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Obesity and employment in Ireland : moving beyond BMI

Mosca, Irene - 2012

I use data from the first wave of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) to investigate the impact of obesity … this correlation are sensitive to the definition of obesity. Factors other than socioeconomic characteristics and health …

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Socioeconomic inequalities in child health in Ireland

Layte, Richard; Nolan, Anne - 2013

There is extensive empirical evidence on the link between socio-economic status (SES) and child health outcomes. However, there is some international evidence that the SES gradient in child health is weaker for objective indicators of child health (e.g., anthropometric measures such as height)...

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Comparing expert and public perceptions of the obesity epidemic in 3 countries

Robertson, Deirdre A.; Andersson, Ylva; Lavin, Ciarán; … - 2023

The "obesogenic environment" contributes to the global obesity epidemic. However, many believe that obesity is caused …, consequences and severity of obesity compared to an expert sample. We describe an experiment to assess whether describing the … obesity within its historical context brings public perceptions closer to experts. We find significant differences between …

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The climate preferences of Irish tourists by purpose of travel

Lyons, Seán (contributor); Mayor, Karen (contributor); … - 2008

We estimate a pooled travel model for the destination choice of tourists from the Republic of Ireland in 2006. We distinguish between holidaymakers (further split into travelling with children, elderly, and other), visitors to family, visitors to friends, business travellers and other...

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Using a census to assess the reliability of a national household survey for migration research : the case of Ireland

Barrett, Alan (contributor); Kelly, Elish (contributor) - 2008

Much research has been conducted on immigration into Ireland in recent years using data from the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS), the official source for labour market data in Ireland. As it is known that the QNHS undercounts immigrants in Ireland, a concern exists over whether the...

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The misperception of inflation by Irish consumers

Duffy, David (contributor); Lunn, Pete (contributor) - 2008

How people perceive and forecast inflation has the potential to impact on a range of economic outcomes. We reveal large, systematic overestimation of inflation by Irish consumers, which varies by social group. In contrast to previous work in this area, our models suggest the upward bias and the...

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Fuel poverty in Ireland : extent, affected groups and policy issues

Scott, Susan; Lyons, Sean; Keane, Claire; McCarthy, Donald - 2008

This paper provides updated estimates for the scale of fuel poverty in the Republic of Ireland using two measures: one based on fuel expenditure as a share of income and the other based on self-reported deprivation. It also presents modelling results as to the characteristics of households most...

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Poverty in Ireland in comparative European perspective

Whelan, Christopher T. (contributor); … - 2008

In this paper we seek to put Irish poverty rates in a comparative European context. We do so in a context whereby the Irish economic boom and EU enlargement have led to increasing reservations being expressed regarding rates deriving from the EU ‘at risk of poverty’ indicator. Our...

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The impact of wage bargaining regime on firm-level competitiveness and wage inequality : the case of Ireland

McGuinness, Séamus (contributor); Kelly, Elish (contributor) - 2008

This paper uses a linked employer-employee dataset to analyse the impact of institutional wage bargaining regimes on levels of average labour costs and within firm wage dispersion in private sector companies in Ireland. The results show that while centralised bargaining reduced labour costs...

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Resonances from economic development for current economic policymaking

Ruane, Frances P. (contributor) - 2008

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