FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Date Thursday 13th November, 2008.
Time: 4 pm
Venue: The ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2.
The 2008 Geary Lecture, "The Entrepreneurial Society", will be given by Professor David Audretsch. David B. Audretsch is a Distinguished Professor and the Ameritech Chair of Economic Development and Director of the Institute for Development Strategies at Indiana University. He is the Director of the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Jena, Germany. He also serves as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Professor Audretsch is ranked as the 21st most cited scholar in economics and business, 1996-2006. He was awarded the 2001 International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research by the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research. In 2008, he received an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Augsburg.
To reserve a place please email geary@esri.ie, or contact the ESRI on 01 8632094. For further information on Prof. Audretsch visit http://www.spea.indiana.edu/ids/Staff/Audretsch.html and http://www.econ.mpg.de/english/staff/egp/audretsch.
The Geary lecture is organised each year by the ESRI and honours Dr R. C. Geary (1896 –1983), the first Director of the Institute, the most eminent Irish statistician and economist of the twentieth century. Previous lectures have been given by some of the world’s foremost scholars in the fields of economics, statistics and sociology, including a number of Nobel Prize winners.
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Joint ESRI - IAW International Workshop - Internationalisation of Production and Firm Performance
Date 6-7 November 2008.
Venue: Tubingen, Germany.
This workshop - organised jointly by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW), Tübingen, will discuss recent research and potential co-operation on:
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Internationalisation of production and productivity.
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Trade, multinational firms, productivity and financial barriers.
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ICT diffusion and innovation.
Download Programme.
For further information contact:
Dr Bernhard Boockmann, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IAW), Tübingen: Berrnhard.Boockmann@iaw.eu.
Dr Iulia Siedschlag, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin: Iulia.Siedschlag@esri.ie.
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DYNREG Final Conference
Date: 27 November 2008.
Venue: Brussels
The final conference of the project "Dynamic Regions in a Knowledge-Driven Global Economy: Lessons and Policy Implications for the European Union" (DYNREG), will take place on 27 November 2008 in Brussels and will discuss research results focused on the following three themes:
- Understanding Global Economic Dynamism, Internationalisation of Production and Competitiveness
- The Role of Public Policies in Fostering Innovation, Competitiveness and Growth
- Making the Most of Globalisation: Key Messages for the European Union
Further information and Programme
To register please complete the registration form and return it by email to mary.dowling@esri.ie, or use the online booking form on our website at www.esri.ie.
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Seminar: "The Future of Ireland’s Environment"
Venue: The ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2
Date: 03/12/2008
Time: 9:30 to 13:00
The ESRI and Teagasc, funded by the EPA, have been working to extend the well-known ESRI forecasts of the economy to include emissions and resource use. The national component of this project is now completed, with projections of waste generation, energy use, and emissions to air from 20 sectors for 2009-2025. This seminar presents methods, results and policy implications. Click here for more detail.
Click to register (free)
Agenda
Chairperson: John Curtis (EPA)
09:30 Waste
Sean Lyons (ESRI)
10:00 Commuting
Edgar Morgenroth (ESRI)
10:30 Energy demand
Adele Bergin, John Fitz Gerald and Laura Malaguzzi Valeri (ESRI)
11:00 Break
11:30 Emissions from agriculture
Trevor Donnellan and Kevin Hanrahan (Teagasc)
12:00 Emissions to air
Richard Tol (ESRI)
12:30 General discussion
13:00 Sandwich lunch
The seminar is free and open for all, but for planning purposes we would like you to register here.
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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 Research Seminar "Household Savings and Network Effects: Evidence from Vietnam"
Date: 27/11/2008
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Dr Carol Newman, Dept. of Economics, Trinity College, Dublin.
ESRI Research Seminar "Social Security and Living Arrangements of Older Persons in Brazil"
Date: 04/12/2008
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Dr Yumiko Kamiya, Trinity College, Dublin.
ESRI Research Seminar "Analysis of Spatial Disparities by a Structural Equation Model"
Date: 18/12/2008
Time: 4.00 p.m.
Speaker: Professor Peter Nijkamp, Free University Amsterdam.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Activity in Acute Public Hospitals in Ireland, 2005 Annual Report
Health Research and Information Division, ESRI Survey and Statistical Report Series No. 7, Dublin: ESRI, October 2008.
Budget Perspectives 2009
Callan, T. (ed.), Barrell, R. (NIESR), Barrett, A., Casserly, N. (Comhar), Convery, F. (UCD), Goggin, J., Kearney, I., Kirby, S. (NIESR), Lunn, P., O'Brien, M., Ryan, L. (Comhar),
Papers from the ESRI/FFS "Budget Perspectives 2009" Conference, ESRI Research Series 4, October 2008.
Quarterly Economic Commentary, Autumn 2008
Barrett, A., Kearney, I., Goggin, J., O’Brien, M., ESRI Macroeconomic Forecasting Series, October 2008.
"Affordable Housing in the Republic of Ireland"
Morgenroth, E. in D. Fitzsimons & J. McPeake (eds.), Affordable Housing: An International Perspective, The Hague: International Federation for Housing and Planning, October 2008.
"BERA Review 2006: Education Research and Policy"
Byrne, D., Ozga, J. (University of Edinburgh), Research Papers in Education, Vol. 23 No. 4, DOI: 10.1080/02671520701755457, Published online 21 January 2008, London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, October 2008.
"Damage Costs of Climate Change through Intensification of Tropical Cyclone Activities: An Application of FUND"
Narita, D. (Kiel Institute, Germany), Tol, R.S.J., Anthoff, D., ESRI Working Paper No. 259, October 2008.
"Getting Out What You Put In: An Evaluation of Public Investment in Irish Sport"
Lunn, P., in T. Callan (ed.) et al, Budget Perspectives 2009, Dublin: The ESRI, October 2008.
"Macroeconomic Differentials and Adjustment in the Euro Area"
Siedschlag, I., SUERF Studies, 2008/3, Vienna: SUERF-The European Money and Finance Forum, October 2008.
"Man Enough to do it’? Girls and Non-traditional Subjects in Lower Secondary Education"
Smyth, E., Darmody, M., Gender and Education, 2008, DOI: 10.1080/09540250802415124, Published Online 15 October 2008, London: Routledge.
""New" and "Old" Social Risks: Life Cycle and Social Class Perspectives on Social Exclusion in Ireland"
Whelan, C.T., Maitre, B., Economic and Social Review, Vol. 39, No. 2, Summer/Autumn 2008, Dublin: Economic and Social Studies.
"Quality of Life in Ireland: Social Impact of Economic Boom"
Fahey, T. (ed.) (UCD), Russell, H. (ed.), Whelan, C.T. (ed.),
Social Indicators Research Series, Vol. 32, Berlin: Springer, October 2008
"The Direct Impact of Climate Change on Regional Labour Productivity"
Kjellstrom, T. (Australian National University), Kovats, R. S. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Lloyd, S. J. (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), Holt, T. (University of East Anglia), Tol, R.S.J., ESRI Working Paper No. 260, October 2008.
"The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Water Use: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis"
Berrittella, M. (University of Palermo), Rehdanz, K. (University of Kiel), Tol, R.S.J., Zhang, J. (University of Hawaii),
Journal of Economic Integration, Vol. 23, No. 3, September 2008, Seoul: Center for International Economics, Sejong Institution.
"The More, The Better? Intensity of Involvement in Private Tuition and Examination Performance"
Smyth, E., Educational Research and Evaluation, Vol. 14 No. 5, pp465-476, DOI: 10.1080/13803610802246395, Published online 1st October 2008, London: Routledge.
"The Regional Dimension of Taxes and Public Expenditure in Ireland"
Morgenroth, E., Regional Studies, 2008, DOI: 10.1080/00343400802093839, Published Online 3, London: Routledge.
"Why Worry About Climate Change? A Research Agenda"
Tol, R.S.J,
Environmental Values, Vol. 17, No. 4, November 2008, DOI: 10.3197/096327108X368485, Cambridge: White Horse Press.
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