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Growing richer and taller : explaining change in the distribution of child nutritional status during Vietnam's economic boom

O'Donnell, Owen; López Nicolás, Ángel; Van … - 2006

covariates. This is done using data from the 1993 and 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys and a flexible decomposition …

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Health and wealth on the roller-voaster : Ireland, 2003 - 2011

Madden, David - 2013

This paper reviews developments in income and health poverty in Ireland over the 2003-2011 period using data from the Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC). It also examines developments in the correlation between the two. Income poverty fell up to and including 2009, after which this...

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The impact of an economic boom on the level and distribution of well-being : Ireland, 1994 - 2001

Madden, David - 2010 - Revised Version: April 2010

The impact of increased affluence on life satisfaction is a matter of some controversy. This paper examines the impact of the recent economic boom in Ireland upon the level and distribution of various domains of well-being. There is evidence of a substantial increase in life satisfaction in the...

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Health, Wealth and Inequality : A Contribution to the Debate About the Relationship between Inequality and Health

Carson, Scott Alan - 2021

The relationship between material inequality and health is the subject of considerable debate, and may depend on how the relationship is defined. This paper uses stature as its measure for cumulative health outcomes to illustrate that the 19th century relationship between material inequality and...

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The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on socioeconomic inequality in psychological distress in the UK

Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2021

psychological distress, measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), before (Waves 9 and the Interim 2019 Wave) and during … months. Also, there was a systematic increase in total inequality in the Likert GHQ-12 score. However, measures of relative … socioeconomic inequality have not increased. A Shapley-Shorrocks decomposition analysis shows that during the peak of the first wave …

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The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on inequality of opportunity in psychological distress in the UK

Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2020

Health Questionnaire (GHQ), before (Wave 9) and at the initial peak (April 2020) of the pandemic. Based on a Caseness measure … systematic increase in total inequality in the Likert GHQ-12 score. However, measures of IOp have not increased. Specifically … is, to some extent, a leveller as far as psychological distress is considered. A Shapley-Shorrocks decomposition analysis …

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The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on socioeconomic inequality in psychological distress in the UK: an update

Gao, Xiaoying; Davillas, Apostolos; Jones, Andrew M. - 2021

by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), to include the second national lockdown up to March 2021. …

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Changes in income distribution and the role of tax-benefit policy during the great recession : an international perspective

Bargain, Olivier; Callan, Tim; Doorley, Karina; Keane, … - 2013

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely France, Germany, the UK and Ireland, and the contribution of tax and benefit policy changes. The period examined, 2008 to 2010, was one of great economic turmoil, yet it is unclear...

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Poorest made poorer? : decomposing income losses at the bottom of the income distribution during the Great Recession

Savage, Michael - 2016

the largest proportional anonymous losses in income in the bottom decile between 2007 and 2010, a decomposition is … changes in the composition of the bottom decile (the "movers" effect). An additional decomposition of the resulting change in …

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Explaining cross-state earnings inequality differentials in India : an RIF decomposition approach

Gradín, Carlos - 2018

Despite the relevance of geographical disparities in India, earnings inequality occurs mostly within states, but with a broad range of variability in its levels. We investigate the sources of such variability using RIF decompositions of the inequality gaps between most populous states and India....

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