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The measurement of child costs : evidence from Ireland

Bargain, Olivier; Gbakou, Monnet; Donni, Olivier - 2010

We apply an extension of the Rothbarth approach to estimate the share of household resources accruing to children (i.e., the cost of children) in Ireland. The method also allows us to identify the economies of scale in the household and indifference scales in Lewbel (2003)'s sense. A practical...

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From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger : early life conditions and adult health in Ireland

Delaney, Liam; McGovern, Mark E.; Smith, James P. - 2009

We use data from the Irish census and exploit regional and temporal variation in infant mortality rates over the 20th century to examine effects of early life conditions on later life health. Our main identification is public health interventions which eliminated the Irish urban infant mortality...

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Breaking the cycle of deprivation : an experimental evaluation of an early childhood intervention

Doyle, Orla - 2012

Deprivation early in life has multiple long term consequences for both the individual and society. An increasing body of evidence finds that targeted, early interventions aimed at at-risk children and their families can reduce socioeconomic inequalities in children's skills and capabilities....

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The relationship between low birthweight and socioeconomic status in Ireland

Madden, David - 2012

There is now fairly substantial evidence of a socioeconomic gradient in low birthweight for developed countries. The standard summary statistic for this gradient is the concentration index. Using data from the recently published Growing Up in Ireland survey, this paper calculates this index for...

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Child and adolescent obesity in Ireland : a longitudinal perspective

Madden, David - 2016

This paper examines developments in childhood and adolescent obesity in Ireland using two waves of the Growing Up in Ireland survey. Obesity appears to level off between the two waves though there is tentative evidence that the socioeconomic gradient, measured with respect to maternal education...

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Childhood obesity and maternal education in Ireland

Madden, David - 2016

This paper analyses the socioeconomic gradient of chilidhood obesity in Ireland using the Growing Up in Ireland data with three innovations compared to previous work in the area. A different measure of socioeconomic status, maternal education, is employed. In addition, the depth and severity of...

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Bridging the gaps : inequalities in childrens' educational outcomes in Ireland

Madden, David - 2014

Recent developments in the inequality literature has stressed the importance of inequality of opportunity as opposed to inequality of outcome. In this paper we investigate the presence of ex post inequality of opportunity in two measures of educational achievement for a representative sample of...

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The dynamics of multidimensional poverty in a cohort of Irish children

Madden, David - 2021

This paper examines multidimensional poverty for three waves of a cohort of Irish children ranging from ages 9 to 17. Poverty is measured over the dimensions of health, education and family resources and both unidimensional and multidimensional poverty is examined. Both show a clear gradient...

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Measuring investment in human capital formation : an experimental analysis of early life outcomes

Doyle, Orla; Harmon, Colm; Heckman, James J.; Logue, … - 2013

examine the impact of investment between utero to 18 months of age on a range of parental and child outcomes. Using the … program impact is concentrated on parental behaviors and the home environment, with little impact on child development at this … relatively short timeframe, yet continued investment may be required to observe direct effects on child development. While …

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The socioeconomic gradient of cognitive test scores : evidence from two cohorts of Irish children

Madden, David - 2020

There is a well-established socioeconomic gradient in cognitive test scores for children. This gradient emerges at very early ages and there is also some evidence that it can widen as children age. We investigate this phenomenon with two longitudinal cohorts of Irish children who take such tests...

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