Understanding Ireland's Economic Growth
Journal Data
| Type | SOURCE_BOOK |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan Limited |
| ISBN-13 | 9780333985052 |
| Open Library | OL20898202W |
| Total publications | 10 |
| Coverage period | 1999 - 1999 |
| Language | EN |
| Cited by | 25 |
| h-index | 1 |
| i10-index | 1 |
This is an authoritative and topical assessment of Ireland's impressive economic growth record which has seen it dubbed 'the Celtic tiger'. Leading scholars from Ireland and beyond discuss Ireland's s
Indigenous and Foreign Industry
From the early 1930s to the late 1950s high tariff barriers and a broad prohibition on foreign ownership of firms operating in Ireland were the cornerstone of policies designed to promote growth of indigenous manufacturing from the very low base inherited at independence in 1922. By the late 1950s it was clear that protectionism had long outlived its usefulness and that few of the so-called infant industries had matured and become sufficiently co…
Fiscal Adjustment and Disinflation in Ireland
In a few short years in the latter half of the 1980s Ireland moved from a position of near-bankruptcy in the fiscal accounts to near balance. The improvement was sustained: having jumped to over 120 per cent in 1987, a decade later the debt-to-GDP ratio had fallen by almost one-half, and promised to slip below the demanding Maastricht target of 60 per cent by the start of EMU in 1999. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. T…
The Real Convergence of the Irish Economy and the Sectoral Distribution of Employment Growth
In this chapter we present the basic facts of the recent Irish growth experience. The last decade has seen a substantial increase in income per head and in employment numbers, so that Ireland has converged rapidly on European and UK living standards. Furthermore, this progress was achieved with low inflation and without the sacrifice of fiscal or balance of payments stability. Productivity growth has been substantially higher than the European av…
Income Inequality in Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s
The 1980s and 1990s have seen Ireland on a macroeconomic roller-coaster ride, as described and analysed in other papers in this volume, with stagnation through much of the 1980s, economic growth accelerating from 1987, stop-starting in the early 1990s, and then reaching and sustaining exceptionally high levels each year from 1994. Recent research internationally has highlighted the fact that income and earnings inequality increased very sharply d…
Education and Growth in the Irish Economy
The link between education and economic growth derives from two areas of research — the first deals with individual returns to education while the second examines the impact of education on human capital as one element in a growth model. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
The Persistence of High Unemployment in a Small Open Labour Market
This chapter contains an overview of the Irish unemployment problem. It starts with a review of existing research and presents further analysis of unemployment in a small, open labour market. The reasons for the persistence of high unemployment and the recent improvement in the labour market situation are discussed. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the lea…
Wage Formation and the Labour Market
The Irish labour market over the last fifty years has enjoyed some unusual features; in particular the extent to which labour mobility was legally possible and culturally accepted. Ireland moved from having a very high level of protection at the end of the 1950s to being highly integrated into the wider European economy as a member of the EEC after 1973. While the goods market was very closed up to 1960, Ireland had been part of a wider labour ma…
Irish Growth in Historical and Theoretical Perspective
The nature of the Irish economy, and the definition of Ireland’s economic problem, were shaped by a combination of events that occurred in the nineteenth century. One of these was the large-scale emigration that the Great Famine induced. This left as its legacy a willingness and an ability on the part of the population to migrate when economic prospects elsewhere seemed brighter. Ireland henceforth functioned more as a regional economy, whose pop…
The European Dimension
Membership of the European Union has impacted on Ireland and the Irish economy in many ways. The primary focus of this chapter is on the impact of the Single Market process and the Structural Funds expenditure programmes To many readers is might appear strange that we have little to say on the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). There are two reasons for this. The first is that, as is clear from Chapter 1, agricultural output has not …
Understanding Ireland’s Economic Growth
This is an authoritative and topical assessment of Ireland's impressive economic growth record which has seen it dubbed 'the Celtic tiger'. Leading scholars from Ireland and beyond discuss Ireland's s
Understanding Ireland’s Economic Growth
This is an authoritative and topical assessment of Ireland's impressive economic growth record which has seen it dubbed 'the Celtic tiger'. Leading scholars from Ireland and beyond discuss Ireland's s
Indigenous and Foreign Industry
From the early 1930s to the late 1950s high tariff barriers and a broad prohibition on foreign ownership of firms operating in Ireland were the cornerstone of policies designed to promote growth of indigenous manufacturing from the very low base inherited at independence in 1922. By the late 1950s it was clear that protectionism had long outlived its usefulness and that few of the so-called infant industries had matured and become sufficiently co…
Fiscal Adjustment and Disinflation in Ireland
In a few short years in the latter half of the 1980s Ireland moved from a position of near-bankruptcy in the fiscal accounts to near balance. The improvement was sustained: having jumped to over 120 per cent in 1987, a decade later the debt-to-GDP ratio had fallen by almost one-half, and promised to slip below the demanding Maastricht target of 60 per cent by the start of EMU in 1999. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. T…
The Real Convergence of the Irish Economy and the Sectoral Distribution of Employment Growth
In this chapter we present the basic facts of the recent Irish growth experience. The last decade has seen a substantial increase in income per head and in employment numbers, so that Ireland has converged rapidly on European and UK living standards. Furthermore, this progress was achieved with low inflation and without the sacrifice of fiscal or balance of payments stability. Productivity growth has been substantially higher than the European av…
Income Inequality in Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s
The 1980s and 1990s have seen Ireland on a macroeconomic roller-coaster ride, as described and analysed in other papers in this volume, with stagnation through much of the 1980s, economic growth accelerating from 1987, stop-starting in the early 1990s, and then reaching and sustaining exceptionally high levels each year from 1994. Recent research internationally has highlighted the fact that income and earnings inequality increased very sharply d…
Education and Growth in the Irish Economy
The link between education and economic growth derives from two areas of research — the first deals with individual returns to education while the second examines the impact of education on human capital as one element in a growth model. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
The Persistence of High Unemployment in a Small Open Labour Market
This chapter contains an overview of the Irish unemployment problem. It starts with a review of existing research and presents further analysis of unemployment in a small, open labour market. The reasons for the persistence of high unemployment and the recent improvement in the labour market situation are discussed. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the lea…
Wage Formation and the Labour Market
The Irish labour market over the last fifty years has enjoyed some unusual features; in particular the extent to which labour mobility was legally possible and culturally accepted. Ireland moved from having a very high level of protection at the end of the 1950s to being highly integrated into the wider European economy as a member of the EEC after 1973. While the goods market was very closed up to 1960, Ireland had been part of a wider labour ma…
Irish Growth in Historical and Theoretical Perspective
The nature of the Irish economy, and the definition of Ireland’s economic problem, were shaped by a combination of events that occurred in the nineteenth century. One of these was the large-scale emigration that the Great Famine induced. This left as its legacy a willingness and an ability on the part of the population to migrate when economic prospects elsewhere seemed brighter. Ireland henceforth functioned more as a regional economy, whose pop…
The European Dimension
Membership of the European Union has impacted on Ireland and the Irish economy in many ways. The primary focus of this chapter is on the impact of the Single Market process and the Structural Funds expenditure programmes To many readers is might appear strange that we have little to say on the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). There are two reasons for this. The first is that, as is clear from Chapter 1, agricultural output has not …
Understanding Ireland’s Economic Growth
This is an authoritative and topical assessment of Ireland's impressive economic growth record which has seen it dubbed 'the Celtic tiger'. Leading scholars from Ireland and beyond discuss Ireland's s