http://hdl.handle.net/2262/62029 2017-11-03T02:52:55Z 2017-11-03T02:52:55Z Whelan, Christopher T. Maitre, Bertrand http://hdl.handle.net/2262/60843 2016-09-09T18:48:28Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

?New? and ?old? social risks: life cycle and social class perspectives on social exclusion in Ireland Whelan, Christopher T.; Maitre, Bertrand The life cycle concept has come to have considerable prominence in Irish social policy debate. However, this has occurred without any systematic effort to link its usage to the broader literature relating to the concept. Nor has there been any detailed consideration of how we should set about operationalising the concept. In this paper we argue the need for ?macro? life cycle perspectives that have been influenced by recent challenges to the welfare state to be combined with ?micro? perspectives focusing on the dynamic and multidimensional nature of social exclusion. We make use of Irish EU-SILC 2005 data in developing a life cycle schema and considering its relationship to a range of indicators of social exclusion. At the European level renewed interest in the life cycle concept is associated with the increasing emphasis on the distinction between ?new? and ?old? social risks and the notion that the former are more ?individualised?. Inequality and poverty rather than being differentially distributed between social classes are thought to vary between phases in the average work life. Our findings suggest the ?death of social class? thesis is greatly overblown. A more accurate appreciation of the importance of new and old social risks requires that we systematically investigate the manner in which factors such as social class and the life cycle interact.

2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Layte, Richard O'Connell, Philip J. Russell, Helen http://hdl.handle.net/2262/58991 2016-09-09T18:17:04Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Temporary jobs in Ireland: does class influence job quality? Layte, Richard; O'Connell, Philip J.; Russell, Helen Fixed term and casual employment have become increasingly common in OECD countries in the last decade. Research suggests that non-permanent contracts are associated with lower job quality. This paper examines differentials in three indicators of job quality in Ireland: hourly wage, probability of training and level of autonomy. The paper also examines four hypotheses on job quality derived from transaction cost and insider-outsider theories which suggest an important interaction between social class position, non-permanent employment andjob quality. Results show that fixed term and casual contracts are associated with lower earnings, less training and lower autonomy.

2008-01-01T00:00:00Z O Riain, Sean O Grada, Cormac Kuhling, Carmen McCall, Leslie http://hdl.handle.net/2262/58937 2016-09-09T18:48:29Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Review Symposium of 'Best of times? the social impact of the Celtic Tiger' / edited by Tony Fahey, Helen Russell, Christopher T. Whelan. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 2007. O Riain, Sean; O Grada, Cormac; Kuhling, Carmen; McCall, Leslie Socio-economic change in Ireland has long been tracked by research at the Economic and Social Research Institute, and from time to time, has been punctuated by volumes from the ESRI that seek to review the evidence on the character of that transformation. Best of Times? provides an assessment of the social impact of the Celtic Tiger years, drawing on the research of ESRI authors along with a number of colleagues from other institutions. Such a significant review of the recent changes in Irish economy and society seemed to the editors to merit extended discussion here in The Economic and Social Review. Reviewers were chosen to provide a mix of disciplinary backgrounds, of Irish and international institutional affiliations, and of broad perspectives on the social transformations and consequences of the Celtic Tiger boom. Best of Times? has been re-published in recent months as Fahey, T., H. Russell and C. T. Whelan (eds.), 2008. Quality of Life in Ireland: Social Impact of Economic Boom, Springer. Review Symposium

2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Newman, Carol Delaney, Liam Nolan, Brian http://hdl.handle.net/2262/58932 2016-09-09T18:17:05Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dynamic model of the relationship between income and financial satisfaction: evidence from Ireland Newman, Carol; Delaney, Liam; Nolan, Brian The link between income and subjective satisfaction with one?s financial situation is explored in this paper using a panel analysis of 1,998 individuals tracked through the course of the boom period in Ireland, 1994-2001. A dynamic ordered probit model which incorporates state dependence and controls for correlated individual effects and the initial conditions problem is applied. The impact of the level of household income, the time-path of income and deviations of individual income from reference group income and household income are all considered. To the extent that income influences financial satisfaction, there is strong evidence from this paper that the level of household income has the most important effect but this effect is lessened once persistence in the data is controlled for and is diminishing at higher income levels. Controlling for income and socio-economic characteristics, the positive deviations of household income from reference group income are found to have a positive effect on financial satisfaction as are positive deviations of individual income from household income.

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