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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1996-06)This paper analyses inequality in Ireland via a decomposition of the Gini coefficient by source of income. Using data from the Irish Household Budget Survey of 1987, seventeen components of disposable income are identified ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-02)This paper reviews methods for studying dominance and inequality in health economics. It concentrates on “pure inequality” as opposed to inequality which is related to income or some other measure of household resources. ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Social Justice, 2012-08)In this paper we use the framework developed in Equality: From Theory to Action to review some recent empirical research into caring relationships. This research shows that even within the context of care, inequality is ...
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(TASC at New Island, 2005)Text of a presentation to the Democracy Commission contained in Appendix 5 Papers presented to the Democracy Commission of the final report.
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(University College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change, 2002-02)Variables typically used to measure inequality (e.g., wage earnings, household income or expenditure), are often plagued by nonrandom item nonresponse. Ignoring non-respondents or making (often untestable) assumptions on ...
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(Institute for the Study of Labor, 2002-02)In this paper we estimate the impact of transition on earnings inequality using data across Polish regions 1994-1997. Our central result is that earnings inequality is higher in regions that are more advanced in restructuring ...
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(Institute for the Study of Labor, 2000-06)Increasing earnings inequality has been an important feature of the US and UK labour markets in recent years. The increase appears to be related to an increased demand for skilled labour and an increase in the returns to ...
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(Elsevier Science, 2003)About half of all vacancies are filled through networks of personal contact. We consider the Arrow–Loury conjecture that such labor market networks exacerbate inequality. Our central result is that referral networks display ...
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(NUI Maynooth. Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting, 1998-04)Over the last 10-15 years female labour force participation rates have increased substantially in Ireland. At the same time there has been a large increase in wage inequality but a decline in total household income ...
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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2010-02)Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s skills and capabilities begin early in life and can have detrimental effects on future success in school. The present study examines the relationships between school readiness and ...