Denny, Kevin(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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
A combination of high deductible health plans (HDHPs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) holds promise for expanding health insurance for small firms. We provide information on HSA take-up and shopping behavior from a 2008 ...
Denny, Kevin(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2010-10)
This paper uses a cross‐country representative sample of Europeans over the
age of 50 to analyse whether individuals’ height is associated with higher or
lower levels of well‐being. Two outcomes are used: a measure of ...
This article compares the heights of 1,000 Irish and English men recruited for service in India by the East India Company in the late 1770s and early 1780s. The height data serves as a guide to determining the economic ...
Honohan, Patrick(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1987-09)
Hicks suggested that a "constitutional weakness" at the long end of the bond market causes long yields to exceed short yields on average. This note argues that such a weakness would be accentuated by inflation and provides ...
This paper incorporates the stylised fact of labour market rationing into an analysis of marginal tax reform in Ireland. In the absence of weak separability between goods and leisure, labour market rationing will have both ...