Why has Labour Market Participation not fully recovered in Ireland since the Recession?

This paper looks for reasons to explain why the labour participation rate in Ireland has yet to recover from the crisis.

Information and identifiers

Economic Brief 51. November 2019. Brussels. PDF. 18pp. Tab. Graph. Bibliogr. Free.

KC-BE-18-019-EN-N (online)
ISBN 978-92-79-77380-8 (online)
ISSN 2443-8022 (online)
doi:10.2765/76701 (online)
JEL Classification: E24, J21, J61

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