Welcome
Welcome to the ESRI Newsletter for March 2011. The ESRI is one of Europe's leading research centres in the social sciences. In this issue you will find details of our latest and forthcoming publications, events and news. If you require any further information on the ESRI's activities please visit our website at www.esri.ie, or email admin@esri.ie.
Forthcoming Events
Conference: "Analysing Pension Policy"
Venue: ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2
Date: 26/05/2011.
Time: Morning.
Speakers will include Edward Whitehouse (OECD), Justin van de Ven (NIESR), Tim Callan and Claire Keane (ESRI) and Gerry Hughes (TCD). Further details to follow nearer the time.
ESRI Seminar Series
ESRI Research Seminar: "Impairment and Negative Equity in the Irish Mortgage Market"
Venue: The ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2.
Date: 07/04/2011. Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Yvonne McCarthy (Central Bank). Paper by Robert Kelly, Yvonne McCarthy & Kieran McQuinn (Central Bank). More ..
ESRI Research Seminar: "Climbing the Social Class Ladder: Does Education Matter for Social Mobility in Scotland?"
Venue: The ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2.
Date: 28/04/2011; Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Dr Cristina Iannelli (Institute for Education, Community and Society, University of Edinburgh).
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ESRI Research Seminar: "Why is Social Class Still the Hereditary Curse of the English Educational System?
Venue: The ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2.
Date: 12/05/2011. Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Diane Reay (Professor of Education at Cambridge University). More ..
*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
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latest publications
Financial Exclusion and Over-indebtedness in Irish Households
Russell, H., Maître, B., Donnelly, N., Dublin: Department of Community, Equality & Gaeltacht Affairs and the ESRI, 8 March 2011.
Consumer Sentiment Index
Latest Consumer Sentiment Index report.
"Equity in Health Care: the Irish Perspective"
Smith, S., Normand, C. (TCD), Health Economics, Policy and Law , Vol 6, Issue 2, 2011, pp.205-217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1744133110000289, Published online 17 September 2010, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 24/03/2011.
House Price Index
Latest permanent tsb/ESRI House Price Index.
"Improving the Dublin Belfast Rail Service to Lower Barriers between North and South"
Morgenroth, E., Journal of Cross Border Studies in Ireland, No. 6, Centre for Cross Border Studies, 08/03/11.
"Irish Exceptionalism? Local Food Environments and Dietary Quality"
Layte, R., Harrington, J. (UCC), Sexton, E. (RCSI), Perry, I. (UCC), Cullinan, J. (UCG), Lyons, S., Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2010.116749, Published online 3 March 2011, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
"Is the Cost Pass-through Fair for the Italian Water Sector?"
di Cosmo, V. in S. Bogdanovic, (ed.), Water Policy and Law in the Mediterranean, An Evolving Nexus, 2011, European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Mediterranean Programme and the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Novi Sad, in collaboration with UNESCO Water Programme, 25/01/11.
Nationwide (UK) Ireland Savings Index
A monthly report (electronic) produced jointly by the ESRI and Nationwide (UK) Ireland.
"The Macro-economic Impact of Changing the Rate of Corporation Tax"
Conefrey, T. (Central Bank), Fitz Gerald, J., Economic Modelling, Vol. 28, Issue 3, May 2011, pp.991–999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2010.11.009, Published online 17 January 2011, The Netherlands: Elsevier.
ESRI Working Papers
To view the latest ESRI Working Papers please visit our website at www.esri.ie.
Newspaper/Magazine Articles by ESRI staff
To view the latest Newspaper/Magazine Articles by ESRI staff please visit our website at www.esri.ie.
ESRI Research Bulletin
To view all ESRI Research Bulletin articles visit our website at www.esri.ie/bulletin
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FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS
(Please note that the publication dates of forthcoming publications may change. Please check the ESRI web site at www.esri.ie).
Activation in Ireland: An Evaluation of the National Employment Action Plan
McGuinness, S., O'Connell, P. J., Kelly, E., Walsh, J. R., ESRI Research Series No. 20, April 2011.
Annual Monitoring Report on Integration 2010
McGinnity, F., Quinn, E., O'Connell, P. J., Donnelly, N., The Integration Centre/ESRI, April 2011.
Quarterly Economic Commentary, Spring 2011.
Durkan, J., Kearney, I., O'Sullivan, C., ESRI Forecasting Series, April 2011.
The Changing Faces of Ireland, Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children
Darmody, M., Tyrrell, N. (University of Plymouth), Song, S. (George Fox University), Sense Publishers, 7 April 2011.
"Estimating the Impact of Immigration on Wages in Ireland"
Barrett, A., Bergin, A., Kelly, E., The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 42, No. 1, April, 2011.
"New school, New System: The Experiences of Immigrant Students in Irish Schools"
Z. Bekerman & T. Geisen, (eds.), in Migration, Minorities, and Learning - Understanding Cultural and Social Differences in Education, Darmody, M., Smyth, E., Byrne, D. (NUI Maynooth), McGinnity, F., July 2011.
"'The Sooner the Better I Could Get Out of There’: Barriers to Higher Education Access in Ireland"
McCoy, S., Byrne, D., Irish Educational Studies, May 2011.
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PROJECTS
The Special Class Model in Ireland: How is it Working for Pupils with Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools?
Joanne Banks, Selina McCoy, Dorothy Watson.
This joint study between researchers at the ESRI and Trinity College Dublin (Michael Shevlin and Fiona Smyth), offers an important contribution to special educational needs research in Ireland. Previous Irish research has highlighted the need for accurate data on this group of children and the difficulties around interpreting administrative data sources on the number of special classes and children in special classes. This study, funded by the National Council for Special Education, seeks to address these difficulties by providing: - a review of international literature on special classes - an overview of the special class model in Ireland - a national census of schools to establish the nature and extent of special class provision in Ireland - a more in-depth longitudinal study which examines the experiences, progress and outcomes of students placed in special classes. Gathering data of this kind will provide valuable empirical evidence for policy makers and researchers and make a major contribution to the debates around special education in Ireland.
Workplace Equality Policies, Flexible Working Arrangements and their Impact
Helen Russell and Frances McGinnity.
The ESRI have been commissioned to conduct an analysis of workplace equality policies, flexible working arrangements and their impact using the NCPP/ESRI 2009 National Workplace Survey. The project builds on an earlier study, Equality at Work, which uses data from 2003. This project will investigate whether equality policies and flexible working arrangements are being maintained in very changed economic circumstances. What is their impact on outcomes such as work stress, job satisfaction, employee commitment and absenteeism? The recession creates new challenges for the equality agenda, which makes it important to measure the influence of equality policies and flexible work practices on important outcomes for employees and organisations. This research project is co-funded by the Equality Authority and by the European Union Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity - PROGRESS (2007-2013).
View details of research in the ESRI.
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OTHER NEWS
Financial Exclusion and Over-indebtedness: Challenges and Policy Responses
This Conference, organised by the ESRI in association with the Social Inclusion Division of the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, the Policy Institute at Trinity College and the Social Finance Foundation, was held on 8 March. Further information.
Research Symposium: "Employment and the Crisis: Work, Migration, Unemployment"
The symposium was organised by the Policy Institute together with the TCD Employment Research Centre MSc in European Employment Studies and the ESRI. Visit the TCD website.
For further information on the ESRI, visit our website.
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