electoral selection based on candidate quality alone can account for the pattern of re-election rates in the US Senate. In the absence of officeholder benefits, electoral selection is simulated using observed dropout rates from 1946 to 2010. This provides a benchmark for the re-election rate that would be generated by incumbent quality advantage alone. The simulation delivers a re-election rate that is al…
Sanctioning Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights
Green space and cognitive ageing: A retrospective life course analysis in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
International evidence suggests that green space has beneficial effects on general and mental health but little is known about how lifetime exposure to green space influences cognitive ageing. Employing a novel longitudinal life course approach, we examined the association between lifetime availability of public parks and cognitive ageing. Lifetime residential information was gathered from the participants of the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 using a…
Rainfall, population density and voter turnout
Genome-wide analysis identifies genetic effects on reproductive success and ongoing natural selection at the Fads locus
How Has the Gender Earnings Gap in Ireland Changed in Thirty Years
Since 1987, the wages of women in Ireland have been growing faster than those of men. This, coupled with a decrease in the average hours worked by men, has resulted in a reduction in the gender earnings gap in Ireland, most notably at the bottom of the earnings distribution. This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the growth of male and female wages, weekly earnings, and differences in working patterns across the wage and earnings distribut…
The impact of voter turnout on referendum outcomes: Evidence from Ireland
We estimate the causal effect of voter turnout on referendum outcomes in Ireland using a newly created dataset that links 25 years of constituency-level referendum results to a variety of demographic and economic characteristics, as well as daily rainfall amounts. Our instrumental variables methodology uses rainfall as an instrument for voter turnout to overcome issues of endogeneity. By exploiting Ireland’s extensive experience with referendums,…
Regulating through reporting: An anticipatory assessment of the Australian Modern Slavery Acts
In 2018, two Australian Parliaments—the Parliament of Australia and the Parliament of New South Wales—passed complementary statutes requiring large entities to report annually on measures they have taken to detect and respond to modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. The statutes build upon transparency requirements in United Kingdom and Californian legislation touching slavery and human trafficking in supply chains. Indeed, the Au…
Sanctioning Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights
Incumbent-Quality Advantage and Counterfactual Electoral Stagnation in the US Senate
This article examines the extent to which electoral selection based on candidate quality alone can account for the pattern of re-election rates in the US Senate. In the absence of officeholder benefits, electoral selection is simulated using observed dropout rates from 1946 to 2010. This provides a benchmark for the re-election rate that would be generated by incumbent quality advantage alone. The simulation delivers a re-election rate that is al…
Incumbent-challenger and open-seat elections in a spatial model of political competition
The Historical Roots of CIA-Hollywood Propaganda
The ability to use movies that tell persuasive stories is a powerful tool, particularly if it is consciously used to legitimize war, assassination, and illegal activities and to undermine the core principles of democracy. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the U.S. military have made use of that tool for almost a century, starting with the War Department's quiet support for the movieBirth of a Nationin 1915 and continuing for a centur…
Skills Mismatch: Concepts, Measurement and Policy Approaches
The term skills mismatch is very broad and can relate to many forms of labour market friction, including vertical mismatch, skill gaps, skill shortages, field of study (horizontal) mismatch and skill obsolescence. In this paper, we provide a clear overview of each concept and discuss the measurement and inter‐relatedness of different forms of mismatch. We present a comprehensive analysis of the current position of the literature on skills mismatc…
Green space and cognitive ageing: A retrospective life course analysis in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
International evidence suggests that green space has beneficial effects on general and mental health but little is known about how lifetime exposure to green space influences cognitive ageing. Employing a novel longitudinal life course approach, we examined the association between lifetime availability of public parks and cognitive ageing. Lifetime residential information was gathered from the participants of the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 using a…
An initial evaluation of the effectiveness of Intreo activation reforms
The mission of the Economic and Social Research Institute is to advance evidencebased policymaking that supports economic sustainability and social progress in Ireland. ESRI researchers apply the highest standards of academic excellence to challenges facing policymakers, focusing on 12 areas of critical importance to 21stcentury Ireland.
Educational expansion and overeducation of young graduates: A comparative analysis of 30 European countries
This study uses quarterly EU Labour Force Survey data for 30 countries over the period 2000 to 2016 to examine the relationship between changes in the composition of educational attainment and overeducation rates among new labour market entrants holding post-secondary and tertiary qualifications. We find that tertiary education expanded rapidly across our sample, while the proportion of young people with lower levels of education fell gradually t…
Change in Physical Activity, Sleep Quality, and Psychosocial Variables during Covid-19 Lockdown: Evidence from the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
(1) Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the lives of older people. In this study, we examine changes in physical activity, sleep quality, and psychosocial variables among older people during COVID-19 lockdown. We build on cross-sectional studies on this topic by assessing change longitudinally. We also examined whether participant characteristics including demographic, cognitive, personality, and health variables wer…
Consumption in Retirement: Heterogeneous Effects by Household Type and Gender
Regulating through reporting: An anticipatory assessment of the Australian Modern Slavery Acts
In 2018, two Australian Parliaments—the Parliament of Australia and the Parliament of New South Wales—passed complementary statutes requiring large entities to report annually on measures they have taken to detect and respond to modern slavery in their operations and supply chains. The statutes build upon transparency requirements in United Kingdom and Californian legislation touching slavery and human trafficking in supply chains. Indeed, the Au…
Rainfall, population density and voter turnout
Home garden use during Covid-19: Associations with physical and mental wellbeing in older adults
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of people's lives. Lockdown measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have been more stringent for those aged over 70, at highest risk for the disease. Here, we examine whether home garden usage is associated with self-reported mental and physical wellbeing in older adults, during COVID-19 lockdown in Scotland. This study analysed data from 171 individuals (mean age 84 ± 0.5 years) from the Lothian …
How Has the Gender Earnings Gap in Ireland Changed in Thirty Years
Since 1987, the wages of women in Ireland have been growing faster than those of men. This, coupled with a decrease in the average hours worked by men, has resulted in a reduction in the gender earnings gap in Ireland, most notably at the bottom of the earnings distribution. This paper provides a descriptive analysis of the growth of male and female wages, weekly earnings, and differences in working patterns across the wage and earnings distribut…
The impact of voter turnout on referendum outcomes: Evidence from Ireland
We estimate the causal effect of voter turnout on referendum outcomes in Ireland using a newly created dataset that links 25 years of constituency-level referendum results to a variety of demographic and economic characteristics, as well as daily rainfall amounts. Our instrumental variables methodology uses rainfall as an instrument for voter turnout to overcome issues of endogeneity. By exploiting Ireland’s extensive experience with referendums,…
Genome-wide analysis identifies genetic effects on reproductive success and ongoing natural selection at the Fads locus
The impact of a minimum wage increase on hours worked: Heterogeneous effects by gender and sector
A minimum wage increase could lead to adverse employment effects for certain subgroups of minimum wage workers, while leaving others unaffected. This heterogeneity could be overlooked in studies that examine the overall population of minimum wage workers. In this paper, we test for heterogeneous effects of a minimum wage increase on the hours worked of minimum wage employees in Ireland. For all minimum wage workers, we find that a 10% increase in…
Covid-19 employment disruption and area-level deprivation
There is an ever growing literature on how those living in deprived areas were affected to a greater extent by the COVID-19 pandemic, in terms of both the health and the economic impacts. Based on the latter, we investigate the spatial patterns of employment disruption due to COVID-19 and the relationship with area-level deprivation in Ireland. Using a unique administrative dataset, we examine if area-level deprivation affected the proportion in …
Does the measure of party system size matter with incomplete election returns? The case of Ireland
The problem that incomplete election returns pose for the calculation of the effective number of parties and related statistics such as the Herfindahl-Hirschman fractionalization index is known. Over the past several decades, different measurement approaches have been proposed, all of which attempt to overcome these challenges. The approach that is chosen may have consequences for theories about party system size. However, this issue has not been…
Economics (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (5 works) · Law (5 works)