Micheál Collins | Nevin Economic Research Institute

Dr Micheál Collins, former NERI Economist and is now working as a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Social Policy at UCD.

Recent research

15 Jan 2015

Research

Outsourcing in the Public Sector: a VfM perspective

Public sector outsourcing is the process of contracting out a service or a function to another body, such as street cleaning or internal IT services...

Working Paper Series
07 Oct 2014

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The Case for an Affordable Housing Provision Agency

The creation of a public housing agency should play an important role in meeting the challenge of providing a large number of housing units over the...

Research InBrief
01 Oct 2014

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The Distributive Effects of Recent VAT Changes in the Republic of Ireland

Across the European Union (EU) changes to indirect taxes, and particularly Value Added Taxes (VAT), have been a central part of countries response to...

Working Paper Series
01 Oct 2014

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Recent VAT changes: who gained? who lost?

Across the EU changes to indirect taxes, and particularly VAT, have been a central part of countries response to the economic crisis. By mid-2014, 22...

Research InBrief
11 Sep 2014

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Modelling the Distributive Impact of Indirect Taxes

p>Changes to indirect taxes are a regular feature of annual Budgets. Despite this, the distributive impact of these changes are rarely considered –...

Working Paper Series
28 Aug 2014

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How Much Tax Do People Really Pay?

Too often considerations of the taxation system are focused on income taxes, or income related taxes like social insurance; a narrow perspective given...

Research InBrief