Get the latest tech news

Is Ireland's productivity boom real or 'artificial'?

Irelands hosts many multinational companies which makes calculating its true productivity difficult.

Dr Emma Howard, economist at the Technological University of Dublin, says Ireland is a "unique" example globally, as the high concentration of multinational firms helps to boost productivity figures. Ireland is attractive to multinationals for a number of reasons including its low corporation tax rate, Dr Howard says. We also have a much higher proportion of STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] graduates than our EU counterparts," says Dr Howard.

Get the Android app