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  <title>EconStor Community: UCD School of Economics, University College Dublin (UCD)</title>
  <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295" />
  <subtitle>UCD School of Economics, University College Dublin (UCD)</subtitle>
  <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295</id>
  <updated>2026-05-04T17:23:53Z</updated>
  <dc:date>2026-05-04T17:23:53Z</dc:date>
  <entry>
    <title>What moves the needle? A comparative study on adoption preferences of clean energy technologies in Irish households</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/337199" />
    <author>
      <name>Kumar, Pranay</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Li, Na</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Wheatley, Joseph</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Ryan, Lisa</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/337199</id>
    <updated>2026-02-27T10:38:47Z</updated>
    <published>2026-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: What moves the needle? A comparative study on adoption preferences of clean energy technologies in Irish households
Authors: Kumar, Pranay; Li, Na; Wheatley, Joseph; Ryan, Lisa
Abstract: In this article, we compare adoption preferences for three important clean energy technologies-rooftop solar PV, heat pumps and electric vehicles using primary data from a nationally representative household survey in Ireland. The survey questionnaire explored a wide range of techno-economic, behavioural, socio-demographic and building attributes of 1225 residential energy consumers. In our two-step analysis, we first identify four latent behavioural variables, namely, progressive attitude, behavioural inertia, peer effects and hassle factors using confirmatory factor analysis within a structural equation modelling framework. Next, we compare the role, extent and direction of identified behavioural and socio-demographic factors underlying actual adoption and stated preferences of households towards CETs, while controlling for external attributes using a mix of binomial and ordinal regression models. Our findings suggest that actual adoption of CETs varies widely among households despite their stated preferences and perceptions of potential benefits. It also reveals a significant association between the latent behavioural factors, such as progressive attitude and peer effects with adoption preference for CETs. However, the relationships between the behavioural factors and adoption preferences appear to be moderated by the annual income, education level and age group of respondents in a non-linear manner, requiring further research. Further, the perceptions of hassle and discomfort appear to be acting in opposite direction to the generally favourable progressive attitudes towards adoption preferences for solar PVs and heat pumps. Our study supplements the contemporary literature on CET adoption preferences in residential households and provides useful insights for better informed policy decisions.</summary>
    <dc:date>2026-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Confident, but undervalued: Evidence from the irish economic association conference</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322429" />
    <author>
      <name>Samahita, Margaret</name>
    </author>
    <author>
      <name>Zanella, Martina</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322429</id>
    <updated>2025-07-31T06:27:36Z</updated>
    <published>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: Confident, but undervalued: Evidence from the irish economic association conference
Authors: Samahita, Margaret; Zanella, Martina
Abstract: This paper examines the gender influence gap in an academic setting, focusing on the Irish Economic Association (IEA) Conference review process. Using data from 2017 to 2023, we analyze whether organizers follow the recommendations of male and female reviewers equally and whether any difference can be attributed to a gender gap in the confidence of reviewers. Our findings reveal that organizers' decisions more closely align with male reviewers', particularly when the reviewer's confidence is high and when they have experience in the profession. The influence gap cannot be explained by female reviewers being less confident than males, which is the traditional explanation in the literature. Contrary to expectations, female reviewers report higher confidence than males. We explore potential mechanisms and find suggestive evidence that female reviewers strategically overstate their confidence in anticipation of discriminatory treatment by organizers.</summary>
    <dc:date>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What factors are associated with the decline in young people's mental health during the early stages of the Covid pandemic?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322410" />
    <author>
      <name>Madden, David</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322410</id>
    <updated>2025-07-31T06:27:31Z</updated>
    <published>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: What factors are associated with the decline in young people's mental health during the early stages of the Covid pandemic?
Authors: Madden, David
Abstract: The Covid pandemic arrived in Ireland on February 29, 2020. In the following weeks various restrictions were introduced to stem the spread of the disease. Anxiety over the spread of the disease and over the restrictions introduced led to concerns regarding mental health. This paper uses the special Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) survey of young adults aged around 23 in December 2020 to examines the change in mental health compared to the last pre-Covid GUI survey, wave 4. In particular, it applies machine learning (ML) techniques to examine what variables are associated with the transition into depression between the two surveys. Mental health problems in wave 4 are found to play the most significant role with little effect for socioeconomic variables.</summary>
    <dc:date>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The gambler's ruin with asymmetric payoffs</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322409" />
    <author>
      <name>Whelan, Karl</name>
    </author>
    <id>https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322409</id>
    <updated>2025-07-31T06:27:29Z</updated>
    <published>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <summary type="text">Title: The gambler's ruin with asymmetric payoffs
Authors: Whelan, Karl
Abstract: The gambler's ruin is usually presented as a repeated game where the gambler can either win or lose one unit. We examine cases where the profits from winning gambles are multiple times the stake at risk, with the expected profit per gamble being either zero, positive or negative. For positive value games with an equal expected return per gamble, we show that higher winning payoffs imply higher probabilities of ruin and lower average final wealth. The opposite results apply for negative value games. For fair games with zero expected profit, probabilities of ruin are generally (but not always) close to the ratio of starting wealth to target wealth (the ruin rate in the symmetric game) but ruin rates converge faster for games with higher winning payoffs.</summary>
    <dc:date>2025-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
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