Browsing by Author "Whelan, Christopher T."
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Class inequalities in educational attainment among the adult population in the Republic of Ireland
Whelan, Christopher T.; Hannan, Damian F. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1999)Substantial increases in participation rates at secondary and third level in recent years have often been assumed to be associated with increased equality of opportunity. However, there is little evidence from elsewhere ... -
Comparing poverty indicators in an enlarged EU
Whelan, Christopher T.; Maître, Bertrand (Economic and Social Research InstituteIE, 2008-11-13) -
Cúrsaí Oibre agus Bochtaineachta in Éirinn, 2004 - 2010
Watson, Dorothy; Maître, Bertrand; Whelan, Christopher T. (Department of Social Protection. Social Inclusion DivisionIE, 2012-12) -
Equality of opportunity in Irish schools - a reassessment
Whelan, Christopher T.; Whelan, Brendan J. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1985)In a recent publication, we examined the available evidence on social mobility in the Republic of Ireland. Our contention that substantial inequalities exist conflicts sharply with the conclusion of Greaney and Kellaghan ... -
Identifying economically vulnerable groups as the economic crisis emerged
Whelan, Christopher T.; Maitre, Bertrand (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2010)A frequent refrain during recent debates on welfare cuts and tax increases has related to the need to ?protect the vulnerable?. However, it is far from clear that a consensus exists on which individuals or groups are to ... -
Mapping patterns of multiple deprivation using self-organising maps : an application to EU-SILC data for Ireland
Pisati, Maurizio; Whelan, Christopher T.; Lucchini, Mario; Maitre, Bertrand (Economic and Social Research InstituteIE, 2009-03-31) -
Monitoring Poverty Trends: Data from the 1997 Living in Ireland Survey
WILLIAMS, JAMES; Callan, Tim; Layte, Richard; Nolan, Brian; Watson, Dorothy; Whelan, Christopher T.; Maître, Bertrand (Stationery Office and Combat Poverty Agency, 1999) -
?New? and ?old? social risks: life cycle and social class perspectives on social exclusion in Ireland
Whelan, Christopher T.; Maitre, Bertrand (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2008)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. ... -
Poverty Dynamics of Social Risk Groups in the EU: an analysis of the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, 2005 to 2014
Watson, Dorothy; Grotti, Raffaele; Bertrand, Maître; Whelan, Christopher T. (Department of Social Protection. Social Inclusion Division, ESRIIE, 2018-01-31) -
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 ... -
Social mobility in Ireland in the 1990s: evidence from the 1994 Living in Ireland Survey
Whelan, Christopher T. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1999)In this paper we seek to update findings relating to class mobility outcomes and processes in the Republic of Ireland employing data from the Living in Ireland Survey which was carried out in 1994. We also provide an ... -
Social Risk and Social Class Patterns in Poverty and Quality of Life in Ireland : An Analysis of the CSO Survey on Income and Living Conditions, 2004 to 2013
Watson, Dorothy; Maître, Bertrand; Whelan, Christopher T.; Russell, Helen (Department of Social Protection. Social Inclusion DivisionIE, 2016-11)This study examines poverty and deprivation trends over the period 2004 to 2013, from economic boom through recession to early recovery. The analysis shows that poverty and deprivation fell significantly during the boom ... -
Social Risk and Social Class Patterns in Poverty and Quality of Life in Ireland, 2004 - 2013
Watson, Dorothy; Maître, Bertrand; Whelan, Christopher T.; Russell, Helen (Department of Social Protection ; Economic and Social Research InstituteIE, 2016-11)This research briefing summarises the findings from a report examining poverty and deprivation trends over the ten-year period 2004 to 2013. It looks at patterns across social classes, and the life-course, during the boom, ... -
Technical Paper on Measurement of Multidimensional Quality of Life in Ireland : An analysis of the Central Statistics Office (CSO) Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) Special Quality of Life Module 2013
Watson, Dorothy; Maître, Bertrand; Whelan, Christopher T.; Russell, Helen (Department of Social Protection. Social Inclusion DivisionIE, 2016-07)In this paper we develop a multidimensional Quality of Life (QoL) index using the Alkire and Foster methodology (2007, 2011a and b, Alkire et al., 2015) and the 2013 EU-SILC data for Ireland. The Index is composed of 11 ... -
Technical Paper on Poverty Transitions in Ireland : An Analysis of the longitudinal Central Statistics Office (CSO) Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), 2004-2015
Grotti, Raffaele; Watson, Dorothy; Maître, Bertrand; Whelan, Christopher T. (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. Social Inclusion DivisionIE, 2017-12-07) -
The development of an Irish census-based social class scale
O'Hare, Aileen; Whelan, Christopher T.; Commins, Patrick (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1991)This paper outlines the reasons for, and steps taken, to develop an Irish census-based social class scale. The willing participation of the Central Statistics Office in reorganising its occupational categories to devise ... -
The impact of realistic and illusory control on psychological distress: A test of the model of instrumental realism
Whelan, Christopher T. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)This paper explores the relationship between sense of control and psychological distress. Rather than providing evidence for the view that rejection of responsibility for outcomes has a beneficial effect on the mental ... -
The role of sense of control and social support in mediating the impact of psychological distress: a test of the hypothesis of functional substitution
Whelan, Christopher T. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)The purpose of this paper is to examine the manner in which beliefs relating to sense of control and perceived social support mediate the impact of objective circumstances on psychological distress. In particular it focuses ... -
Trends in Economic Stress and the Great Recession in Ireland
Maître, Bertrand; Russell, Helen; Whelan, Christopher T. (Department of Social Protection. Social Inclusion DivisionIE, 2014-04) -
Trends in economic vulnerability in the Republic of Ireland
Whelan, Christopher T.; Nolan, Brian; Maitre, Bertrand (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2006)In this paper we evaluate trends in levels of economic vulnerability in Ireland during the period 1994-2001. We also document changes in the consequences of such vulnerability for social exclusion and in the social demographic ...