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ESRI eNEWSLETTER June 2008
 
 

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: "Rents, Regulatory Reform and Rx"
Date: 03/07/2008
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Dr Paul Gorecki, Member & Director, Mergers Division, Competition Authority.

ESRI Research Seminar: "Factors Influencing the FDI Location Choice in China's Hinterland"
Date: 10/07/2008
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Chang Liu, School of Business, Trinity College Dublin

ESRI Research Seminar "Social Security and Living Arrangements of Older Persons in Brazil"
Date: 24/07/2008
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Dr Yumiko Kamiya, Trinity College, Dublin.

"Budget Perspectives 2009" Conference
Venue: The ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2.
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. The attendance typically includes representatives of the social partners, high-level officials from government departments and others involved in debate on policy issues. Further details will be available nearer the time.

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RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Gender Inequalities in Time Use: The Division of Caring, Housework and Employment Among Women and Men in Ireland
McGinnity, F., Russell, H., Dublin: ESRI/The Equality Authority, 19 June 2008.

Quarterly Economic Commentary, Summer 2008
Barrett, A., Kearney, I., O'Brien, M., Dublin: ESRI, June 2008.

Tackling Low Income and Deprivation: 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, June 2008.

"A Carbon Tax for Ireland"
Tol, RSJ, Callan, T., Conefrey, T., Fitz Gerald, J., Lyons, S., Malaguzzi Valeri, L., Scott, S., ESRI Working Paper No. 246, June 2008.

"Annual Report on Statistics on Migration, Asylum and Return: Ireland 2004"
Quinn, E., ESRI Survey and Statistical Report Series, Report Prepared for the European Commission Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security and published by the ESRI, June 2008.

"Annual Report on Statistics on Migration, Asylum and Return: Ireland 2005"
Joyce, C., ESRI Survey and Statistical Report Series, Report Prepared for the European Commission Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security and published by the ESRI, June 2008.

"Changes in the Returns to Schooling 1991-2002: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey"
McGuinness, S. (ESRI), Bennett, J. (Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland), Education Economics, DOI: 10.1080/09645290802133198, (published online 13 June 2008).

"Foreign Direct Investment, Economic Growth and Labour Market Performance: Empirical Evidence from the New EU Countries"
Birsan, M. (Babes-Bolyai University), Hunya, G. (Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies), Siedschlag, I. (ESRI), Cluj -Napoca: European Studies Foundation, June 2008.

"Incorporating GHG Emission Costs in the Economic Appraisal of Projects Supported by State Development Agencies"
Tol, RSJ, Lyons, S., ESRI Working Paper No. 247, Dublin: ESRI, June 2008.

"Just a Phase? Youth Unemployment in the Republic of Ireland"
Smyth, E., Journal of Youth Studies, Vol. 11 No. 3, June 2008, DOI: 10.1080/13676260801946472, London: Routledge.

"Marginal Abatement Costs of Carbon-Dioxide Emissions: A Meta-Analysis"
Kuik, O. (VU University Amsterdam), Brander, L. (VU University Amsterdam), Tol, R.S.J. (ESRI), ESRI Working Paper No. 248, Dublin:ESRI, June 2008.

Measuring Material Deprivation in the Enlarged EU
Whelan, C.T., Nolan, B. (University College Dublin), Maitre, B. (ESRI), ESRI Working Paper No. 249, Dublin: ESRI, June 2008.

"Methodological Aspects of Recent Climate Change Damage Cost Studies"
Kuik, O. (University of Vrije), Buchner, B. (International Energy Agency), Catenacci, M. (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattey), Goria, A. (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattey), Karakaya, E. (European Environment Agency), Tol, R.S.J. (ESRI), The Integrated Assessment Journal, Vol 8, No. 1, June 2008, Osnabruck, Germany: The Integrated Assessment Society (TIAS).

"Post-2012 Climate Policy Dilemmas: A Review of Proposals"
Kuik, O. (Vrije Universiteit), Aerts, J. (Vrije Universiteit), Berkhout, F. (Vrije Universiteit), Biermann, F. (Vrije Universiteit), Bruggink, J. (Vrije Universiteit), Gupta, J. (Vrije Universiteit), Tol, R S. J. (ESRI), Climate Policy, Vol. 8, 2008, DOI:10.3763/cpol.2007.0333, London: Earthscan.

"Post-acute Care for Older People in Community Hospitals - a Cost-effectiveness Analysis within a Multi-centre Randomised Controlled Trial"
O'Reilly, J. (ESRI), Lowson, K. (University of York), Green, J. (University of Leeds), Young, J.B. (University of Leeds), Forster, A. (University of Leeds), Age and Ageing, 2008, DOI:10.1093/ageing/afn120 (published online 30 May 2008), Oxford: Oxford University Press.

"Transition to Upper Secondary School - An Estonian Experience"
Darmody, M., Journal of Baltic studies, Vol. 39 No. 2, 2008, DOI: 10.1080/01629770802031267, London: Routledge, June 2008.

 

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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).

Budget Perspectives 2009
Papers from the ESRI/FFS Budget Perspectives Conference, October 2008.

Quarterly Economic Commentary, Autumn 2008
Barrett, A., Kearney, I., O'Brien, M. 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. 20 June 2008.

 

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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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