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Valuing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Public Spending Code
As part of the process of updating the Public Spending Code, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) conducted a public consultation on the proposed amendments to the methodology for Valuing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Public Spending Code … Continue reading
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Rebuilding Ireland – Patterns of Social Housing Construction (2016 – 2018)
Expenditure on the Build programme of Rebuilding Ireland has more than quadrupled in three years, from €173m in 2016 to €742m in 2018. Construction by local authorities, is beginning to help address a significant demand for social housing, but at … Continue reading
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Enterprise, Employment and Income Framework: Overview of IGEES Analysis
This paper provides a summary overview of a selection of IGEES papers in the policy areas of enterprise, employment and incomes. The paper highlights the interlinkages between these areas and the relevance of this for policy. It then summarises the … Continue reading
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What is behind aggregate productivity growth in Ireland? A granular approach
This paper is aimed to empirically test for Ireland the “granular hypothesis” (Gabaix 2011), which posits that firm-level productivity shocks can explain a sizable portion of aggregate productivity fluctuations. The Irish case is particularly relevant as Ireland has been experiencing … Continue reading
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