Ireland survey, this paper calculates this index for low birthweight arising from preterm and intrauterine …-growth-retardation. It also carries out a decomposition of this index for the different sources of low birthweight and finds that income … conditions appear to be more relevant for IUGR. The application of the standard Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition also indicates that …

-data on Irish and Scottish children, we find that the distribution of GP care in Ireland favours those on lower incomes (i …. Focusing just on children who pay for GP care in Ireland, we find some evidence for a significant 'pro-rich' distribution of GP …

Party politics in Ireland has been characterised as politics without a social base. This paper calculates political … concentration indices for party support in Ireland showing how support for a particular party is concentrated according to …

spectrum is quantified using the concentration index methodology. A subsequent multivariate decomposition quantifies the …

-data on Irish and Scottish children, we find that the distribution of GP care in Ireland favours those on lower incomes (i …. Focusing just on children who pay for GP care in Ireland, we find some evidence for a significant 'pro-rich' distribution of GP …

A recent paper by Madden used concentration indices to examine the bases of party support in Ireland in the 2011 …

Using data from the Growing Up in Ireland Covid survey, this study examines the evolution of mental health as measured …