The objective of this paper is to investigate socio-economic mortality differentials for men aged between 15 and 69 in Ireland, using years of potential life lost (YPLL) as a measure of premature mortality.

This paper analyses the problem of the urban poor in India from a primarily macro-economic perspective, tracing the origins of their economic status to their low share in the factor earnings generated in individual industries. A macro-economic model then simulates the implications for them of a...