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Health and wealth on the roller-voaster : Ireland, 2003 - 2011
Madden, David - 2013
This paper reviews developments in income and health poverty in Ireland over the 2003-2011 period using data from the … poverty fell up to and including 2009, after which this trend is reversed. Health poverty shows less of a trend over the … period though there is some evidence of a reduction in health inequality from 2006. Movements in bi-dimensional poverty are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009744041
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Health and income poverty in Ireland, 2003 - 2006
Madden, David - 2008
income and health poverty. The correlation between income and poverty is examined using the Receiver Operating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723862
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Mind the gap : revisiting the concentration index for overweight
Madden, David - 2017
Much analysis of the socioeconomic gradient of overweight/obesity has involved the calculation of concentration indices for the incidence of these conditions. However this analysis ignores the severity of the conditions, in particular whether there is a gradient to how far are people above the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011736939
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Socio-economic exclusion as a hindrance of economic development : a comparative study for European countries
Lechman, Ewa - 2013
symptoms of human poverty. This implies obstacles in gaining full and free access to education, professional health care …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802045
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Analysing the effects of tax-benefit reforms on income distribution : a decomposition approach
Bargain, Olivier (contributor); Callan, Tim (contributor) - 2007
To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, we suggest a methodology based on counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the tax-benefit structure (rules, rates, etc.),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003616662
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An analysis of mental stress in Ireland, 1994 - 2000
Madden, David (contributor) - 2007
The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is frequently used as a measure of mental well-being with those people with … changes in the proportion unemployed and in the protective effect of income, education and marital status upon mental health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003581430
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Distributional characteristics for Ireland : a note
Madden, David - 2009
The distributional characteristic is a measure which can be used in many applications in social cost-benefit analysis. In the application here, the distributional characteristics of a number of broad aggregates of goods are calculated for Ireland. These calculations can aid in assessing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009725003
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The distributional effects of tax-benefit policies under new labour : a Shapley decomposition
Bargain, Olivier - 2009
Using counterfactual microsimulations, Shapley decompositions of time change in inequality and poverty indices make it possible to disentangle and quantify the relative effect of tax-benefit policy changes, compared to all other effects including shifts in the distribution of market income....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009725006
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The impact of an economic boom on the level and distribution of well-being : Ireland, 1994 - 2001
Madden, David - 2010 - Revised Version: April 2010
The impact of increased affluence on life satisfaction is a matter of some controversy. This paper examines the impact of the recent economic boom in Ireland upon the level and distribution of various domains of well-being. There is evidence of a substantial increase in life satisfaction in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009726074
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A profile of obesity in Ireland, 2002 - 2007
Madden, David - 2010
Using the nationally representative Slan dataset we take a number of approaches to profile the change in obesity in Ireland over the 2002-2007 period. There is no evidence of either first or second order stochastic dominance between the two years. There is evidence that obesity and overweight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009726086