Browsing Economic and Social Review by Author "Layte, Richard"
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Are Classroom Internet Use and Academic Performance Higher after Government Broadband Subsidies to Primary Schools?
Hyland, Marie; Layte, Richard; Lyons, Seán; McCoy, Selina; Silles, Mary (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2015) -
Did the Celtic Tiger decrease socio-economic differentials in perinatal mortality in Ireland?
Layte, Richard; Clyne, Barbara (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2010)Irish perinatal mortality rates have been falling steadily for a number of decades but evidence from the 1980s showed pronounced differentials in mortality rates across socio-economic groups. Between 1995 and 2006 Irish ... -
Equity in the utilisation of health care in Ireland
Layte, Richard; Nolan, Brian (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2004)This paper analyses the extent of equity of health service delivery across the income distribution in Ireland ? that is the extent to which there is equal treatment for equal need irrespective of income. We find that ... -
Equity in the utilisation of hospital inpatient services in Ireland? an improved approach to the measurement of health need
Layte, Richard (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2007)The complex interweaving of public and private provision in Irish hospitals has led to concerns that hospital care is not available to all on the basis of need alone. Previous research on Irish hospitals found that utilisation ... -
Exploring Trends in the Rate of Caesarean Section in Ireland 1999-2007
Brick, Aoife; Layte, Richard (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2011)This paper explores levels and trends in the prevalence of Caesarean section delivery in Ireland between 1999 and 2007. Over this period the Caesarean section rate for singleton births in Ireland increased by over one ... -
Reassessing income and deprivation approaches to the measurement of poverty in the Republic of Ireland
Layte, Richard; Nolan, Brian; Whelan, Christopher T. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2001)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 ... -
Socio-economic Differentials in Male Mortality in Ireland 1984-2008
Layte, Richard; Nolan, Anne (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2016)The presence of pronounced inequalities in mortality and life expectancy across income, education and social groups has long been a “stylized fact” of demography. Research across a large number of developed and wealthy ... -
Temporary jobs in Ireland: does class influence job quality?
Layte, Richard; O'Connell, Philip J.; Russell, Helen (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2008)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 ... -
Unemployment, welfare benefits and the financial incentive to work
Layte, Richard; Callan, Tim (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2001)Although disincentive effects associated with payments have been regulaly found in research in the US and UK, the UK research is disputed and effects have been notable by their absence in studies from Continental Europe. ...