A Comparison of the Implementation of the Employment Provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) in the United States and the Disability Discrimination Act of 1995 (DDA) in Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This summarizes the results of recently conducted surveys in the United States, Great Britain, and Northern Ireland to assess employer response in each of these countries to their respective employment disability nondiscrimination legislation

Brigitte Bailey, Associate Professor of English, College of Liberal Arts, Travels to England

Professor Brigitte Bailey traveled to England in July to attend a conference she helped organize on Transatlantic Women: Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers in Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe, and to present a paper on her own research

Functional literacy, educational attainment and earnings - evidence from the international adult literacy survey

In this paper a rich and innovative dataset, the International Adult Literacy Survey, is used to examine the impact of functional literacy on earnings. The IALS surveys 12 OECD countries and sub-regions via a consistent questionnaire and includes a number of tests of numeracy and literacy, as well as basic labour market information. This paper examines the effect of these skills on labour market earnings for the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and for Great Britain. The estimates suggest that while ability has a role in determining earnings the dominant factor remains formal education. It is shown that, particularly for Great Britain, there is a positive interaction between the test score and education in determining earnings.

What do we learn from recall consumption data?

In this paper a rich and innovative dataset, the International Adult Literacy Survey, is used to examine the impact of functional literacy on earnings. The IALS surveys 12 OECD countries and sub-regions via a consistent questionnaire and includes a number of tests of numeracy and literacy, as well as basic labour market information. This paper examines the effect of these skills on labour market earnings for the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and for Great Britain. The estimates suggest that while ability has a role in determining earnings the dominant factor remains formal education. It is shown that, particularly for Great Britain, there is a positive interaction between the test score and education in determining earnings.

A radar-based rainfall climatology of Great Britain and Ireland

The Met Office 1km radar-derived precipitation-rate composite over 8 years (2006–2013) is examined to evaluate whether it provides an accurate representation of annual-average precipitation over Great Britain and Ireland over long periods of time. The annual-average precipitation from the radar composite is comparable with gauge measurements, with an average error of +23mmyr−1 over Great Britain and Ireland, +29mmyr−1 (3%) over the United Kingdom and –781mmyr−1 (46%) over the Republic of Ireland. The radar-derived precipitation composite is useful over the United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, but not accurate over the Republic of Ireland, particularly in the south

Demand for improved food safety and quality: a cross-regional comparison

This paper explores the demand for improved safety and quality for meat products among consumers in two regions using a discrete choice experiment methodology. The study takes account of preferences from consumers across Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. The features explored in the choice experiment include food safety, traceability, animal health and welfare, region of origin and price. The results suggest a large difference between willingness to pay and implicit ranking of attributes across regions. Meat products that come from ‘Ireland’ are most highly demanded among the features for Irish consumers, whereas consumers based in Great Britain value enhanced testing and animal health and welfare standards highest. Furthermore, a high correlation exists, in both regions, between respondents perception of the risk associated with consuming the meat products and the price premium they are willing to pay for the enhanced featuresFood Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

HOUSES IN MULTIPLE OCCUPATION (HMO) AND THE REGULATION OF THE PRIVATE RENTED SECTOR (PRS)

Social housing in Northern Ireland has followed similar trends as in the United Kingdom despite the absence of direct democratic control and the substitution of one organisation for a multiplicity of local authorities. Owner occupation has increased substantially and the proportion which remains in the public sector has reduced as a result of a combination of similar policies introduced in Great Britain. Whilst much of the existing housing legislation has mirrored legislation from Great Britain, there are also many provisions that have not been introduced due to the special circumstances that exist in Northern Ireland.real estate, private rented sector, multiple occupation

Trends in Skills Requirements and Work-Related Issues

[Excerpt] The Skills and Employment Survey (SES) provides an up-to-date picture of employee perspectives across a range of themes relating to work that they are doing. Given the central importance of work to many people’s lives, the findings of this survey are relevant to many areas of policy for employers, trade unions and Government. The 2012 survey follows on from previous waves and therefore comparisons can be made with earlier findings; this is especially important as the previous survey was undertaken in 2006, before the onset of the recession. Reports including the first findings have been published on six topics: Skills at work in Britain; Training in Britain; Job control in Britain; Fear at work in Britain; Work intensification in Britain; Job-related well-being in Britain. This report highlights some of the key findings from these reports and provides some discussion of the implications for labour markets and labour market policy in Great Britain (Northern Ireland was not included)

R&D and exporting: A comparison of British and Irish firms

This paper investigates the two way relationship between R&D and export activity. In particular, we concern ourselves with the question whether R&D stimulates exports and, perhaps more importantly, whether export activity leads to increasing innovative activity in terms of R&D (learning by exporting). We use two unique firm level databases for Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland and compare the results for these two countries. We find that previous exporting experience enhances the innovative capability of Irish firms. Conversely, no strong learning-by-exporting effects are found for British firms. Arguably the differences between Ireland and Britain are attributable to different, cross-country exporting patterns where Irish firms have a greater interface with OECD markets.learning effects, exporting, innovation, R&D

Outreach, Winter 1985

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Great Britain and Ireland Outreach Finding Ai