Ronan Lyons

For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021)

1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.

www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...

The Housing Theory of Everything strikes again.

I guess I can see a future where the World Cup looks a bit more like UEFA's Nations League or even the way the Euros are going. Part of the punishment for qualifying well/early will be having to host something! (And then one country bids to host the knockouts.)

My theory is that this very important glitch in public economic reasoning stems from the length of time it takes to build homes (and that homes are built when prices are rising).

They'll all be multi country events from now on, I think. Even at the current size. (And even with 64, Ireland will struggle to qualify 😭)

I think the Germans call it Kurzfristigsitzungsausfallbefreiungsgefühl.

People should be restricted to one online opinion a day. That would increase the quality and thought going into each opinion, and reduce the numbers of mindless knee jerk reaction takes spoiling the internet.

There but for the grace of God...

I saw a table earlier that had them on ten. Incredible stuff!

Why new apartment standards won't mean housing more people Half of the households in Ireland have children, yet there is no plan for where, and how, the next generations will live

Ireland has ~1.5 million homes suitable for families. Ireland is very unlikely to ever have more than 0.8m families (with kids under 18).
Unbelievable that anyone paying attention to the housing crisis could have missed that the crisis is/will be for 1-2 person households.
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Thanks - must do the island chart too!

Ireland has overtaken another EU member state, in population, for the first time since joining the EEC back in 1972. At current trends, Ireland will overtake Finland in 2028. (And Scotland maybe in 2027, just about.)

Important evidence on why housing is not like other markets - not because demand and supply don't work but because voters don't believe they do (despite the evidence). Likely key here is the long lag required to get new housing supply v other goods - so extra supply is associated with higher prices.

The latest JEP has an extraordinary set of papers on the economics of housing.

My favorite? The one showing that most people incorrectly believe that increasing housing supply won't lower housing costs.

Subsidizing home-buying is popular even though it raises costs. 🤦

www.aeaweb.org/issues/814

Ralph Wiggem “I’m in danger” meme

*Academics in early August

Happy to bump this 😄

That's fair. FWIW I think he dipped in form a bit but has since picked up again - maybe a little under the radar given the two more spotlight-friendly locks at Leinster this year!

I'm sure you're tired of replies like this but he's probably one of the most underrated top tier players. Leinster almost never lose when he plays (and that includes knockout matches!) - him going off early against La Rochelle in the Dublin final probably the best example.

What is the richest country in the world in 2025? Our annual ranking compares economies in three different ways

Given the CSO's pioneering work to develop true measures of national well-being in a globalized world economy, Ireland can feel a little bit cheated at being left out! For those curious, GNI* in 2024 was 57% of GDP. Following that thru, it would place Ireland ~10th, level with Germany.

Great opportunity to resurface this after nearly two years

You might enjoy this lead news story from Ireland's newspaper of record earlier this week:

'Conditions are set to become “very warm or even hot” in the coming days with temperatures possibly breaching 28 degrees this weekend, said Met Éireann.'

Births weren't officially registered in Ireland until 1864 and then the census returns were burnt in the Four Courts, making it really hard for people in the 1920s/30s to prove their ages to get a pension. The acceptable alternative documentation included dated birthday cards

Beverly Crusher alone on the bridge of the enterprise. Captions: If there's nothing wrong with me...

Beverly Crusher alone on the bridge of the enterprise. Captions: maybe there's something wrong with the universe.

Extremely relatable.

Why do women engage in sex work, especially given the health risks associated with the market?

This paper shows that during a historical recession, the number of sex work establishments rose, suggesting that economic hardship may drive women into the market.

What determines electoral success in Ireland? Evidence from the last 30 years says being a woman reduces re-election chances by ten percentage points. Don't be in the out-going government (unless you're a Senior Minister). And Being Junior Minister, it turns out, does nothing.

And that's ok because the vast majority of additional housing required in all high-income countries is housing for 1-2 person households.

It's all very 1870s New York!

Brian Caulfield: Metrolink is 1,000 days awaiting planning - will it ever be built?

The €15.6 billion in user benefits over 60 years, by a rough calculation, works out to around €700,000 per day in transport user benefits being lost from not having a metro. @businesspost.bsky.social

www.businesspost.ie/politics/bri...

This. 500 times over in central Dublin.

Again and again and again.

The regression table examines factors influencing daily housework hours for women and men, highlighting key findings: - **Female Interviewer:** Women spend more time on housework with a female interviewer, increasing the gender gap. - **Paid Work Time:** More paid work reduces housework time for both genders, more so for men. - **Income:** Higher income correlates with less housework for both. - **Marital Status:** Married women do more housework; married men do less. - **Children:** Having children increases housework for both, with significant effects across all child age groups. - **Interview Length:** Longer interviews slightly increase men's housework time. The model explains 16.7% of the variance for women and 9.09% for men, based on 18,965 individuals and 110,544 observations. (Summarized by mistral)

Interesting paper on effect of interviewer gender on gender gap in reported housework. "women tend to report significantly more hours of housework when interviewed by a woman rather than by a man" link.springer.com/article/10.1...