Browsing Economic and Social Review by Subject "Gender"

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    • Gender and voter appeal in Irish elections, 1948-1997 

      O'Kelly, Michael (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2000)
      In general elections in the Republic of Ireland 1948-1997, female candidates have received on average a lower proportion of first-preference votes than males. This disparity between male and female candidates is worsening ...

    • Gender equity as policy paradigm in the Irish educational policy process 

      O'Sullivan, Denis (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1999)
      The construct of policy paradigm is used to analyse how the proposition that Irish education is a gendered phenomenon has been conceptualized, communicated, reflected in educational policy and acted upon in practice. ...

    • Inter-industry wage differentials and the gender wage gap: evidence from European countries 

      Gannon, Brenda; Plasman, Robert; Rycx, Francois; Tojerow, Ilan (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2007)
      This study analyses the interaction between inter-industry wage differentials and the gender wage gap in six European countries using a unique harmonised matched employer-employee data set, the 1995 European Structure of ...

    • Ireland: a man?s world? 

      O'Connor, Pat (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2000)
      This article starts from the position that gender is crucial in understanding Irish society. Using Connell?s concept of the patriarchal dividend, and drawing on a variety of relevant literature, it explores its existence ...

    • Is there a wage premium for returning Irish migrants? 

      Barrett, Alan; O'Connell, Philip J. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2001)
      Higher rates of economic growth in recent years have led Ireland from being a country characterised by emigration to one where population inflows have become an important issue. This paper contains an analysis of one ...

    • Mobility and gender at the top tail of the earnings distribution 

      Finnie, Ross; Irvine, Ian (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2006)
      The increasing share of the top fractile in the earnings distributions of several Anglo- Saxon heritage economies since the 1970s has been dramatic, and well documented. To date, however, little is known about the ...