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 …There is extensive empirical evidence on the link between socio-economic status (SES) and child health outcomes …

Using data from a large-scale survey of employees in Ireland, we estimate the extent to which people who have emigrated … from Ireland and returned earn more relative to comparable people who have never lived abroad. In so doing, we are testing …

-year-old immigrant children from different national groups using data from the child cohort of the Growing Up in Ireland … unequally distributed across different groups of children, including those from immigrant backgrounds. The impact of parents …' and their children's cultural capital on student grades and educational ambitions has been identified in both longitudinal …

It is well established that cultural and economic resources imparted to children vary significantly by social class … cultivation. In this paper, we use data from the first wave of the Growing Up in Ireland longitudinal study to consider how both … social class and gender influence the level and type of out-of-school activities in which children engage. Moreover, we …

educational needs and the role of parental educational expectations in shaping these outcomes, using data from Ireland's national … longitudinal study of children. The analysis takes account of a diversity of student and family characteristics as well as the …

lower social class families in Ireland during the late 1940s and 1950s had a statistically significant positive effect on … their self-reported health in later life. I also find that the increased level of schooling had a statistically significant … disease, self-rated mental health, smoking behaviour or self-reported and objectively measured memory although there is a high …

Vegetarianism is increasing in the western world. Anecdotally, this trend can be attributed to heightened health … Ireland. Using the 2007 Survey of Lifestyles, Attitudes and Nutrition, we use a logit model to assess the relationship between … paper to estimate the determinants of vegetarianism and partial vegetarianism in Ireland. …