http://hdl.handle.net/2262/62007 2017-11-03T02:41:53Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/62074 Redistribution over the lifetime in the Irish tax-benefit system: an application of a prototype dynamic microsimulation model for Ireland O'Donoghue, Cathal This paper examines the distribution of lifetime income in Ireland. To do this a new prototype dynamic microsimulation model for Ireland is used to generate lifetime income streams. Aggregating over the lifetime we can assess the distribution of lifetime income and the degree of redistribution in the tax-benefit system. In addition to the effect of taxes and benefits, we decompose lifetime income into its components and examine the impact of different life-cycle patterns. 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61908 Reassessing income and deprivation approaches to the measurement of poverty in the Republic of Ireland Layte, Richard; Nolan, Brian; Whelan, Christopher T. This paper reassesses the validity of a poverty measure combining relative income and non-monetary deprivation indicators, first developed and applied to Irish data for 1987, in the light of experience since then and current debates. A crucial issue is whether the measure has failed to capture fundamental changes in livings patterns and expectations. A range of analyses confirm that it continues to identify a set of households experiencing distinctive levels of generalised deprivation, economic strain, psychological distress and exposure to persistent income poverty. 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61833 Eliciting preferences for resource allocation in health care O'Shea, Eamon; Stewart, Jennifer; Donaldson, Cam; Shackley, Phil Willingness-to-pay (WTP) studies are increasingly being used in the evaluation of health care programmes and, although less frequently, for priority setting in health care. The usefulness of willingness-to-pay as a discriminatory tool for priority setting is considered in this paper for three different health care programmes in Ireland: cancer, cardiovascular and community care. While the resulting estimates are consistent with respondents? rankings of the programmes, there is no statistical difference among the three programmes in terms of WTP. In considering marginal changes to existing health care programmes people consider their rankings of the programmes and the existing capacity of each programme. People are also more concerned with the gains to themselves of expanding various health care programmes than with wider issues of access or fairness. Paper presented at the Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Irish Economic Association 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/60005 Technical change and efficiency in Irish agriculture O'Neill, Suzanne; Matthews, Alan This paper calculates average technical efficiency levels and rates of technical change for Irish agriculture using an unbalanced panel of 2,603 farms drawn from the Irish National Farm Survey over the period 1984 to 1998. An average technical efficiency level of between 65 and 70 per cent with a slight upward trend over the period was found. The efficiency of individual farms is positively associated with the size of the farm household, the ratio of debt to assets and the farmer?s age, and negatively related to being located in the West of Ireland, having an off-farm job and size of farm. Technical progress is observed at an unweighted rate of approximately 0.9 per cent and a weighted rate of 2.1 per cent per annum over the 1984-98 period. There is evidence that this rate of growth has been slowing over time. Technical progress was considerably faster on farms in the East of the country compared to Western farms, on larger farms compared to smaller ones, and on dairy and tillage farms compared to cattle and sheep farms. 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z