This Friday January 27th in Croke Park we will hold a conference on the Irish Economy. This conference is one of a sequence of Dublin Economic Workshop meetings in collaboration with the Universities (in this case UCD Geary Institute and UL). The conference programme is below. Registration will begin at 8.30 on Friday morning, with the first two sessions beginning at 9am. The final panel session is expected to finish at 6pm.
A few housekeeping issues.
RSVPS. In case there are late RSVPs or cancellations, please email clare.delargy@ucd.ie. If you haven’t received confirmation of attendance, please get in touch with Clare so she can add you to list.
Getting there. The conference will take place in the Croke Park Conference centre. The centre is accessible by public transport, with Dart, Bus and Luas lines within a 15-minute walk -please see here for further details.
There is also complimentary car parking for conference attendees on a first come first served basis. The closest car park to the conference centre is the Canal car park, on St Margaret’s Avenue off the North Circular road.
Location. The conference will take place in the Hogan Mezzanine Suite. Access to the suite is through the Jones’ Street entrance to the Hogan Stand, across from the Croke Park Hotel. There will be signs directing you to the suite upon entering the stadium, and there are lifts available.
Catering. There will be coffee breaks at two stages during the day. Please note that lunch will not be provided, but you will be able to avail of catering facilities at the centre.
Social Media. There is complimentary wi-fi access at the conference centre, and for those of you on twitter, we will be using the hashtag #ieconf throughout the day. We’ll aggregate the tweets on the Irish Economy liveblog.
Irish Economy Conference Programme, Croke Park, Dublin – January 27th 2012
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0830-0900 |
Registration and Opening |
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0900-1030 |
Economic Policy and Evaluation |
Property Market |
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Chair: Donal DeButleir (IFPRC)
Tom Healy (CERU) – “Researching Alternative Economic Policies.”
Frank Convery (UCD & IFPRC) – “Doing more good than harm – economists in the public service.”
Frances Ruane (ESRI) – “Evaluation – Contextual and Methodological Challenges.”
Robert Watt (Department PER) – “Improving Policy-Making Capacity.”
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Chair: Stephen Kinsella (UL)
Ronan Lyons (Oxford) – “Residential Site Value Tax in Ireland: Land Values, Implementation & Revenues.”
Michelle Norris (UCD) – “Borrowers’ Pathways through Mortgage Arrears.”
Rob Kitchin (NUIM) – “Prospects for the Irish Property Market.”
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1030-1100 |
Coffee |
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1100-1230 |
Unemployment |
Demography |
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Chair: Minister Joan Burton T.D.
David Bell (Stirling) – “Unemployment in the Great Recession: More Misery for the Young?”
Aedin Doris (NUI Maynooth) – “Employment and Unemployment: What do Sectoral and Demographic Patterns Tell Us?”
Philip O’Connell (ESRI) – “The Impact of Training Programme Type and Duration on the Employment Chances of the Unemployed in Ireland.”
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Chair: Kevin Denny (UCD)
Orla Doyle (UCD) – “Early Educational Investment as an Economic Recovery Strategy.”
Alan Barrett/Irene Mosca (ESRI) – “The Costs of Emigration to the Individual: Evidence from Ireland’s Older Adults.”
Brendan Walsh (UCD) –“Well Being and Economic Conditions in Ireland.”
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1230-1330 |
Lunch
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1330-1500 |
Banking and Euro |
Economic Recovery – Can Competition, Regulation and Privatisation Help? |
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Chair: Constantin Gurdgiev (TCD)
Brian Lucey (TCD) – “Banking in Ireland – Back to the Future.”
Frank Barry (TCD) – “Rectifying Design Flaws in the Euro Project”
Karl Whelan (UCD) – “ The IBRC, ELA, Promissory Notes and All That …“
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Chair: Cathal Guiomard (CAR)
Richard Tol (Sussex) – “Energy Regulation in Ireland – Some Current Weaknesses and Lessons for Recovery.”
John Fingleton (UK Office of Fair Trading) – “Economic Growth – How Can Competition Policy Help?”
Doug Andrew (former London Airport regulator) – “Governance, Ownership and Reform.”
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1500-1530 |
Coffee |
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1530-1700 |
Fiscal Policy |
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Chair: Dan O’Brien (Irish Times)
Philip Lane (TCD) – “Ireland and The Fiscal Compact.”
John McHale (NUIG) – “Strengthening Ireland’s Fiscal Institutions.”
Seamus Coffey (UCC) – “Current and Capital Expenditure: Getting the Balance Right.”
Colm McCarthy (UCD) – “Public Capital Investment and Fiscal Stabilization.”
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1700-1800 |
Panel Session on Irish Economy
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