Cathal O’Donoghue

Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

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Denisa Maria Sologon

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research

Stephen Hynes

Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway

Mary Ryan

Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

Karyn Morrissey

Technical University of Denmark

Jason Loughrey

Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

Herwig Immervoll

Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques

Thia Hennessy

University College Cork

Horácio Levy

Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques

Holly Sutherland

University of Edinburgh

Vincent Upton

Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

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Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway

University College Dublin

University of Bristol

Institute for Fiscal Studies

University College London

Trinity College Dublin

Institute of Behavioral Sciences

University of California, Davis

Universidade do Porto

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Productivity and the Determinants of Efficiency in Irish Agriculture (1996-2006)

James Carroll S. Greene Cathal O’Donoghue Carol Newman Fiona Thorne

The competitiveness and productivity of Irish agriculture has been at the forefront of debate in recent times given successive and impending changes to agricultural policy. This paper examines the trend in total factor productivity in Irish agriculture over the recent past and explores the effects of specific variables on relative efficiency levels. The findings of this research have shown that productivity growth was highest in the Cattle Rearing sector followed by the Dairy, Cattle Finishing, Sheep and Cereals sectors during the period 1996 to 2006. The research has also shown that efficiency levels are, in general, positively correlated with extension use soil quality, the overall size of the farm, the level of intensification and the level of specialisation. The use of artificial insemination was also positively correlated with efficiency in the Dairy sector

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Measuring the impact of trade policy reform in Ireland: A disaggregated analysis of household impacts

Ana Corina Miller Alan Matthews Ole Boysen Trevor Donnellan Cathal O’Donoghue

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impacts of further trade liberalisation on the agricultural sector in Ireland. In addition to evaluating the aggregate impacts on agricultural production as well as the spill-over effect of this on the non-agricultural sector and for overall Irish GDP, we evaluate the effects for different types of households. In order to capture economy-wide impacts of the policy reform, a CGE model was formulated and implemented using a social accounting matrix constructed for Ireland for the year 2005. Household effects are captured using representative households. The simulation results suggest a positive impact on the Irish economy as well as on the representative households. Many agricultural sectors contract in the process but a more efficient reallocation of resources into manufacturing and services sectors more than compensates those losses.

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Risky (farm) business: Perceptions of economic risk in farm succession and inheritance

Journal of Rural Studies (2020)

Brian E. Leonard Maura Farrell Marie Mahon Anne Kinsella Cathal O’Donoghue

Inheritance

10.1016/j.jrurstud.2019.12.007

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The Gendered Nature of the Cost-of-Living Crisis in Europe

SSRN Electronic Journal (2024)

Denisa Maria Sologon Karina Doorley Cathal O’Donoghue Eugenio Peluso

This paper investigates the gendered effects of the cost-of-living crisis on households across six European countries using household consumption data linked to price changes between April 2021 and July 2023. It examines how different consumption patterns between male- and female-headed households influence their exposure to inflation. Exploring the full distribution of inflation rates, employing quantile regressions and a decomposition approach, this research uncovers gender-specific disparities in inflation exposure and inequality. Going beyond the immediate economic index adjustments, it also evaluates the welfare changes attributable to inflation by estimate a behaviourally-adjusted welfare effect of the cost-of-living crisis. Building on the foundational Atkinson welfare measure, this paper innovates by decomposing the change in welfare into equity and efficiency components, differentially for male- and female-headed households. This contribution enriches the consumption literature by providing a detailed gendered analysis of inflation's distributional and welfare effects, aiding policymakers in addressing the nuanced challenges of the cost-of-living crisis.

10.2139/ssrn.4737330

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A rural/urban comparison of psychiatric inpatient admissions in Ireland

Journal of Public Mental Health (2012)

Karyn Morrissey Antoinette Daly Graham Clarke Cathal O’Donoghue Dimitris Ballas

Purpose There is a body of evidence that indicates mental illnesses are more prevalent in urban settings. However, to date no research has been carried out on the urban/rural incidence of mental illness in Ireland. This paper seeks to examine the micro level determinants of admissions to psychiatric hospitals between urban and rural areas. Design/methodology/approach Data from the National Psychiatric In‐patient Reporting System (NPIRS) and multivariate regression models are used. Findings Results from this analysis found that, in Ireland, rural residents had a higher probability of being admitted to a psychiatric hospital for schizophrenia and depression compared to urban residents. Research limitations/implications The results presented here are only applicable to individuals that have been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Findings cannot be extrapolated to the general population. Future research will involve the simulation of mental health characteristics for the entire Irish population. Originality/value The analysis presented in the paper contributes to the current understanding of the social and spatial profile of psychiatric admissions in Ireland, whilst providing additional research to the international debate regarding urban/rural differentials in acute psychiatric hospital admissions.

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10.1108/17465721211289383

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Policy, Institutional Factors and Earnings Mobility

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (2009)

Denisa Maria Sologon Cathal O’Donoghue

This paper uses ECHP and OECD data for 14 EU countries to explore the role of labour market factors in explaining cross-national differences in the dynamic structure of earnings: in permanent inequality, transitory inequality and earnings mobility. Based on ECHP, minimum distance estimator is used to decompose earnings inequality into the permanent and transitory components and compute earnings mobility. The predicted components together with the institutional OECD data are used in a non-linear least squares setting to estimate the relationship between permanent inequality, transitory inequality and earnings mobility, and labour market policy and institutional factors. The results revealed a highly complex framework, where institutions interact significantly not only with each other and with the overall institutional setting, but also with the macroeconomic shocks in shaping the pattern of the three labour market outcomes. JEL Classification: C23, D31, J31, J60, J50, J08 Keywords: panel data, wage distribution, inequality, mobility, labour market institutions; labour market policies

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The Spatial Distributional Effect of Common Agricultural Policy Reform

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (2015)

Cathal O’Donoghue Eoin Grealis Jason Loughrey Trevor Donnellan Kevin Hanrahan

Agricultural incomes are quite heterogeneous relying as they are in part on the environmental context which land is farmed. In addition a very significant proportion of agricultural income results from public policy via the Farm Direct Payments within in the Common Agricultural Policy. In this paper we develop and test a methodology to spatially model the distribution of Agricultural Activity and associated income across place utilising a spatial microsimulation model. In particular we build upon a quota sampling method used in the development household based spatial microsimulation models to account for spatial heterogeneity in relation to stocking rate. We utilise this framework to model the spatial distribution of activity, incomes and viability across Ireland. We also model the static spatial incidence of changes in the Common Agricultural Policy.

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10.22004/ag.econ.212656

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Assessing the impact of demographic change and HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

Osunde Omoruyi Cathal O’Donoghue

10.32725/jnss.2017.002

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The Distributional Impact of Price Inflation in Pakistan: A Case Study of a New Price Focused Microsimulation Framework, PRICES

arXiv (Cornell University) (2023)

Cathal O’Donoghue Beenish Amjad Jules Linden Nora Lustig Denisa Maria Sologon

This paper develops a microsimulation model to simulate the distributional impact of price changes using Household Budget Survey data, income survey data and an Input Output Model. The primary purpose is to describe the model components. The secondary purpose is to demonstrate one component of the model by assessing the distributional and welfare impact of recent price changes in Pakistan. Over the period of November 2020 to November 2022, headline inflation 41.5 percent, with food and transportation prices increasing most. The analysis shows that despite large increases in energy prices, the importance of energy prices for the welfare losses due to inflation is limited because energy budget shares are small and inflation is relatively low. The overall distributional impact of recent price changes is mildly progressive, but household welfare is impacted significantly irrespective of households position along the income distribution. The biggest driver of welfare losses at the bottom of the income distribution was food price inflation, while inflation in other goods and services was the biggest driver at the top. To compensate households for increased living costs, transfers would need to be on average 40 percent of pre-inflation expenditure, assuming constant incomes. Behavioural responses to price changes have a negligible impact on the overall welfare cost to households.

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10.48550/arxiv.2310.00231

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Redistribution over the lifetime in the Irish tax-benefit system: an application of a prototype dynamic microsimulation model for Ireland

Economic and social review (2002)

Cathal O’Donoghue

This paper examines the distribution of lifetime income in Ireland. To do this a new prototype dynamic microsimulation model for Ireland is used to generate lifetime income streams. Aggregating over the lifetime we can assess the distribution of lifetime income and the degree of redistribution in the tax-benefit system. In addition to the effect of taxes and benefits, we decompose lifetime income into its components and examine the impact of different life-cycle patterns.

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