Budget Perspectives 2018
The 20th Budget Perspectives Conference will examine budget-related policy issues from both macroeconomic and microeconomic standpoints. Topics this year include the macroeconomic context for Budget 2018, a panel discussion on macroeconomic challenges, and papers on the financial incentives to work, and the evolution of household incomes during recession and the initial recovery.
The slides and publications from this event are available to download from the links below.
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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
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| 8:30 | Registration with tea/coffee
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| 9:00 | Welcome
Alan Barrett, Director of the ESRI
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| Session 1 Chair: Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform |
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| 9:05 | Macroeconomic Context for Budget 2018
Kieran McQuinn (ESRI) |
| 9:45 | Panel: Current Macroeconomic Challenges
Martina Lawless (ESRI) Download presentation
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| 10:15 | Discussion
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| 10:30 | Tea/Coffee Break
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| Session 2 Chair: Alan Barrett, Director, ESRI |
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| 11.00
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Supporting Family Incomes: Getting the Balance Right
Michael Savage, Tim Callan, Mark Regan, John R. Walsh (ESRI) The publication is available to download here. |
| 11.40
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Income Distribution in Ireland: Through Recession, Towards Recovery
Tim Callan, Mark Regan, Michael Savage, John R. Walsh (ESRI) The publication is available to download here. |
| 12.20
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Discussion |
| 12.45 | Close |