Download or read book Ireland s Income Distribution in Comparative Perspective written by Timothy M. Smeeding and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most frequently expressed concerns about the unprecedented economic boom that Ireland experienced in the second half of the 1990s has been that the benefits were not shared evenly, that rising living standards were accompanied by widening gaps leaving Ireland with a particularly unequal distribution of income. This paper examines Ireland's income distribution in comparative perspective, and seeks to shed some empirical light on what happened during the boom and how Ireland compares to other rich countries. It begins by using the data from the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) the Luxembourg Income Study to compare Ireland's degree of income inequality with other advanced countries. It then looks in some detail at what alternative sources of survey data suggest about key trends in income inequality in Ireland from 1994 to 2000. Since there is a particular interest in what happened right at the top of the distribution, this is then examined using data from the administration of the income tax system. We conclude that the spectacular economic growth in the past decade has seen the gap in average income between Ireland and the richer OECD countries narrow dramatically. However, this growth has not greatly affected the Irish ranking in terms of income inequality. Ireland remains something an outlier among rich European nations in its high degree of income inequality, though still falling well short of the level seen in the United States. In the end, Ireland's new-found prosperity provides a quot;social dividend,quot; and choices about how it is used will fundamentally affect whether the current high level of income inequality persists into the future.
Download or read book Ireland s Income Distribution in Comparative Perspective written by Brian Nolan and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Income Distribution and Redistribution written by Tim Callan and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Distribution of Income in Ireland written by Brian Nolan and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on 2000 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study uses data from the Living in Ireland surveys carried out by the Economic and Social Research Institute to provide a picture of the distribution of households income in Ireland in the 1990s.
Download or read book Irish Social Expenditure in a Comparative International Context written by Virpi Timonen and published by Combat Poverty Agency. This book was released on 2003 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Irish Economy in a Comparative Institutional Perspective written by Lars Mjøset and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on economic growth and development in Ireland from the 17th century to the 1980s in comparison with five European countries.
Download or read book The Political Economy of Inequality written by Colm O'Reardon and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quality of Life in Ireland written by Tony Fahey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frances Ruane, Director, Economic and Social Research Institute Irish and international scholars continue to be curious about Ireland’s exceptional economic success since the early 1990s. While growth rates peaked at the turn of the millennium, they have since continued at levels that are high by any current international or historical Irish measures. Despite differences of view among Irish economists and policymakers on the relative importance of the factors that have driven growth, there is widespread agreement that the process of globalisation has contributed to Ireland’s economic development. In this context, it is helpful to recognise that globalisation has created huge changes in most developed and developing countries and has been associated, inter alia, with reductions in global income disparity but increased income disparity within individual countries. This book reflects on how, from a social perspective, Ireland has prospered over the past decade. In that period we have effectively moved from being a semi-developed to being a developed economy. While the book’s main focus is on the social changes induced by economic growth, there is also recognition that social change has facilitated economic growth. Although many would regard the past decade as a period when economic and social elements have combined in a virtuous cycle, there is a lingering question as to the extent to which we have better lives now that we are economically ‘better off’.
Download or read book Rich and Poor written by Sara Cantillon and published by Oak Tree Press (Ireland). This book was released on 2001 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich and Poor offers perspectives for a fairer, more inclusive society and will be of particular interest to policymakers, researchers, academics, students, the media and anyone with an interest in issues of equality and fair play. Published in conjunction with the Combat Poverty Agency. Rich and Poor Perspectives on Tackling Inequality in Ireland Poverty is not inevitable. Rich and Poor analyses the reasons behind inequality in Ireland, the structural injustices which enforce it and the vested interests which preserve it. This book is a reasoned analysis with a carefully presented argument for a fairer, more inclusive society, based on justice and human rights. The authors of this wide-ranging study come from different backgrounds and each approaches their topic from a unique perspective, combining theoretical insights with pragmatic, direct proposals. The result is a balanced, comprehensive, challenging but highly readable study of inequality in Ireland today and what can be done to tilt the balance in favour of the disadvantaged. Rich and Poor offers perspectives for a fairer, more inclusive society and will be of particular interest to policymakers, researchers, academics, stud
Download or read book The Great Recession and the Changing Distribution of Economic Stress Across Income Classes and the Life Course in Ireland written by Christopher T. Whelan and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Distribution of Income in the Republic of Ireland written by David B. Rottman and published by Dublin : Economic and Social Research Institute. This book was released on 1982 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research report on social class and the family life cycle in relation to income distribution inequalities in Ireland - uses the 1973 household family budget survey to analyse family income inequality and assess the impact of income distribution policies upon poverty, with particular reference to inequality in social mobility and access to education, family consumer expenditure patterns, etc. Bibliography pp. 183 to 187, graphs and statistical tables.
Download or read book The Distribution of Income in the Republic of Ireland written by David B. Rottman and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Irish Economy in 1967 written by Christopher T. Whelan and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Home Ownership and Social Inequality in Comparative Perspective written by Karin Kurz and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2004-07-09 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cross-national comparative study analyzes the relationship between social inequality and the attainment of home ownership over the life course in 12 countries.
Download or read book The Distribution of Income in Ireland written by Brian Nolan and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quality of Life in Ireland written by Tony Fahey and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frances Ruane, Director, Economic and Social Research Institute Irish and international scholars continue to be curious about Ireland’s exceptional economic success since the early 1990s. While growth rates peaked at the turn of the millennium, they have since continued at levels that are high by any current international or historical Irish measures. Despite differences of view among Irish economists and policymakers on the relative importance of the factors that have driven growth, there is widespread agreement that the process of globalisation has contributed to Ireland’s economic development. In this context, it is helpful to recognise that globalisation has created huge changes in most developed and developing countries and has been associated, inter alia, with reductions in global income disparity but increased income disparity within individual countries. This book reflects on how, from a social perspective, Ireland has prospered over the past decade. In that period we have effectively moved from being a semi-developed to being a developed economy. While the book’s main focus is on the social changes induced by economic growth, there is also recognition that social change has facilitated economic growth. Although many would regard the past decade as a period when economic and social elements have combined in a virtuous cycle, there is a lingering question as to the extent to which we have better lives now that we are economically ‘better off’.
Download or read book Ireland and the Global Question written by Michael J. O'Sullivan and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-12 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ireland has been rated the number one place to live because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of a modern society—the world’s fourth highest GDP per person and low unemployment—with the preservation of certain cozy elements of the old, such as stable family and community life. Michael J. O‘Sullivan presents the globalization of Ireland in a context of international trends in economics, international relations, and politics. His multi-disciplinary approach uncovers many of the weaknesses that lie behind the complacent and clichéd view of the Celtic Tiger. In examining Ireland’s great leap forward from a developing to a postindustrial economy, O‘Sullivan offers valuable lessons to other countries.
