IMF Staff Country Reports

Ireland: Selected Issues

June 26, 2017

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Ireland: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2017) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper provides an overview of income distribution and the welfare system in Ireland, with a focus on the crisis and postcrisis periods. Ireland’s flexible economy and strong social safety net helped mitigate the adverse effects of the property-driven crisis. Although economic conditions are improving rapidly, lifting employment, ongoing efforts are needed to address the lingering impact on those hardest hit, including the long-term unemployed and unemployed youth. Consistent efforts are needed to support sustainable and inclusive growth and meet ambitious social targets, including the reduction of consistent poverty to 2 percent by 2020.

Subject: Disposable income, Income distribution, Income inequality, Labor, National accounts, Personal income

Keywords: CR, Disposable income, Europe, Global, Gross value added, Household debt, IMF staff, Income distribution, Income inequality, Intangible operation, Ireland, ISCR, Multinational, Multinational-dominated sector, Personal income, Tax-benefit system

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    64

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2017/172

  • Stock No:

    1IRLEA2017003

  • ISBN:

    9781484305546

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685