Introduction

Frank Barry

A chapter in Understanding Ireland’s Economic Growth, 1999, pp 1-11 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Ireland’s economic performance over the last decade has been spectacular, not only in terms of its own historical experience but in an international comparative context also. GNP figures are not much distorted by the transfer pricing behaviour that bedevils some Irish statistics: Irish GNP expanded by almost 70 per cent in the 10 years from 1987, during which time the US expanded by only 27 per cent, the 15-country EU by 24 per cent, and the UK by 20 per cent. Ireland has had a long-standing problem with low levels of job creation. By 1997 there were 23 per cent more jobs in the economy than in 1987. The US created 17 per cent net new jobs over this period, the UK 5 per cent and the EU15 only 3 per cent.

Keywords: Labour Market; Structural Fund; Social Partnership; Wage Share; Export Market Share (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1057/9780333985052_1

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