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Unemployment - stage of stigma? Being unemployed during and economic boom

Smyth, Emer - 2007

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An analysis of the impact oof age and proximity of death on health care costs in Ireland

Layte, Richard - 2007

Research has shown that older individuals are far more likely to avail of health care and there is concern in a number of countries that the trend toward population ageing may mean that health care expenditures increase to unsustainable levels. However, there is a growing body of evidence that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290554

Acting up or opting out? Truancy in Irish secondary schools

Darmody, Merike; Smyth, Emer; McCoy, Selina - 2007

This paper explores the way in which truancy levels are structured by individual social class and the social mix of the school within the Republic of Ireland. Drawing on a national survey of young people, truancy levels are found to be higher among working-class and Traveller students. Truancy...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290558

The earnings of immigrants in Ireland: Results from the 2005 EU survey of income and living conditions

Barrett, Alan; McCarthy, Yvonne - 2007

This paper has three objectives. First, a review of the developing body of work on the economics of immigration in Ireland is provided. Second, the analysis undertaken by Barrett and McCarthy (forthcoming) of earnings of immigrants in Ireland is updated. Third, the earnings of immigrant women...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290560

Analysing the effects of tax-benefit reforms on income distribution: A decomposition approach

Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim - 2007

To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, we suggest a decomposition methodology based on counterfactual simulations. First, it provides an absolute measure of the impact of tax-benefit changes on inequality, which combines changes in policy structure...

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Do consultation charges deter general practitioner use among older people? A natural experiment

Layte, Richard; McGee, Hannah; O'Hanlon, Ann - 2007

experiment of the influence of economic incentives on GP visiting. Methods: Social surveys (N=937 in 2000 & N=1053 in 2004) were … both the overall probability of attending the GP and the frequency of visiting in the previous year. Results: 93% in 2000 … 1% between 2000 and 2004, the proportion aged 70 to 74 increased by 4.6%; those 75 to 79 increased by 6.3%; those aged …

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The public/private mix in Irish acute public hospitals: Trends and implications

O'Reilly, Jacqueline; Wiley, Miriam M. - 2007

The public/private mix in Irish health care is nowhere more evident than in the acute hospital system where both public and private patients can be treated in public hospitals by the same consultant. By undertaking new analyses of data from the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry Scheme, this study...

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The housing tenure of immigrants in Ireland: Some preliminary analysis

Duffy, David - 2007

A feature of the Irish economy in recent years has been the high net flow of people into the country. The analysis compares owner-occupancy by natives and immigrants in 1995 and 2004. The results show that immigrants have higher headship rates than the native population but have a much lower...

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Real interest parity in the EU and the consequences for euro area membership: Panel data evidence, 1979 - 2005

O'Brien, Martin - 2007

This paper examines whether macroeconomic convergence is an automatic outcome of forming a currency union by combining an analysis of real interest parity (RIP) in the EU with the argument for the endogeneity of the Optimum Currency Area (OCA) criteria. Using the DF-GLS and the CIPS* panel unit...

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Where do MNEs expand production: Location choices of the pharmaceutical industry in Europe after 1992

Ruane, Frances P.; Zhang, Xiaheng - 2007

Differences in regulations, technical standards and national medical cultures across EU member states created a highly segmented pharmaceutical market in Europe prior to the implementation of the Single Market Programme. The subsequent reduction in non-tariff barriers to trade would be expected...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290578