Editing Celtic Tiger (section)

==== Geography and demographics ====
The [[time zone]] difference<ref>Proinnsias Breathnach. ''[http://www.geog.ubcca/iiccg/papers/Breathnach_P.html Dublin Calling: Globalisation of a Metropolis on the European Periphery.]''{{dead link|date=May 2014}} Department of Geography, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland. Accessed 4 November 2006.</ref> allows Irish and British employees to work the first part of each day while US workers sleep. US firms were drawn to Ireland by cheap wage costs compared to the UK, and by the limited government intervention in business {{clarify|date=August 2018}} compared to other EU members, and particularly to countries in Eastern Europe. Growing stability in Northern Ireland brought about by the [[Good Friday Agreement]] further established Ireland's ability to provide a stable business environment.<ref name="economist1"/><ref>Dermot McAleese. [http://ipac.ca/toronto/news_highlights/fall2001/celtic.htm Miracle of the Celtic Tiger: Learning from Ireland's Success] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623164942/http://ipac.ca/toronto/news_highlights/fall2001/celtic.htm |date=23 June 2007 }}. Accessed 4 November 2006.</ref>

Irish workers can communicate effectively with Americans&nbsp;– especially compared to those in other low-wage,{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} non-English-speaking EU nations, such as Portugal and Spain; this factor was vital {{citation needed|date=August 2018}} to U.S. companies' choosing Ireland for their European headquarters. It has also been argued{{By whom|date=July 2013}} that the [[demographic dividend]] from the rising ratio of workers to dependents due to falling fertility, and increased female labour market participation, increased income per capita.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}}