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Browsing Economics Working Papers & Policy Papers, 1982 -- August 2011 by Title
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2008-01)The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is frequently used as a measure of mental well-being. A consistent pattern across countries is that women report lower levels of mental well-being, as measured by the GHQ. This paper ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2005-05)Past population dynamics in Africa have remained largely elusive due to the lack of demographic data. Researchers are understandably deterred from trying to explain what is not known and African historical population ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2005-11)The interplay between factor endowments,institutionl development and economic performance has received considerable attention in recent years. This paper exploits the importance of geographic factors and institutional ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2007-05)Recent years have seen a significant improvement in the economic performance of some African countries. The resulting increased dispersion in income levels across Africa, combined with the pertinence of detecting regional ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2010-04)Did global imbalances cause the financial crisis? A number of influential figures have argued that inflows of foreign capital into the US due to the current account deficit helped to trigger the crisis. This paper argues ...
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(University College Dublin. School of EconomicsUniversity College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2002-08-18)This paper reviews some puzzling economic aspects of globalisation and argues that they cannot be satisfactorily addressed in perfectly or monopolistically competitive models. Drawing on recent work, a model of oligopoly ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1992-01)
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1991)
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1990)
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2004-12)In Ireland, approximately 30 per cent of the population (“medical cardholders”) receive free GP services while the remainder (“non-medical cardholders”) must pay for each visit. In 1989, the manner in which GPs were ...
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(University College Dublin; Centre for Economic Research, 2004-01)Research linking food prices and excess mortality has a long history in applied economics and economic history. It goes back to 1766, when Jean-Baptiste de la Michodière was the first to use empirical data to argue for a ...
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(University College Dublin, School of Economics, 1997)
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2006-05)This paper offers a theoretical explanation for the determination of exchange rates under specific conditions which can/could be found in some OECD and newly industrialised countries. In an Obstfeld (1994) framework extended ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2005-09)This paper analyses data from the Irish Household Budget Surveys of 1987, 1994 and 1999 to examine the evolution of inequality of income and expenditure over that period. The paper calculates Lorenz and Generalised Lorenz ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1990)This paper examines a two-way interaction between trade liberalization and economic growth. Through dynamic increasing returns to specialization, international trade can increase world growth rates. But growth, through ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2008-05-21)This paper uses a new large population survey from twelve European countries to measure the association between handedness and depression. It is found that that depressive symptoms are significantly higher amongst left-handed ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1995-01)
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2008-07)Recent advances in the measurement of bi-dimensional poverty are applied to a measure of poverty which incorporates income and health poverty. The correlation between income and poverty is examined using the Receiver ...
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(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1989-11)
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(University College Dublin; School of Economics, 2006-11)The near elderly are a vulnerable segment of the population with high-expected medical expenses. Individuals who retire before Medicare eligibility may lose employer provided health insurance, and may face a potentially ...
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