Autumn 2014 Issue of Economic and Social Review

Vol 45, No 3, Autumn (2014)

Table of Contents

Articles

Determinants of Pension Coverage and Retirement Income Replacement Rates – Evidence from TILDA PDF
Sanna Nivakoski 299–328
Income and Wealth in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing PDF
Vincent O’Sullivan, Brian Nolan, Alan Barrett, Cara Dooley 329–348
Informational Efficiency in Distressed Markets: The Case of European Corporate Bonds PDF
Aurelio Fernández Bariviera, M. Belén Guercio, Lisana B. Martinez 349–369
The Socio-economic Gradient of Obesity in Ireland – Corrigendum PDF
David Madden 451–454

Policy Section Articles

The Risks of Intuition: Size, Costs and Economies of Scale in Local Government PDF
Mark Callinan, Ronan Murphy, Aodh Quinlivan 371–403
Winners and Losers on the Roller-Coaster: Ireland, 2003-2011 PDF
David Madden 405–421
The Impact of Training Programme Type and Duration on the Employment Chances of the Unemployed in Ireland PDF
Seamus McGuinness, Philip J. O’Connell, Elish Kelly 425–450

 

The Big Read: How Ireland’s Nama moved centre stage

The FT continues its focus on Ireland with his long article by Vincent Boland – here.

Lessons from Ireland?

The recent data releases have prompted various comments about what might be learned from the Irish recovery: see FT comment here;   and the letter from Hugh McDermott here.

Economist Vacancy: Social Justice Ireland

Details here.

NTMA Technical Paper: What Drove Irish Government Bond Yields During the Crisis?

Paper by David Purdue and Rossa White here.