This paper undertakes an exploratory examination of the factors that affect where patients receive treatment from Irish acute public hospitals, with particular regard to the influence of patients’ public/private status. National univariate statistics indicate that private discharged patients...

"Youth transitions to employment in Europe are increasingly protracted, precarious and differentiated by gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Examining employment transitions affected by the family and migration the authors argue for an integrated analysis of the sphere of economic...