Understanding Ireland’s Economic Growth [electronic resource] /
Barry, Frank.editor.
This is an authoritative and topical assessment of Ireland's impressive economic growth record which has seen it dubbed 'the Celtic tiger'. Leading scholars from Ireland and beyond discuss Ireland's spectacular performance in its economic, social and political contexts.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Preface; Notes on the Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Real Convergence of the Irish Economy and the Sectoral Distribution of Employment Growth; 2 Irish Growth in Historical and Theoretical Perspective; 3 Indigenous and Foreign Industry: Characteristics and Performance; 4 Fiscal Adjustment and Disinflation in Ireland: Setting the Macro Basis of Economic Recovery and Expansion; 5 The European Dimension: The Single Market and the Structural Funds; 6 Education and Growth in the Irish Economy; 7 Wage Formation and the Labour Market
8 Income Inequality in Ireland in the 1980s and 1990s9 The Persistence of High Unemployment in a Small Open Labour Market: The Irish Case; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is an authoritative and topical assessment of Ireland's impressive economic growth record which has seen it dubbed 'the Celtic tiger'. Leading scholars from Ireland and beyond discuss Ireland's spectacular performance in its economic, social and political contexts.
International economics.
Political economy.
Economic growth.
International Economics.
International Political Economy.
Economic Growth.