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The Belated Irish Success. Introduction. "Historiography" of the Tiger The Cartoon Version of Supply and Demand Logarithms and the Labour Market!. Possible Answers - 1. Walsh Demography, FDI etc., fiscal reform Ruane, Barry FDI Harmon et al. Education O'Rourke
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Introduction • "Historiography" of the Tiger • The Cartoon Version of Supply and Demand • Logarithms and the Labour Market!
Possible Answers - 1 • Walsh • Demography, FDI etc., fiscal reform • Ruane, Barry • FDI • Harmon et al. • Education • O'Rourke • Mechanism of convergence
Possible Answers - 2 • McAleese - Openness (EFC and CJH) • Lane - Labour share falling • Murphy - It never happened! • The Fairy Godmother (Godparent) view • Giavazzi et. al. EFC - see Bradley & Whelan • Honohan & Walsh- The last word • Barry – FDI, FDI, FDI, FDI, …..
Candidates • First order issues: • Openness & EU • Human capital • Demography • FDI • Second order issues: • Fiscal policy,fiscal reform, deregulation • Monetary policy • Partnerhip and policy consensus • Structural Funds
Openness • Freeing of Trade - FDI • Affects demand for labour • See effects in labour market • Migration • Increases elasticity of labour supply • Wider cultural effects • Learning from others' experience
Labour Supply • Natural Increase • Female Participation • Migration • Human Capital • Replacement Rate
Skilled Labour Effects of increase in supply
Demand for Labour • FDI • Shifting world demand for skilled labour • Competitiveness
Skilled Labour Effects of increase in supply and demand
Unskilled Labour S2 S1 Wage rate w2 w1 w1 w0 D0 D1 Employment L1 L0 L2
Enabling Factors • Sound Public Finances • Speed of adjustment • The EU Structural Funds • Social Partnership
Ireland in the Medium Term • Potential to Outperform Neighbours to 2010 • Supply Constraints still Relevant • Short-term – Problems • Vulnerabilities
Demographics • Dependency ratio • Convergence in output per head • Convergence in output per worker
Participation Rates: Migration: Output:
Labour Demand: Demand for skilled and unskilled labour: - Little substitution between skilled and unskilled
Wage rates: Skilled labour market, fixed UR: Skilled wage rate flexible, changes to clear the market
Labour Supply: Population:
Shock the Model • Objective: • To see how skilled and unskilled labour markets are affected by different factors • Lower FDI, Lower Growth • Lower Human Capital • Educational Attainment Frozen at 1980 • No migration • No Migration
Elasticity of 0.525 - Doris, 1999 1 : NH/POPH = 9.1+0.525*LOG(WH/PC)-.0049*TYEAR 2 : NL/POPL = -.44+0.525*LOG(WL/PC)-.21*LOG(RUP/WL)-.012*UR Kearney, 1998 3 : M = -432+289*(1-UR(-1)/100)/(1-UR_UK(-1)/100)+ 1362*W*(1-tax_IRL)/PC/(W_UK*(1-tax_UK)/PC_UK)- 20*D78+22*D90 Elasticity wrt US imposed as 1 (LR) 4 : LOG(GNP) = -3.5-.018*LOG(W/W_UK)+.0016*TYEAR+ (1-.85)*LOG(GDP_USA)+.85*LOG(GNP(-1)) 7 : LOG(L/GNP) = 17.8-.51*LOG(W/PC)-.0098*TYEAR 8 : LOG(LH/LL) = -113.5+.057*TYEAR