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now well established. Research across a large number of developed and wealthy countries, including Ireland, has shown that …) than more advantaged individuals. Research for Ireland for the period 1989-1991 indicated that men in the unskilled manual …
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decision of school leavers to proceed to higher education in Ireland, while also controlling for a range of individual level … for higher education policy in Ireland, especially in relation to equity of access and the design of the maintenance grant …
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cultivation. In this paper, we use data from the first wave of the Growing Up in Ireland longitudinal study to consider how both …
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about inequality and its effects. We examine how the distribution of income in Ireland has evolved over the years 2008 to …
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Carbon taxes increase the cost of necessary household energy expenditures. In many developed countries, carbon taxes are regressive as they comprise a greater proportion of a poorer household's income. Certain socioeconomic groups are more negatively affected by these impacts than others. While...
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general health status). In this paper, we use detailed cross-sectional micro-data on two cohorts of children in Ireland (aged …'s highest level of education, we find only limited support for the contention that the SES gradient in child health in Ireland …
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This paper provides updated estimates for the scale of fuel poverty in the Republic of Ireland using two measures: one … price changes, outlines policies in place in Ireland and other countries, and discusses policy issues. …
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market. I simulate the wholesale electricity markets of Great Britain and the island of Ireland for 2005. I find that in … order for the two markets to be integrated in 2005, additional interconnection would have to be large. The amount of … competition in Ireland, the less competitive of the two markets. Finally, it is unlikely that private investors will pay for the …
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Ireland is provided. Second, the analysis undertaken by Barrett and McCarthy (forthcoming) of earnings of immigrants in … Ireland is updated. Third, the earnings of immigrant women are assessed to see if they experience a “double disadvantage … less than comparable natives employees in 2005. For immigrants from non-English speaking countries, the wage disadvantage …
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This paper uses new data from EU-SILC for twenty-six European countries to examine the structure and distribution of material deprivation in the enlarged EU. We identify three distinct dimensions of material deprivation relating to consumption, household facilities and neighbourhood environment,...
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