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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
The 2009 ESRI Geary Lecture: "The Challenge of Tax Reform and Expanding the Tax Base"
Venue: The ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2.
Date: 28/05/2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Professor James Poterba, National Bureau of Economic Research.
Jim Poterba is President and CEO of the world-renowned National Bureau of Economic Research. He has been a Professor of Economics at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for over 20 years serving recently as head of department. His research (which has led to more than 100 journal articles) focuses on how taxation affects the economic decisions of households and firms. His recent work has emphasized the effect of taxation on the financial behavior of households, particularly their saving and portfolio decisions. He edited the Journal of Public Economics, the leading international journal for research on taxation and government spending, between 1997 and 2006. He is a co-author of The Role of Annuity Markets in Financing Retirement (2001), and an editor of Global Warming: Economic Policy Responses (1991), International Comparisons of Household Saving (1994), Empirical Foundations of Household Taxation (1996), Fiscal Institutions and Fiscal Performance (1999), and Fiscal Reform in Columbia (2005).
For further details on Dr Poterba please visit the website http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/poterba).
The Geary lecture is organised each year by the ESRI and honours Dr R. C. Geary (1896 - 1983), the first Director of the Institute. Dr Geary is regarded as the most eminent Irish statistician of the twentieth century. 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.
Registration
Registration is free but please register by emailing admin@esri.ie with the name, organisation, and contact phone number and email address of the person who wishes to attend.
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 "Industrial Clusters and Competitiveness"
Date: 07/05/2009
Time: 4.15 p.m.
Speakers: Paul Ryan and Majella Giblin, Centre for Innovation and Structural Change, NUI Galway.
ESRI Research Seminar "Outsourcing and Firm Productivity in Irish Manufacturing"
Date: 14/05/2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Fergal McCann, School of Economics & Geary Institute, University College Dublin..
ESRI Research Seminar: "Introducing a Property Tax: Pitfalls and Problems – Learning from the Northern Ireland Experience"
Date: 21/05/2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Michael Brennan, Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland.
ESRI Policy Seminar "Social & Economic Effects of the Green Schools Programme"
Date: 04/06/2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Michael John O’Mahony, An Taisce.
ESRI Research Seminar: "Intra- and Extra-union Flexibility for Meeting the EU Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets"
Date: 11/06/2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Speakers: Paul Gorecki, Sean Lyons and Richard Tol (ESRI).
ESRI Research Seminar "Equity in Irish Healthcare: What Do We Really Mean?"
Date: 18/06/2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Samantha Smith, ESRI and Health Policy and Management, TCD.
ESRI Research Seminar: "Linguistic Elitism and Gender in the Irish Labour Market"
Date: 25/06/2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Vani K Borooah, University of Ulster.
ESRI Research Seminar "The future of Electricity Supply in Ireland"
Date: 02/07/2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Speakers: Sean Diffney, Sean Lyons and Laura Malaguzzi Valeri (ESRI).
ESRI Research Seminar "Does Money Matter for Schools?"
Date: 09/07/2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Sandra McNally, CEE, London School of Economics.
ESRI Research Seminar "Do Agglomeration Economies Reduce the Sensitivity of Firm Location to Tax Differentials?"
Date: 23/07/2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Marius Brülhart, University of Lausanne.
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6th Euroframe Conference on Economic Policy Issues in the EU "Causes and Consequences of the Current Financial Crisis: what lessons for European Union countries?"
Venue: London; Date: 12/06/2009.
The EUROFRAME group of research institutes (CASE, CPB, DIW, ESRI, ETLA, IfW, NIESR, OFCE, PROMETEIA, WIFO) will hold its sixth annual Conference on Economic Policy Issues in the European Union in London on 12 June 2009. The aim of the conference is to provide an economic forum for debate on economic policy issues relevant in the European context.
Contacts:
Ray Barrell:rbarrell@niesr.ac.uk;
Catherine Mathieu: catherine.mathieu@ofce.sciences-po.fr, tel.: +33 (0) 1 44 18 54 37.
Click for further details.
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Barnardos 'Written Out, Written Off' Educational Disadvantage Seminar
Time: 10.30 a.m. to 1 pm
Date: Wednesday 13th May 2009
Venue: Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle
Seminar Launch: Deirdre Purcell
Keynote speakers: Emer Smyth and Selina McCoy, ESRI; Paul Connolly, Queens University Belfast.
Through our experience of working with children and families, Barnardos sees the daily lived experience of children dealing with educational disadvantage and how it can impact on their lives – both present and future. This seminar draws on ESRI research (commissioned by Barnardos) examining:
• The social inequalities that still exist in the Irish education system;
• The consequences of early school leaving;
• An insight into the progress of the Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) strategy;
• The likely impact of the cutbacks to the education sector in light of the current recession.
It will also explore the different policy recommendations to address educational disadvantage in Ireland.
To register to attend the seminar or for further information please log onto www.barnardos.ie or contact Catherine Joyce, Advocacy Manager, Barnardos, 017080427.
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PUBLICATIONS
Quarterly Economic Commentary, Spring 2009.
Barrett, A., Kearney, I., Goggin, J., ESRI Forecasting Series, April 2009.
"Assessing Vulnerability of Selected Sectors Under Environmental Tax Reform: The Issue of Pricing Power"
Fitz Gerald, J., Keeney, M. (Central Bank of Ireland), Scott, S., Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Vol. 52, Issue 3, 2009, pp.413-433, DOI: 10.1080/09640560802703348, Published online 01 April 2009, London: Routledge.
Census 2006 - A Profile of the Working Population of Large Towns
Cullen, D. (CSO), McLaughlin, S. (CSO), Morgenroth, E., Dublin: Stationery Office, 30/04/09
"Climate Feedbacks on the Terrestrial Biosphere and the Economics of Climate Policy: An Application of Fund"
Tol, R.S.J., ESRI Working Paper No. 288, APril 2009.
Consumer Sentiment Index
Latest Consumer Sentiment Index
"Do Consultation Charges Deter General Practitioner Use Among Older People? A Natural Experiment"
Layte, R., Nolan, A., McGee, H. (RCSI), O'Hanlon, A.(RCSI), Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 68, Issue 8, April 2009, pp.1432-1438, DOI: doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.014, Published Online 4 March 2009, The Netherlands: Elsevier.
Dynamic Regions in a Knowledge-Driven Global Economy: Lessons and Implications for the European Union - DYNREG
DYNREG Final Activity Report
"Equity in Health Care: A View from The Irish Health Care System. An Adelaide Health Policy Brief"
Smith, S., Dublin: The Adelaide Hospital Society, April 2009.
"EU Climate Change Policy 2013-2020: Thoughts on Property Rights and Market Choices"
Gorecki, P. K., Lyons, S., Tol, R.S.J., ESRI Working Paper No. 292, April 2009.
"Intra- and Extra-Union Flexibility in Meeting the European Union's Emission Reduction Targets"
Tol, R.S.J., ESRI Working Paper No. 290, April 2009.
"KLUM@GTAP: Introducing Biophysical Aspects of Land-Use Decisions into a Computable General Equilibrium Model a Coupling Experiment"
Ronneberger, K. (International Max Planck Research School on Earth System Modelling), Berrittella, M. (University of Palermo), Bosello, F. (Universitŕ Statale di Milano), Tol, R.S.J., Environment Modeling and Assessment, Vol. 14, 2009, pp.149–169, DOI 10.1007/s10666-008-9177-z, Published online 4 October 2008, Springer.
"Measuring House Price Change"
Duffy, D., ESRI Working Paper No. 291, April 2009.
House Price Index
Latest permanent tsb/ESRI House Price Index
"Risk Aversion, Time Preference, and the Social Cost of Carbon"
Anthoff, D, Tol, R.S.J., Yohe, G.W., Environmental Research Letters, 4 (2009), DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/2/024002, Published Online 17 April 2009, UK: IOP.
"School Leavers: How Are They Faring?"
Byrne, D., McCoy, S., ESRI Research Bulletin No. 2009/1/2, April 2009.
"The Behaviour of the Irish Economy: Insights from the HERMES Macro-Economic Model"
Bergin, A., Conefrey, T., Fitz Gerald, J., Kearney, I., ESRI Working Paper No. 287, April 2009.
"The Determinants and Effects of Training at Work: Bringing the Workplace Back In"
O'Connell, P.J., Byrne, D., ESRI Working Paper No. 289, April 2009.
"The Europeanisation of Reference Groups"
Whelan, C.T., Maître, B., European Societies, 11:2,283 — 309. DOI: 10.1080/14616690701846938; URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616690701846938, Online Publication Date: 01 May 2009.
"Understanding Long-term Energy Use and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the USA"
Tol, R.S.J., Pacala, S.W. (Princeton University), Socolow, R.H. (Princeton University), Journal of Policy Modeling, Vol. 31, Issue 3, May-June 2009, pp.425–445, DOI:10.1016/j.jpolmod.2008.12.002, Published online 24 December 2008, The Netherlands: Elsevier.
"What do We Know about Training at Work?"
O'Connell, P.J., ESRI Research Bulletin No. 2009/1/4.
"Who is Paying for Regional Balance in Ireland?"
Morgenroth, E., ESRI Research Bulletins 2009/1/3, April 2009.
"Why Worry About Climate Change?"
Tol, R.S.J., ESRI Research Bulletin No.2009/1/1, April 2009.
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