In section 1, I set out a general perspective on the nature of egalitarianism and relate it to some familiar conceptions of economic equality. In section 2, I argue in keeping with the popular notion of equality that it ...
As a result of Ireland’s accession to the EU, a series of social security reforms establishing equality of treatment of females and males with regard to entitlement to and rate and duration of receipt of unemployment ...
McCarthy, Colm(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2010-07)
Victims of events including road accidents, workplace injuries and medical negligence
are compensated in the Irish legal system through once-off lump-sum awards. In cases
where victims have suffered incapacitating injuries ...
One of the most controversial planning issues internationally is the siting of waste disposal infrastructure in local communities. Compensation is viewed as a possible solution to siting difficulties in many countries. ...
The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs offer disability compensation to servicemembers who are injured while serving on active military duty. This research analyzes features of the military
disability compensation ...
This paper uses cross section data to investigate whether the returns to education vary with the level of ability. Using a measure of cognitive ability based on tests taken at ages 7 and 11 we find, unlike most of the ...