FORTHCOMING EVENTS

ESRI Seminars
ESRI Seminars usually take place on Thursdays at 4 p.m. in the ESRI at Sir John Rogerson's Quay, unless stated otherwise. No booking is required. Please note that Seminar dates may change. Please check the web site regularly, at www.esri.ie.

ESRI Policy Seminar "Policy and Practice Issues for End-of-life Care for Older People in Ireland"
Venue: ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2
Date: 31/01/2008
Time: 4 pm
Speaker: Dr Eamon O’Shea, The Irish Centre for Social Gerontology, NUI Galway.

ESRI Research Seminar "Knowledge and Productivity Growth in Europe"
Venue: ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2
Date: 13/03/2008
Time: 4 pm
Speaker: Professor Mary O’Mahony, University of Birmingham.

"Budget Perspectives 2009" Conference - Call for Papers
Venue: The ESRI
Date: 07/10/2008
The Budget Perspectives Conference, organised by The ESRI and the Foundation for Fiscal Studies, will take place on Tuesday, 7 October 2008. Papers at the conference present research findings and draw out the implications for public policy, particularly budgetary policy. Papers with a direct relevance to Budget 2009 as well as those which have a focus on medium to long-term budgetary and public finance issues are very welcome. The attendance typically includes representatives of the social partners, high-level officials from government departments and others involved in debate on policy issues. The event also attracts substantial media coverage.

If interested in contributing a paper please visit The ESRI website for further details. One page abstracts must be submitted by Friday 8 February.

5th Euroframe Conference - Ten Years of a Common Currency - Achievements and Policy Challenges in the Euro Area - Call for Papers
Venue: Dublin, Ireland
Date: 06/06/2008
The EUROFRAME group of research institutes (CASE, CPB, DIW, ESRI, ETLA, IfW, NIESR, OFCE, PROMETEIA, WIFO) will hold its fifth annual Conference on Economic Policy Issues in the European Union in Dublin on 6 June, 2008. The aim of the conference is to provide an academic forum for debate on economic policy issues relevant in the European context.
Deadlines: Abstracts: March 17, 2008; Full papers: May 19, 2008. For further information visit the EUROFRAME group web site at http://www.euroframe.org/.
Contact - Abstract and paper submissions: Catherine Mathieu: catherine.mathieu@ofce.sciences-po.fr; Tel: +33(0)144185437.

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Attendance and Students' School Experience
McCoy, S., Darmody, M., Smyth, E., Dunne, A., Books and Monographs published by the ESRI No. 188, ESRI and the National Educational Welfare Board, December 2007.

Environmental Crises
Von Storch, H. (Inst. Kustenforschung), Tol, R.S.J. (ESRI), Floser, G. (Inst. Kustenforschung), (eds), Berlin: Springer, 2008, ISBN: 978-3-540-75895-2.

Quarterly Economic Commentary, Winter 2007
Barrett, A., Kearney, I., O'Brien, M., Dublin: ESRI, December 2007.
The Quarterly Economic Commentary (QEC) is concerned with the analysis of current economic trends and the provision of macroeconomic forecasts for the current and following year.

There are four Special Articles in this QEC :

"The Earnings of Immigrants in Ireland: Results from the 2005 EU Survey of Income and Living Conditions"
Barrett, A., McCarthy, Y., Special Article in the Quarterly Economic Commentary, Winter 2007. Dublin: ESRI. December 2007.

"Hub Airport Slots, Market Exit and Irish Regional Economic Development"
Barrett. S.D. (TCD), Special Article in the Quarterly Economic Commentary, Winter 2007. Dublin: ESRI. December 2007.

"Building for the Future? Interpreting an 'Irish' Current Account Deficit"
O'Brien, M., Special Article in the Quarterly Economic Commentary, Winter 2007. Dublin: ESRI. December 2007.

"Irish Climate Policy for 2012: An Assessment"
Tol, R.S.J., Special Article in the Quarterly Economic Commentary, Winter 2007. Dublin: ESRI. December 2007.

Report on Perinatal Statistics for 2004
Bonham, S., Books and Monographs published by the ESRI No. 200, The ESRI and the Department of Health and Children, December 2007.

"A Hirsch Measure for the Quality of Research Supervision, and an Illustration with Trade Economists"
Ruane, F., Tol, R.S.J., ESRI Working Paper No. 224, January 2008.

"Centres of Research Excellence in Economics in the Republic of Ireland"
Ruane, F., Tol, R.S.J., The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 38, No. 3, Winter 2007.

"Climate Change: Regulating the Unknown"
Tol, R.S.J., in H. von Storch, R. S. J. Tol, G. Floser (eds.), Environmental Crises. Berlin: Springer, 2008, ISBN: 978-3-540-75895-2.

"Climate Policy Versus Development Aid"
Tol, R.S.J., ESRI Working Paper 221, Dublin: ESRI, 2007.

"Competing in a Globalised World - An Economic Development Strategy for Kildare"
Morgenroth, E., Kildare County Council, December 2007.

"Does Ambivalence about becoming Pregnant explain Social Class Differentials in Use of Contraception?"
Layte, R. (ESRI), McGee, H. (RCSI), Rundle, K. (RCSI), Leigh, C. (RCSI), The European Journal of Public Health, Vol. 17 No. 5, 2007, DOI:10.1093/eurpub/ckl263, (published online 21 December 2007).

"Environmental Accounts for the Republic of Ireland: 1990-2005"
Lyons, S., Mayor, K., Tol, R.S.J., ESRI Working Paper No. 223, January 2008.

"Economic Scenarios for Global Change"
Tol, R.S.J., in H. von Storch, R. S. J. Tol, G. Floser (eds.), Environmental Crises. Berlin: Springer, 2008, ISBN: 978-3-540-75895-2.

"How Biased are the Estimated Wage Impacts of Overeducation: A Propensity Score Matching Approach"
McGuinness, S., Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 15, Issue 2, February 2008 , DOI: 10.1080/13504850600721999 (Published online 27 August 2007).

"Minimum Wages and the Working Poor"
Wooden, M. (University of Melbourne), Wilkins, R. (University of Melbourne), McGuinness, S. (ESRI), Economic Papers, Vol. 26, No. 4, December 2007.

"Poverty, Deprivation and Economic Vulnerability in the Enlarged EU"
Whelan, C. T., Maitre, B., in J. Alber, T. Fahey & C. Saraceno, (eds.), Handbook of Quality of Life in the Enlarged European Union, London: Routledge, 2007.

"The Impact of Climate Change on Domestic and International Tourism: A Simulation Study"
Bigano, A., (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei), Hamilton, J.M., (Hamburg University), Tol, R.S.J. (ESRI), The Integrated Assessment Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2007.

"Work Rich, Time Poor? Time Use of Women and Men in Ireland"
McGinnity, F., Russell, H., The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 38, No. 3, December 2007.

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FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS

(Please note that the publication dates of forthcoming publications may change. Please check the ESRI web site regularly, at www.esri.ie)

The Impact of European Integration on Regional Structural Change and Cohesion
Krieger-Boden, C., Morgenroth, E., Petrakos, G., (eds), Routledge, February 2008.

Quarterly Economic Commentary, Spring 2008
Barrett, A., Kearney, I., O'Brien, M. 2008.

Tackling Low Income and Derivation: Developing Effective Policies
Callan, T. (ESRI), Nolan, B. (UCD), Walsh, J.R. (ESRI), Whelan, C.T. (ESRI), Maitre, B. (ESRI), ESRI Research Series No. 1, February 2008.

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NEW PROJECTS

Immigrants' Characteristics, Experiences and Impacts

Alan Barrett, Philip O'Connell, Martin O'Brien, Elish Kelly, Seamus McGuinness, Fran McGinnity (ESRI).

In this project, which will be led by Dr Alan Barrett, ESRI, two new and rich data sources (collected by the Central Statistics Office) will be exploited in order to develop new insights into the nature and impacts of recent immigration into Ireland. The following research questions will be included in the study: 1.How do immigrants differ from the native population in terms of their success in the labour market?; 2. If there is evidence of lower rates of success for immigrants as shown, for example, through differences in wage rates or occupational attainment, does this improve as immigrants spend longer in Ireland?; 3. Are there differences across immigrant groups? For example, do female immigrants suffer a "double disadvantage" in the labour market?; 4. What are the impacts of immigrants on economic growth in Ireland?. The question of impact will be the most contentious but in tackling it we will be making a particularly valuable contribution to the international literature which is very divided on the methods which should be employed when studying this issue.

ESRI researchers led by Dr Alan Barrett have been successful in obtaining support under the Government of Ireland Thematic Research Project Grants Scheme administered by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS) for this important new project on immigration.

Impact of the New Economy on the Labour Market, Inequality, Poverty and Well-being in Ireland

Brian Nolan, (UCD) and Christopher T. Whelan (ESRI).

The international research literature on the nature of recent globalisation and growth has highlighted that the ‘New Economy’, driven by innovative ideas and technology, may be having profound effects on labour markets and thus on the nature of modern societies. The return to different levels of education and skills may be fundamentally altered, leading to an increasing gap between those who have the skills required to work with new and emerging technologies and those who do not, greater levels of individual risk, and increased societal cleavages. Ireland is a particularly interesting test case, given its high degree of integration into the global economy and recent dramatic economic growth. This project’s central aim is to assess the impact of the ‘New Economy’ on Ireland’s labour market and trace through the implications for societal and individual well-being and for socio-economic policies.

This is a joint UCD/ESRI project and has been funded under the Government of Ireland Thematic Research Project Grants Scheme administered by the IRCHSS. The Principal Investigator on the project will be Brian Nolan, Professor of Public Policy, UCD and Christopher T. Whelan, Research Professor at the ESRI will act as an Associate Investigator.

Religious Education in a Multicultural Society: School and Home in Comparative Context (REMC)

Emer Smyth, Merike Darmody (ESRI); Kathleen Lynch, Maureen Lyons (UCD); Sheila Riddell (University of Edinburgh); Jaap Dronkers (EUI Florence); Ides Nicaise (HIVA, Leuven); Mary Darmanin (University of Malta); Bert Roebben (Dortmund University)

Turning Globalisation to National Advantage: Economic Policy Lessons from Ireland’s Experience

Patrick Honohan (TCD), John Fitz Gerald (ESRI), Frank Barry (TCD), Iulia Traistaru-Siedschlag (ESRI).

Ireland is the most globalised economy in the world, and has consolidated this position over the past two decades during which aggregate living standards in Ireland suddenly managed to converge to those of the world’s leading economies. This research project will clarify how the forces of globalisation influenced the Irish economy and how Ireland managed to cope. Ireland’s successful navigation through the hazards of the emergent global economy has policy lessons for countries that have found globalisation more of a challenge.

This joint TCD/ESRI research project is funded from the Government of Ireland Thematic Research Project Grants Scheme administered by the IRCHSS. Professor Patrick Honohan, TCD is the Principal Investigator. Professor John Fitz Gerald, ESRI, Professor Frank Barry, TCD, and Dr Iulia Traistaru-Siedschlag, Senior Research Officer, ESRI, are Associate Investigators.

Strengthening the Role that Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities have on the Development of the European Research Area (PLATON+)

Iulia Traistaru-Siedschlag, Gavin Murphy (ESRI).

Dr Iulia Traistaru-Siedschlag is Lead Scientist for Ireland in this project that aims to foster dissemination of European research in Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities and to facilitate integration and co-ordination of research in the EU 7th RTD Framework Programme. The project dissemination activities will include workshops, conferences, and policy briefs and will address the research community, policy makers, business representatives and NGOs. ESRI is partner in a Consortium of 12 leading European research organisations. This project with a duration of 30 months starts in January 2008 and is funded from the EU 7th RTD Framework Programme. 

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ESRI Offices

The Economic and Social Research Institute,
Whitaker Square,
Sir John Rogerson's Quay,
Dublin 2.

Tel: +353 1 8632000
Fax: +353 1 8632100
Email: admin@esri.ie
Website: www.esri.ie

The ESRI is located in Whitaker Square off Sir John Rogerson's Quay. There are pedestrian entrances from Sir John Rogerson's Quay (beside O2) and from Cardiff Lane (beside Quality Hotel). There is on-street disk parking in the streets around Whitaker Square. The nearest public car park is at Grand Canal Square. Link to map.

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