Abstract: The Good Friday Agreement ended a three decades-long conflict in Northern Ireland. Peace has brought some economic improvements, including lower unemployment, higher wages for low earners and the arrival of new industries. But progress in other areas – particularly productivity – has been limited.
Cite as: Graham Brownlow, David Jordan and John Turner, ‘The Good Friday Agreement at 25: has there been a peace dividend?’, Economics Observatory (April 2023). https://www.economicsobservatory.com/the-good-friday-agreement-at-25-has-there-been-a-peace-dividend.
Media coverage:
- John Campbell, ‘Good Friday Agreement: Has Northern Ireland seen a peace dividend?’, BBC News (3 April 2023). https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-65168297.
- Margaret Canning, ‘Peace dividend from Agreement has been small, say QUB economists’, Belfast Telegraph (3 April 2023). https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/peace-dividend-from-agreement-has-been-small-say-qub-economists/1156607814.html.
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