The Foundation for Fiscal Studies presents the annual Miriam Hederman O’Brien Prize to recognise outstanding contributors in the area of Irish fiscal, economic and social policy. The aim is to recognise those whose work contributes to informed discussion of key fiscal, economic and social policy issues.
Each year, nominations are invited for work that has added to the public knowledge or understanding in areas such as taxation, public expenditure and other related fiscal policy topics. The Prize aims to recognise work that focuses on practical problems rather than abstract puzzles, that raise questions about how policy impacts and might improve outcomes, or shed light on issues that really matter to the future of Ireland as a society as well as an economy.
PAST WINNERS
2022
The Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare
Members and Secretariat
2021
The SAFE-PSC-MyGovID Framework for Public Service Identity Management
Ciaran Judge, Ita McGennis
Impact of Demographic Change on Health Expenditure
Clara Lindberg, Tiago McCarthy
2020
The Potential Costs and Distributional Effect of COVID-19
Keelin Byrne, Karina Doorley, Mark Regan, Barra Roantree, Dora Ruda – ESRI
The Development of a Nowcasting Methodology to Quantify the Distributional Effect of the Pandemic
Cathal O’Donoghue, John McHale – NUIG, Denis M Sologan, Iryna Kyzyma
2019
Kelly De Bruin, Aykut Mert Yakut
2018
Patterns of Firm Level Productivity in Ireland
Javier Papa, Luke Rehill, Brendan O’Connor
Lifting the Lid: The Private Financing of Motorway PPPs in Ireland
Donal Palcic, Eoin Reeves, Anne Stafford
2017
Supporting Pension Contributions Through the Tax System: Outcomes, Costs and Examining Reform
Micheál Collins, Gerard Hughes
2016
Modelling Higher Education Financing Reform for Ireland
Bruce Chapman, Aedin Doris
2015
The Financial Crisis in Ireland and Government Revenues
Rónán Hickey, Diarmaid Smyth – Central Bank of Ireland
2014
Effective Rates of Corporation Tax in Ireland
Seamus Coffey, Kate Levey
2013
Gerard Brady – IBEC