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Living standards in Ireland will remain high, despite the severe contraction, but stronger structural policies would encourage sustainable long-run growth. Hard times can be a good time to make overdue [...]

The fiscal consolidation challenge for Ireland is severe, the underlying budget balance having moved abruptly from surplus to a large deficit. Consolidation has already begun to repair the deterioration in [...]

The Irish labour market is undergoing a severe adjustment following the sharp fall in output, which has been concentrated on labour-intensive sectors. This has led to a large reduction in [...]

Ireland is in severe recession, following several years of high but ultimately unsustainable growth and rising imbalances. A fast expansion of bank credit encouraged a boom in construction activity and [...]

Growth has slowed, testing the resilience of the economy The Irish economy expanded rapidly in recent years, driven by domestic demand, but activity is now easing, In particular, the housing [...]

This chapter reviews the key challenges facing the Irish economy. Ireland has continued its exemplary economic performance, attaining some of the highest growth rates in the OECD. After a remarkable [...]

Investment in infrastructure has not kept pace with Ireland's very rapid economic growth. Infrastructure deficits are beginning to show in a number of areas: road congestion, a lack of broadband [...]

The Irish housing market is very buoyant. The housing boom is driven by strong economic growth, dynamic demographics and low interest rates. However, large tax advantages and relatively lenient credit [...]

In the years to come, productivity growth will need to play the primary role in sustaining Ireland's strong economic performance because labour supply is already relatively high and there are [...]

Impressive gains in labour productivity have boosted Ireland's economic growth since the early 1990s. They were underpinned by a steep rise in the educational attainment of the working-age population. This [...]

This chapter discusses ways to strengthen competition in order to boost productivity growth and help restrain inflation. It reviews the general competition framework and discusses the regulatory barriers to competition [...]

This chapter reviews Ireland's recent fiscal record and discusses the challenges that policymakers will face in coming years. Revenues have been extremely buoyant, giving the government an opportunity to substantially [...]

Women have contributed a great deal to Ireland's economic growth, including by joining the labour force in lane numbers. The rise in female participation since 1990 has been amongst the [...]

Introduction The future prosperity of the Irish economy will continue to hinge on sustained business investment and an increase in the well-educated labour force, accompanied by a higher participation rate. [...]

1. For 2002, a decline in profits of Irish companies operating abroad was an additional factor. 2. Congestion, as measured by the weighted average of the time taken to travel [...]

Since 1987 structural policies have played an increasing role in the Irish government's economic strategy. Such policies have been designed to enhance overall economic performance, partly in response to the [...]

Economic developments since 1991 GDP growth slowed in 1991, to 2 1/2 per cent, although a decline in profit remittances abroad meant that GNP nevertheless expanded by around 3 1/2 [...]

Tax reform: an uncompleted programme Characteristics of the tax system Concern about the effects of the tax system led to the setting up of a Commission on Taxation in 1980 [...]

Conclusions The strengthening of stabilisation policies in 1987 and 1988, discussed in the 1988/89 OECD Economic Survey of Ireland, has been followed by a rapid and impressive improvement in macroeconomic [...]

The Irish economy has performed remarkably well over the past decade, propelling per capita income to above the EU average. Though the period of rapid catch-up has ended and productivity [...]

Economics Department, OECD The Economics Department of the OECD offers challenging and rewarding opportunities to economists interested in applied policy analysis in an international environment. The Department's concerns extend across [...]

Assessment and recommendations There have been five straight years of impressive economic performance The Irish economy has notched up five straight years of stunning economic performance. No other OECD Member [...]