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The Irish border and Northern Ireland will be 100 on 3 May. This week at @EconObservatory we marked partition with a series of articles which looked at the economics and economic history of N. Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. #NI100 #partition
The week kicked off with @DoranAine @ClioChris and Alan Fernihough looking at the Great Irish Famine https://www.economicsobservatory.com/the-great-irish-famine-what-are-the-lessons-for-policy-makers-today
Then @eoinaldo looked at the economic consequences of Irish independence. He drew out some interesting lessons for Scottish independence. https://www.economicsobservatory.com/what-were-the-economic-consequences-of-irish-independence
@GrahamBrownlow wrote a very insightful piece on the economic legacy of Northern Ireland's Troubles https://www.economicsobservatory.com/what-is-the-economic-legacy-of-northern-irelands-troubles
Graham's piece was followed by @DJordan_Econ looking at NI's long-standing problem of low productivity https://www.economicsobservatory.com/what-explains-northern-irelands-long-standing-problem-of-low-productivity
The final piece of the week was looking at the lessons from Ireland's economy over the past century. @ciaranmcasey @alandebromhead and Robin Adams suggest that EU accession was the major turning point for the Irish economy https://www.economicsobservatory.com/irelands-economy-since-independence-what-lessons-from-the-past-100-years
I finished the week with an overview of the pieces and some perspectives on #Brexit and the resignation of @DUPleader https://www.economicsobservatory.com/northern-ireland-at-100
Thanks to everyone at the @EconObservatory for all their help getting these articles edited and published - @econromesh @charlie_meyrick and Ashley. @EconObservatory is supported by @ESRC
The @EconObservatory has published several other pieces on the NI economy
@Karenbonner88 and @stevepollardni looked at the effect of #covid19 on entrepreneurs in NI https://www.economicsobservatory.com/how-is-covid-19-affecting-entrepreneurs-and-small-firms-in-northern-ireland
@GrahamBrownlow and Esmond Birnie have looked at the effect of #covid19 on the NI economy https://www.economicsobservatory.com/update-what-has-been-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-northern-irelands-economy
Back in January when supermarkets were having supply issues because of the NI Protocol, @davidbogle1 and @DJordan_Econ wrote a great explainer https://www.economicsobservatory.com/why-are-supermarket-shelves-in-northern-ireland-empty
