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attainment and wages. Drawing on a rich, nationally representative longitudinal sample of young children in Ireland, we present …
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explore the prevalence of atypical work in Ireland which provides a fascinating case-study. Ireland experienced a dramatic …
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(TILDA). This is a nationally representative sample of individuals aged 50 and over and living in Ireland.To deal with …
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A feature of employment at older ages that has been observed in many countries, including Ireland, is the higher share … Ageing (TILDA), spanning the period 2010-2016, to examine both the characteristics of the older self-employed in Ireland and …-employed people at older ages in Ireland results from lower retirement rates among the self-employed and not from transitions from …
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Extending working lives is often proposed as one route through which the costs associated with population ageing can be managed. In that context, understanding who currently works for longer can help policymakers to design policies to facilitate longer working. In particular, it is important to...
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On the 1st of January 2016 the Irish National Minimum Wage increased from €8.65 to €9.15 per hour, an increase of approximately six percent. We use a difference-in-differences estimator to evaluate whether the change in the minimum wage affected the hours worked and likelihood of job loss of...
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2016 introduction of the UK National Living Wage (NLW) in Northern Ireland (NI). NI is the only part of the UK with a land … the border (Republic of Ireland). This discontinuity in minimum wage coverage enables a research design that estimates the …
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In the aftermath of the financial and economic crisis, large shares of working-age individuals in Ireland either did … key challenges across different policy areas and institutions. The most common employment obstacles in Ireland were …
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the introduction of minimum wages in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Using survey data for the two countries, we develop a … gender gap at low wages is observed after the introduction of the minimum wage in Ireland while there is hardly any change in …
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the Living in Ireland survey and a difference-in-differences framework, I investigate whether this reform had any effect …
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