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This study tested the stability of environmental preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) values using a discrete choice experiment (DCE) across three countries pre and post the peak of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. A DCE examining the public’s preferences for alternative environmental management plans on the high seas, in the area of the… | Read on »

Physical distancing measures (e.g., keeping two metres apart from others outside of one’s household, limiting one’s number of close contacts, avoiding social gatherings) are among the most effective strategies to reduce the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the community and healthcare settings. Emerging evidence gathered at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic suggested physical… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute members Prof Emer Mulligan and Dr Margaret O’Neill have written a new article for RTÉ Brainstorm. The article looks at the most common queries that came up in Ireland’s first free tax clinic. Here are the 5 most popular queries about paying tax in Ireland Analysis: from credits and allowances to the PUP,… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Dr Deirdre Curran, of the Work, Organizations and Society cluster, has published a new report.  The report presents the findings from a study of working conditions of hospitality workers in Ireland. The report is available to download by clicking on the cover below.  

Whitaker Institute member John McHale, Professor of Economics at J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics and former chair of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, shared his thoughts on the government’s summer economic statement, published this week, with RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland (Thur, 15 July).

A new report carried out by Whitaker Institute members Dr Nata Duvvury and Dr Caroline Forde, of the Gender and Public Policy Cluster, for Safe Ireland has found that the aggregate cost of domestic violence to a woman, over her journey from abuse to safety, is approximately €113,475 over a time span of 20 years… | Read on »

Survey undertaken by NUI Galway and the Western Development Commission shows that whilst the Creative SMEs predict a sales decline in the short term, over the next five years a 10% rise in employment is forecasted by the sector. The Western Development Commission (WDC) have published summary data from the recent survey of Creative Economy… | Read on »

Whitaker Institute member Dr Caitriona Clear spoke to the Irish Independent about the history of women joining the Sisters of Charity. Click here to read the article.

Now that 130 countries have endorsed an OECD plan for global corporation tax harmonisation, Whitaker Institute member Professor Emer Mulligan, of the Performance Management cluster, discussed the future for multinationals in Ireland with AFP – Agence France Presse. Read more from The Australian, Barron’s, Gulf News, rfi.fr, and RTÉ.ie.

Professor Kate Kenny recorded a podcast episode for Dr Simon Western’s Edgy Ideas. They discuss how deep-seated organizational norms can affect whether whistleblowers are supported or punished for speaking out. Listen back here.