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The socioeconomic gradient of obesity in Ireland

Madden, David - 2010

rather than decreased obesity amongst the less well-off. A decomposition of the concentration indices suggest that the …

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Gender differences in mental well-being: A decomposition analysis

Madden, David - 2008

decomposition techniques to Irish data for 1994 and 2000 to examine the factors lying behind the gender differences in GHQ score …

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A profile of obesity in Ireland, 2002 - 2007

Madden, David - 2010

body mass index rather than a change in the shape of the distribution. Finally a semi-parametric decomposition of the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292878

Clarifying Poverty Decomposition

Müller, Adrian - 2008

I discuss how poverty decomposition methods relate to integral approximation, which ultimately is the foundation of … every decomposition of the temporal change of a quantity into key drivers. This offers a common framework for the different … decomposition methods used in the literature, clarifies their often somewhat unclear theoretical underpinning and identifies the …

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Country inequality rankings and conversion schemes

Schröder, Carsten; Bönke, Timm - 2012

sensitivity of country inequality rankings to conversion schemes and explain the finding by means of inequality decomposition. A …

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A Decomposition of Multidimensional Economic Well-being: an application to Spanish regions

Perez-Mayo, Jesus; Díaz-Caro, Carlos - 2015

The aim of this paper is to analyze the evolution of well-being changes due to, on one side, the changes in the weighting scheme and, on the other, changes in the indicators along the time. An alternative methodology is proposed in this paper that allows one to decompose a multidimensional index...

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Changes in Income Distributions and the Role of Tax-Benefit Policy During the Great Recession: An International Perspective

Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - 2013

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely France, Germany, the UK and Ireland, and the contribution of tax and benefit policy changes. The period examined, 2008 to 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear...

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Changes in income distribution and the role of tax-benefit policy during the great recession: An international perspective

Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - 2013

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Changes in BMI in a cohort of Irish children: Some decompositions and counterfactuals

Madden, David - 2018

characteristics. The decomposition is carried out over the whole of the distribution, with a particular focus on the upper percentiles … and a number of different decomposition techniques are applied and compared. The overall increase in BMI at higher …

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Explaining cross-state earnings inequality differentials in India: An RIF decomposition approach

Gradín, Carlos - 2018

Despite the relevance of geographical disparities in India, earnings inequality occurs mostly within states, but with a broad range of variability in its levels. We investigate the sources of such variability using RIF decompositions of the inequality gaps between most populous states and India....

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