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Intertemporal income in Ireland 1996–2011 – a spatial analysis

  1. Paul Kilgarriff  Is a corresponding author
  2. Cathal O’Donoghue  Is a corresponding author
  3. Martin Charlton  Is a corresponding author
  4. Ronan Foley  Is a corresponding author
  1. National Centre for Geocomputation, Maynooth University, Ireland
  2. Teagasc Rural Economy and Development Programme, Mellows Campus, Ireland
  3. Institute Department of Geography, Maynooth University, Ireland
Research article
Cite this article as: P. Kilgarriff, C. O’Donoghue, M. Charlton, R. Foley; 2016; Intertemporal income in Ireland 1996–2011 – a spatial analysis; International Journal of Microsimulation; 9(2); x-y. doi: 10.34196/ijm.00138
5 figures and 8 tables

Figures

Disposable income – 1996.

Source: Author calculations.

Disposable income – 2002.

Source: Author calculations.

Disposable income – 2006.

Source: Author calculations.

Disposable income – 2011.

Source: Author calculations.

Employment in construction versus house completions.

Source: DECLG & CSO.

Tables

Table 1
Sensitivity analysis (using 2011 data) – quintile movers.
Moved Education Labour-force Employment-rate
−4 0% 1% 0%
−3 4% 5% 4%
−2 7% 10% 9%
−1 17% 17% 18%
0 41% 33% 36%
1 20% 20% 20%
2 8% 10% 9%
3 2% 4% 3%
4 0% 1% 0%
  1. Source: Author Calculations.

Table 2
Urban-rural classification breakdown.
1996 Persons 2011 Persons %Pop. 1996 %Pop.2011
Rural 628,359 791,644 17% 17%
Village (200 – 1499- 521,362 688,238 14% 15%
Town (1500 – 2999) 188,491 275,295 5% 6%
Town (3000 – 4999) 101,105 137,648 3% 3%
Town (5000 – 9999) 209,719 321,178 6% 7%
Town (1000 +) 704,805 734,120 19% 16%
Waterford * 44,009 45,883 1% 1%
Galway 59,456 91,765 2% 2%
Limerick 57,107 45,883 2% 1%
Cork 179,425 183,530 5% 4%
Dublin County 386,033 527,612 10% 11%
Dublin City 676,093 745,457 18% 16%
  1. Source: Author Calculations.

  2. *

    Waterford, Galway, Limerick and Cork only include EDs inside the city boundary.

Table 3
Quintile cross-tab (in 2011 population %).
1996
1 2 3 4 5 TOTAL
2011 1 42% 37% 14% 7% 0% 100%
2 16% 32% 35% 15% 2% 100%
3 14% 16% 29% 29% 12% 100%
4 9% 9% 21% 38% 23% 100%
5 1% 3% 5% 22% 70% 100%
TOTAL 83% 96% 104% 110% 106%
  1. Source: Author Calculations.

Table 4
House completions by year.
Year Completions
1996 33,325
2002 57,295
2006 93,019
2011 10,480
  1. Source: DECLG.

Table 5
Quintile characteristics.
1996 2011 Movers (quintiles)
Q1 Q5 Q1 Q5 Down 2 + Up 2 +
Disposable income * €5,869 €10,042 €15,615 €25,960 €18,178 €20,261
Youth deprivation 25.9% 23.2% 16.3% 10.4% 15.6% 14.9%
Old Age Deprivation 15.8% 10.7% 16.5% 15.7% 15.7% 14.9%
University Educated 21.3% 35.6% 32.5% 47.1% 36.1% 37.6%
Employment Share 40.7% 48.6% 49.3% 56.4% 51.0% 52.0%
Unemployment share 8.9% 6.8% 12.3% 10.7% 11.8% 11.7%
Pop Density 490.6 2226.5 251.2 3379.9 597.5 1126.0
Age 36.34 34.35 42.07 42.73 41.85 41.64
Work Age Share 59.9% 67.8% 68.2% 74.8% 69.8% 71.2%
  1. Source: Author calculations.

  2. *

    Median Equivalised Household Disposable Income

Table 6
Income quintile movers by geographical area.
1996 Pop. share 2011 Pop. Share TOTAL
Q1 & Q2 Q3 Q4 & Q5 Q1 & Q2 Q3 Q4 & Q5
Rural 63.0% 20.7% 16.4% 70.3% 19.1% 10.6% 100.0%
Village (200 – 1499- 51.2% 24.4% 24.4% 61.1% 25.4% 13.5% 100.0%
Town (1500 – 2999) 66.7% 22.1% 11.2% 68.7% 23.3% 8.0% 100.0%
Town (3000 – 4999) 42.9% 32.5% 24.6% 50.2% 40.9% 8.9% 100.0%
Town (5000 – 9999) 30.7% 32.3% 37.0% 51.2% 34.7% 14.1% 100.0%
Town (1000 +) 45.4% 20.8% 33.8% 33.8% 30.0% 36.2% 100.0%
Waterford * 38.5% 18.1% 43.5% 34.1% 30.7% 35.2% 100.0%
Galway 37.7% 14.7% 47.7% 40.4% 51.7% 7.9% 100.0%
Limerick 50.4% 9.0% 40.5% 39.5% 15.5% 45.0% 100.0%
Cork 34.1% 24.2% 41.8% 31.9% 13.8% 54.3% 100.0%
Dublin County 13.9% 16.1% 70.0% 3.1% 5.1% 91.8% 100.0%
Dublin City 15.9% 7.1% 76.9% 4.5% 2.0% 93.5% 100.0%
  1. Source: Author Calculations.

Table 7
Industry share.
A B C D E F G H
1996 Q1 12% 7% 1a% 22% 5% 7% 1a% 11%
2011 Q1 5% 5% 13% 29% 5% 11% 20% 12%
1996 Q5 10% 6% 17% 23% 5% 7% 19% 12%
2011 Q5 4% 5% 12% 31% 4% 12% 21% 11%
Mover
Up 2Q + 4% 5% 13% 31% 5% 12% 20% 11%
Down 2Q + 5% 5% 12% 3O% 4% 12% 20% 11%
  1. Source: Author Calculations.

  2. Industry: A – Agriculture, B – Construction, C – Manufacturing, D – Commerce, E – Transport, F – Public Administration, G – Professional Services, H – Other (CSO, 2006).

Table 8
I2 index disposable income by year.
Disposable income 1996 2002 2006 2011
I2 1 1 1 1
Between 0.06 0.07 0.02 0.04
Within 0.94 0.93 0.98 0.96
  1. Source: Author Calculations.

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