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    • Trends in Irish fertility rates in comparative perspective 

      Fahey, Tony (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2001)
      This paper examines trends in Irish fertility rates over the past four decades in the context of fertility trends in developed countries generally. Irish fertility rates have stabilised at the upper edge of the European ...
    • Unemployment, welfare benefits and the financial incentive to work 

      Layte, Richard; Callan, Tim (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2001)
      Although disincentive effects associated with payments have been regulaly found in research in the US and UK, the UK research is disputed and effects have been notable by their absence in studies from Continental Europe. ...