This paper analyses the determinants of self-reported health in Ireland, conditioning selfreported health on a set of socio-economic, labour market and social capital variables. Ireland has the highest self-reported health ...
Durkan, Joe(Economic and Social Research Institute, 1992)
This paper argues that centralised bargaining as practiced in Ireland added to wage inflationary pressure as: the focus of centralised bargaining was the preservation of good industrial relations; the processs of wage ...
In an observational learning environment rational agents may mimic the actions of the predecessors even when their own signal suggests the opposite. In case early movers’ signals happen to be incorrect society may settle ...
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 ...
Changes in collective categories of identity are at the core of social transformation. The causal linkages between identity change, institutional change and change in modes of practice are, however, complex. Developing and ...
This paper reviews Irish evidence on the link between
socioeconomic factors and various measures of mental stress and well-being.
The paper reviews both cross-section and time-series studies and finds that
of all ...
Using the nationally representative Slan dataset we calculate
concentration indices for the incidence of obesity for men and women. We
finder higher concentration indices for women than for men, but we also
find that ...
This study examined the effects of education, income, and wealth on medical care expenditures in two Medicare managed care plans. The study also sought to elucidate the pathways through which socioeconomic status (SES) ...
Despite the widespread popularity of the Solow growth model, much of the recent empirical work based on the classic framework misrepresents a crucial feature of the model. Namely, the growth rate of technological progress, ...
Despite the widespread popularity of the Solow growth model, much of the recent empirical work based on the classic framework misrepresents a crucial feature of the model. Namely, the growth rate of technological progress, ...
Denny, Kevin(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-08-01)
The Trivers Willard hypothesis – that higher maternal quality is associated with a higher sex ratio – is tested using a large population survey from 12 European countries. Several outcomes are studied, the proportion of ...