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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2013-05)This paper reviews developments in income and health poverty in Ireland over the 2003-2011 period using data from the Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC). It also examines developments in the correlation between ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2013-03)The paper is an extended review of two recent books on the Great Chinese Famine of 1959-61.
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2013-03)To combat growing levels of obesity, health related taxes have been suggested with taxes on foods high in fat or sugar. Such taxes have been criticised on the basis of their regressivity and potentially adverse impact ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2013-03)Cannibalism is one of our darkest secrets and taboos. It is the ultimate measure of the resilience or otherwise of civilizational processes to extreme conditions. How common was cannibalism in times of famine in the past? ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2013-02)Using the nationally representative Slan dataset of 2007 we analyse the relationship between self-reported and measured BMI. We find that self-reported BMI significantly underestimates obesity rates and suggest that the ...