The Emigration of Irish Accountants: Economic Restructuring and Producer Services in the Periphery

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This paper examines emigration patterns among Irish accountants in the context of the growth of an international labour market in highly skilled, professional work. It uses documentary sources and interviews with a sample of young Irish accountants to illustrate how changes in the international nature of accountancy has affected the profession in Ireland and have given rise to a particular kind of career-oriented emigration among accountants. These developments in turn are related to broader changes in the producer services sector of the economy in Ireland and in the way this sector is integrated into the international capitalist economy.

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