The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 38, No. 2, Summer/Autumn, 2007http://hdl.handle.net/2262/620262024-03-28T14:58:29Z2024-03-28T14:58:29ZEquity in the utilisation of hospital inpatient services in Ireland? an improved approach to the measurement of health needLayte, Richardhttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/608442018-08-10T14:11:19Z2007-01-01T00:00:00ZEquity in the utilisation of hospital inpatient services in Ireland? an improved approach to the measurement of health need
Layte, Richard
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 was neutral across the income distribution controlling for health status ? i.e., there was essentially equal treatment for equal need irrespective of income. However, the health indicator used in these analyses may not consistently measure health status across income groups. In this paper we combine multiple indicators into a composite `Ill Health Index? and find that the measure used for standardisation has important consequences.
2007-01-01T00:00:00ZUnderstanding the implications of choice of deprivation index for measuring consistent poverty in IrelandWhelan, Christopher T.http://hdl.handle.net/2262/601302018-08-10T14:11:20Z2007-01-01T00:00:00ZUnderstanding the implications of choice of deprivation index for measuring consistent poverty in Ireland
Whelan, Christopher T.
In this paper we make use of the Irish component of the European Union Community
Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) survey for 2004 in order to develop a measure of consistent poverty that overcomes some of the difficulties associated with the original indicators employed as targets in the Irish National Anti-Poverty Strategy. Our analysis leads us to propose a set of basic deprivation items that covers a broader range than the original set and provides a more reliable and valid measure. Consistent poverty measures incorporating the revised basic deprivation measure and adopting a threshold of two or more items provide similar estimates of levels of poverty to the original measure. The new broader measure is more strongly associated with current income, surrogates for permanent income and subjective economic pressures. Furthermore, by constructing a consistent poverty typology we are able to demonstrate that when we contrast those defined as poor when employing the new 11-item index but not the 8-item one with those for whom the opposite is true the former display a multidimensional deprivation profile that is substantially less favourable. The accumulated evidence supports the view that the revised consistent poverty measures, which combine a threshold of two or more items on the broader basic deprivation index comprising the 11-item index available in EU-SILC with income poverty, identify those exposed to generalised deprivation arising from lack of resources. This revised deprivation threshold taken together with being below 60 per cent of median income has now been adopted as the official consistent poverty measure in the Irish National Action Plan for Social Inclusion.
2007-01-01T00:00:00ZAn environmental input?output model for IrelandO'Doherty, JoeTol, Richard S. J.http://hdl.handle.net/2262/600192018-08-10T14:11:19Z2007-01-01T00:00:00ZAn environmental input?output model for Ireland
O'Doherty, Joe; Tol, Richard S. J.
This paper is presented in two parts. The first part demonstrates an environmental
input-output model for Ireland for the year 2000. Selected emissions are given a monetary value on the basis of benefit-transfer. This modelling procedure reveals that certain sectors pollute more than others ? even when normalised by the sectoral value added. Mining, agriculture, metal production and construction stand out as the dirtiest industries. On average, however, each sector adds more value than it does environmental damage. The second part uses the results of this input-output model ? as well as historical data ? to forecast emissions, waste and water use out to 2020. The growth in emissions of fluorinated gases and carbon monoxide and the growth of hazardous industrial waste exceed economic growth. Other emissions grow more slowly than the economy. Emissions of acid rain gases (SO2, NOx and NH3) will decrease, even if the economy grows rapidly.
2007-01-01T00:00:00ZManagement research on multinational corporations: a methodological critiqueMcDonnell, AnthonyLavelle, JonathanGunnigle, PatrickCollings, David G.http://hdl.handle.net/2262/590202018-08-10T14:10:01Z2007-01-01T00:00:00ZManagement research on multinational corporations: a methodological critique
McDonnell, Anthony; Lavelle, Jonathan; Gunnigle, Patrick; Collings, David G.
In the context of burgeoning research on multinational corporations (MNCs), this paper
addresses the issue of the representativeness of databases of MNCs in Ireland. It identifies some important deficiencies in existing databases much used by scholars in the field. Drawing on the international literature, it finds that this problem also characterises research on MNCs in many other countries. In the Irish context, we find that the extant empirical research has generally excluded two key categories of MNCs, namely, (a) foreign MNCs which are not grant-aided by the main industrial promotions agencies and (b) Irish-owned MNCs. The paper outlines our experience in identifying and addressing these deficiencies and describes the methods that might be employed in more precisely defining the MNC population in Ireland. More generally the paper reviews some of the issues and obstacles confronting scholars investigating the MNC sector in Ireland and abroad.
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