In this paper we use the first full wave of the Irish component of the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions survey to evaluate conflicting interpretations of levels and patterns of material deprivation in Ireland after the Celtic Tiger. Radical critics of Irish economic policies have...

The Dynamics of Economic Vulnerability: A Comparative European Analysis

CONTENTS: Social Expenditure in Ireland and Other European OECD Countries: Past Trends and Prospective Developments M. Maguire Efficiency and Control of Irish Medical Care Expenditures A D Tussing Adjustment to Retirement: Economic and Social Influences C T Whelan and B J Whelan Contributory...

At risk of poverty indicators based on relative income measures suggest within the enlarged EU that societies located at quite different points on a continuum of affluence have similar levels of poverty. Substantial differences in levels of income between societies do not in themselves...