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A woman’s place - female participation in the Irish labour market
(2009)
Russell, Helen; McGinnity, Frances; Callan, Tim; Keane, Claire
A woman’s place - female participation in the Irish labour market
(2009)
Russell, Helen; McGinnity, Frances; Callan, Tim; Keane, Claire
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This study investigates changes in women’s participation in the Irish labour market between 1997 and 2007. The period was marked by strong economic growth, rapid labour market expansion, including a large increase in migrant workers, and significant changes in a number of key policy areas (for example, extensions to maternity leave, the introduction of parental leave, and the establishment of the National Minimum Wage). There were substantial changes in the level and nature of women’s labour market participation over this period, and these are the major focus for the current research. The report draws on a wide range of data-sources and research studies to evaluate the nature of these changes in participation, the factors driving change and the consequences for gender equality in the labour market and its wider social implications.
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/86135
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Economic stress and the great recession in Ireland: polarization, individualization or 'middle class squeeze'?
(2014)
Maitre, Bertrand; Russell, Helen; Whelan, Christopher T.
Economic stress and the great recession in Ireland: polarization, individualization or 'middle class squeeze'?
(2014)
Maitre, Bertrand; Russell, Helen; Whelan, Christopher T.
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Following an unprecedented boom that attracted the label 'Celtic Tiger', since 2008 Ireland has experienced the most severe economic and labour market crisis since the foundation of the State. The rapid deterioration in the labour market, alongside stringent austerity measures, had a widespread impact. Considerable debate persists as to where the heaviest burden has fallen. Conventional measures of income poverty and inequality have a limited capacity to capture the impact of the recession. This is exacerbated by a dramatic increase in the scale of debt problems. Our analysis, which focuses on economic stress, provides no evidence for individualization or class polarization. Instead we find that while economic stress level are highly stratified in class terms in both boom and bust periods, the changing impact of class is highly contingent on life course stage. The affluent income class remained largely insulated from the experience of economic stress, however, it saw its a...
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/5658
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Economic Vulnerability and Severity of Debt Problems: An Analysis of the Irish EU-SILC 2008
(2011)
MAITRE, BERTRAND; RUSSELL, HELEN
Economic Vulnerability and Severity of Debt Problems: An Analysis of the Irish EU-SILC 2008
(2011)
MAITRE, BERTRAND; RUSSELL, HELEN
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In this paper, using Ireland, where debt issues are of particular salience as a test case, we seek to understand the extent to which the measures currently employed as national indicators of poverty and social exclusion succeed in capturing over-indebtedness and, more broadly, severity of debt problems. Our analysis reveals a clear gradient with predictive ability increasing sharply as one moves from `at risk of poverty? to consistent poverty and finally economic vulnerability indicators. In relation to debt problems, the key distinction is between the just under one in five households defined as economically vulnerable and all others. Financial exclusion, relating to access to a bank account and a credit card, was found to increase debt levels. However, such effects were modest. The impact of economic vulnerability seems to be largely a consequence of its relationship to a wide range of socio-economic attributes and circumstances. The manner in which a potential debt crisis unfolds...
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/64058
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Equality and Discrimination: Lessons from a Research Programme and a Conference
(2011)
MC GINNITY, FRANCES; RUSSELL, HELEN
Equality and Discrimination: Lessons from a Research Programme and a Conference
(2011)
MC GINNITY, FRANCES; RUSSELL, HELEN
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Despite legislation outlawing discrimination across the EU, inequalities between groups appear to be an enduring feature of Irish and European societies. The extent to which inequality is due to discrimination is a matter of continuing debate and controversy. Accurately measuring discrimination is therefore a crucial yet challenging task. This has been a central focus of a research programme on equality and discrimination carried out by the Economic and Social Research Institute and the Equality Authority since 2006, and was the theme of the conference `Making Equality Count? held in Dublin in June 2010. Drawing on economics, sociology and social psychology, the book from the conference, Making Equality Count, highlights advances that have been made in the measurement of discrimination, as well as the range of evidence that has been accumulated on this topic in recent decades. Here we give a flavour of the measurement issues and the salient findings from the book
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/57630
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Experience of Discrimination in Ireland: Analysis of the QNHS Equality Module
(2009)
Russell, Helen; Quinn, Emma; King O'Riain, Rebecca; McGinnity, Frances
Experience of Discrimination in Ireland: Analysis of the QNHS Equality Module
(2009)
Russell, Helen; Quinn, Emma; King O'Riain, Rebecca; McGinnity, Frances
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This study examines the subjective experience of discrimination across the adult population in Ireland. The research is based on analysis of the special module on Equality, which was included in the Quarterly National Household Survey in 2004. The survey examines reported discrimination in work, job search, and in seven service domains (e.g. financial services, health services, shops/pubs and restaurants). It highlights particular social groups and particular social institutions/context in which levels of perceived discrimination are high.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/2873/
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Family formation in Ireland, trends, data, needs and implications: report to the Family Affairs Unit, Department of Social Community and Family Affairs.
(2001)
Fahey, Tony; Russell, Helen
Family formation in Ireland, trends, data, needs and implications: report to the Family Affairs Unit, Department of Social Community and Family Affairs.
(2001)
Fahey, Tony; Russell, Helen
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This timely repon is the latest published under the Government's Families Research Programme, which I initiated in 1999 to assist in the funding of research projects which have the ability to inform the future development of aspects of public policy which relate to families and family services. Recent decades have seen a number of changes in the patterns of family formation in Ireland. Principal among these changes has been the increase in non-marital childbearing and cohabitation, the fannation of new family types through marriage breakdown, and the decline in family size. However, while individual topics have received some attention there has been linle systematic research on general patterns of family formation in Ireland and their evolution. Dermot Ahern. T.D.
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/575179
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Gender Inequalities in time use the distribution of caring, housework and employment among women and men in Ireland
(2008)
McGinnity, Frances; Russell, Helen
Gender Inequalities in time use the distribution of caring, housework and employment among women and men in Ireland
(2008)
McGinnity, Frances; Russell, Helen
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This report is the second publication arising from the “Research Programme on Equality and Discrimination” which is being carried out by the ESRI on behalf of the Equality Authority. This examination of time-use data from the Irish National Time- Use Survey conducted in 2005 seeks to contribute to a deeper understanding of gender equality in Ireland. It examines the distribution of paid and unpaid work between men and women, the differences in the total workloads of women and men and the division of labour within couples.
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/76678
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Introduction: Making Equality Count
(2010)
RUSSELL, HELEN; MC GINNITY, FRANCES
Introduction: Making Equality Count
(2010)
RUSSELL, HELEN; MC GINNITY, FRANCES
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In spite of legislation outlawing discrimination across the EU, inequalities between groups appear to be an enduring feature of Irish and European societies. To what extent inequality is due to discrimination is a matter of continuing debate and controversy. Accurately measuring discrimination is therefore a crucial task, that is nonetheless very challenging. This has been a central task of a research programme on equality and discrimination carried out by the Economic and Social Research Institute and the Equality Authority, and was the theme of the conference `Making Equality Count? held in Dublin in June 2010.
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/50608
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Multiple disadvantage in Ireland an equality analysis of Census 2006
(2012)
Watson, Dorothy; Lunn, Pete; Quinn, Emma; Russell, Helen
Multiple disadvantage in Ireland an equality analysis of Census 2006
(2012)
Watson, Dorothy; Lunn, Pete; Quinn, Emma; Russell, Helen
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The goal of this report is to examine the risk of disadvantage associated with the nine grounds on the basis of which unequal treatment is prohibited under the Equality Acts: gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race and membership of the Traveller community. This comprehensive analysis is made possible by access to the full Census 2006 Research Micro-data File. For the first time in Ireland, we are able to examine the consequences of group membership across all of these categories in a single study. Unlike most national surveys, there are enough members of small groups such as Travellers, other ethnic minorities and religious minorities to compare their situations with those of more advantaged groups. Also, unlike most national surveys, which must be concerned with issues of coverage and response, the census coverage of different groups in the population is as complete as it can be. Finally, we were able to investigate whether member...
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/220532
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Multiple Disadvantage in Ireland: An Equality Analysis of Census 2006
(2012)
WATSON, DOROTHY; LUNN, PETE; QUINN, EMMA; RUSSELL, HELEN
Multiple Disadvantage in Ireland: An Equality Analysis of Census 2006
(2012)
WATSON, DOROTHY; LUNN, PETE; QUINN, EMMA; RUSSELL, HELEN
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This report draws on the full 2006 Census microdata file to examine the effects of belonging to groups who are disadvantaged according to the nine grounds identified in Equality Legislation (gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race and membership of the Traveller community). It examines the impact of group membership on five different outcomes: low education, non-participation in the labour market, unemployment, lower social class and lack of access to a car. It also illustrates the impact of belonging to more than one disadvantaged group.
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/66965
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Non-Cash Benefits and Poverty in Ireland
(2009)
Nolan, Brian; Russell, Helen
Non-Cash Benefits and Poverty in Ireland
(2009)
Nolan, Brian; Russell, Helen
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This paper addresses the question of whether Non-Cash benefits significantly affect the estimated poverty rates. It carefully considers how the benefits could be measured and concluded that there is relatively little change in overall poverty levels when non-cash benefits are valued and included in the estimation procedure. However, since the benefits are strongly targeted towards the elderly rather than towards other groups of welfare recipients, their inclusion does matter in determining the relative poverty status of different groups.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1024
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Persistent at-risk-of-poverty in Ireland: an analysis of the survey on income and living conditions 2005-2008
(2011)
Maître, Bertrand; Russell, Helen; Watson, Dorothy
Persistent at-risk-of-poverty in Ireland: an analysis of the survey on income and living conditions 2005-2008
(2011)
Maître, Bertrand; Russell, Helen; Watson, Dorothy
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Poverty is a multi-faceted phenomenon, influenced by a wide range of socio-economic processes, and the characteristics of a population identified as poor can be quite heterogeneous. Poverty is also an ongoing process rather than a static position. These features of poverty represent a real challenge to policy makers in any attempt to identify the most appropriate and efficient policy responses. Individual and household poverty is very often measured at one point in time. This is the approach which is taken with cross-sectional analysis of poverty. While cross-sectional analysis of poverty is extremely important, it still constitutes a snapshot of a situation at a precise point of time. By excluding the time dimension, this approach limits our understanding of poverty since it cannot assess the duration of poverty, transitions into and out of poverty, nor the effect of people’s previous experience of poverty and the influential role it plays on current (and future) poverty outcomes. ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/251792
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Pregnancy and employment: a literature review
(2011)
Russell, Helen; Banks, Joanne
Pregnancy and employment: a literature review
(2011)
Russell, Helen; Banks, Joanne
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This literature review forms part of a major new research study on women’s experiences in the workplace during and after pregnancy, commissioned by the HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme and the Equality Authority. In addition to this review the research involved a study of pregnancy discrimination cases in the Equality Tribunal and Labour Court, 1999 – 2008 (Banks & Russell, 2011) and a nationwide survey of 2,300 working mothers (Russell, Watson, Banks, forthcoming). The broad objective of the research project was to investigate the influence of pregnancy and childbirth on women’s employment experiences, including an assessment of pregnancy-related discrimination in Ireland, and how these experiences are shaped by organisational factors and women’s attitudes and characteristics. While there is a very substantial literature on the impact of childbearing on women’s employment careers and on the transitions back into work, these studies focus on the period after childbirth and rarely ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/143537
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Pregnancy and employment: A literature review
(2011)
Russell, Helen; Banks, Joanne
Pregnancy and employment: A literature review
(2011)
Russell, Helen; Banks, Joanne
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This literature review forms part of a major new research study on women’s experiences in the workplace during and after pregnancy, commissioned by the HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme and the Equality Authority. In addition to this review the research involved a study of pregnancy discrimination cases in the Equality Tribunal and Labour Court, 1999 – 2008 (Banks & Russell, 2011) and a nationwide survey of 2,300 working mothers (Russell, Watson, Banks, forthcoming). The broad objective of the research project was to investigate the influence of pregnancy and childbirth on women’s employment experiences, including an assessment of pregnancy-related discrimination in Ireland, and how these experiences are shaped by organisational factors and women’s attitudes and characteristics. While there is a very substantial literature on the impact of childbearing on women’s employment careers and on the transitions back into work, these studies focus on the period after childbirth and rarely ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/305190
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Pregnancy at work: a national survey
(2011)
Russell, Helen; Watson, Dorothy; Banks, Joanne
Pregnancy at work: a national survey
(2011)
Russell, Helen; Watson, Dorothy; Banks, Joanne
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The aim of this study is to fill the gap in knowledge around women’s experiences in paid work in Ireland during pregnancy and after childbirth using data from the first nationally representative survey of mothers. The survey was conducted in the autumn of 2009 and involved mothers who had given birth between July 2007 and June 2009.
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/135412
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Pregnancy at work: a national survey
(2011)
Russell, Helen; Watson, Dorothy; Banks, Joanne
Pregnancy at work: a national survey
(2011)
Russell, Helen; Watson, Dorothy; Banks, Joanne
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The aim of this study is to fill the gap in knowledge around women’s experiences in paid work in Ireland during pregnancy and after childbirth using data from the first nationally representative survey of mothers. The survey was conducted in the autumn of 2009 and involved mothers who had given birth between July 2007 and June 2009. The six main objectives of the study are: • To investigate women’s experiences of pregnancy at work with a view to assessing levels of pregnancy-related discrimination in Ireland. • To shed light on the job and organisational factors that influence the likelihood of unfair treatment of women during pregnancy, in order to identify the organisational practices that minimise unfair treatment and to assist in the development and targeting of supports and policy interventions. • To examine the impact of experiences at work during pregnancy on crisis pregnancy (experiencing the pregnancy as emotionally traumatic or a personal crisis). • To assess the take-up o...
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/304914
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Pregnancy discrimination in the workplace: Legal framework and review of legal decisions 1999 to 2008
(2011)
Banks, Joanne; Russell, Helen
Pregnancy discrimination in the workplace: Legal framework and review of legal decisions 1999 to 2008
(2011)
Banks, Joanne; Russell, Helen
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The experience of being in employment while pregnant or returning to work after having a child is not well researched in Ireland or indeed internationally. This report forms part of a major new research study on women’s experiences in the workplace during and after pregnancy commissioned by the HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme and the Equality Authority. In addition to this report, the research involved a literature review examining a range of literature on pregnancy at work (Russell & Banks, 2011) and a nationwide survey of 2,300 women who gave birth between July 2007 and June 2009 (Russell, Watson, Banks, forthcoming). The broad objective of the research was to investigate the influence of pregnancy and childbirth on women’s employment experiences, including an assessment of pregnancy-related discrimination in Ireland, and how these experiences are shaped by organisational factors and women’s attitudes and characteristics. Studies in Ireland and in other countries show that a si...
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/305197
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Pregnancy discrimination in the workplace: legal framework and review of legal decisions 1999 to 2008
(2011)
Banks, Joanne; Russell, Helen
Pregnancy discrimination in the workplace: legal framework and review of legal decisions 1999 to 2008
(2011)
Banks, Joanne; Russell, Helen
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The experience of being in employment while pregnant or returning to work after having a child is not well researched in Ireland or indeed internationally. This report forms part of a major new research study on women’s experiences in the workplace during and after pregnancy commissioned by the HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme and the Equality Authority. In addition to this report, the research involved a literature review examining a range of literature on pregnancy at work (Russell & Banks, 2011) and a nationwide survey of 2,300 women who gave birth between July 2007 and June 2009 (Russell, Watson, Banks, forthcoming). The broad objective of the research was to investigate the influence of pregnancy and childbirth on women’s employment experiences, including an assessment of pregnancy-related discrimination in Ireland, and how these experiences are shaped by organisational factors and women’s attitudes and characteristics.
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/135439
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Temporary jobs in Ireland: does class influence job quality?
(2008)
Layte, Richard; O'Connell, Philip J.; Russell, Helen
Temporary jobs in Ireland: does class influence job quality?
(2008)
Layte, Richard; O'Connell, Philip J.; Russell, Helen
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Fixed term and casual employment have become increasingly common in OECD countries in the last decade. Research suggests that non-permanent contracts are associated with lower job quality. This paper examines differentials in three indicators of job quality in Ireland: hourly wage, probability of training and level of autonomy. The paper also examines four hypotheses on job quality derived from transaction cost and insider-outsider theories which suggest an important interaction between social class position, non-permanent employment andjob quality. Results show that fixed term and casual contracts are associated with lower earnings, less training and lower autonomy.
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/58991
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The Changing Workplace
(2011)
WATSON, DOROTHY; O'CONNELL, PHILIP; RUSSELL, HELEN
The Changing Workplace
(2011)
WATSON, DOROTHY; O'CONNELL, PHILIP; RUSSELL, HELEN
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How are Irish workplaces changing? Recent reports give a detailed picture, based on two nationally representative surveys ? one of employers and another of employees ? carried out in 2009. These surveys replicate many aspects of the first national workplace surveys, carried out in 2003 in the midst of an economic boom. The new surveys took place in dramatically changed economic circumstances. In the private sector, the economic crisis threatened the very survival of many firms. In the public sector, budget cuts and recruitment constraints created severe challenges in delivering public services.
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/57631
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The Changing Workplace: A Survey of Employees’ Views and Experiences. The National Workplace Surveys 2009, Vol.2 Employees
(2010)
O’Connell, Philip J.; Russell, Helen; Watson, Dorothy; Byrne, Delma
The Changing Workplace: A Survey of Employees’ Views and Experiences. The National Workplace Surveys 2009, Vol.2 Employees
(2010)
O’Connell, Philip J.; Russell, Helen; Watson, Dorothy; Byrne, Delma
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Abstract included in text.
http://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/4337/
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The economics and marketing of tobacco in Ireland: a literature review for the Office of Tobacco Control.
(2001)
Layte, Richard; Russell, Helen; McCoy, Selina
The economics and marketing of tobacco in Ireland: a literature review for the Office of Tobacco Control.
(2001)
Layte, Richard; Russell, Helen; McCoy, Selina
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In this review and inline with the requirements of the Office of Tobacco Control. we examine a wide range of literature published in Ireland on the economics and marketing of tobacco. As well as examining academic literature and government reports on these subjects we will give an overview of the quantity and quality of literature from various other so called grey sources such as trade magazines and professional journals.
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/338512
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The economics and marketing of tobacco: an overview of the existing published evidence.
(2002)
Layte, Richard; Russell, Helen; McCoy, Selina
The economics and marketing of tobacco: an overview of the existing published evidence.
(2002)
Layte, Richard; Russell, Helen; McCoy, Selina
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There are many dimensions to the economics and marketing of tobacco in Ireland, but the sheer size of the industry and the amount spent on this item are a good start. Each year around six billion cigarettes are smoked in the Republic of Ireland as well as 322 thousand kilos of tobacco products In total, consumers spent roughly €l ,869 million on tobacco produces in the year 2000, almost 4 per cent of all personal expenditure. Though estimates of both the numher of regular smokers and the amount that they .smoke is not very precise, the percentage of regular smokers (more than one cigarette per day) in the adult population is somewhere between 28 and 30 per cent, each one consuming an average of 21 cigarettes, We know from research however that smoking is not confined to adults and that by the Iate teenage years, the percentage smoking almust equals the proportion of adult smokers, although a far higher number will have tried smoking.
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/337051
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The equality impact of the unemployment crisis
(2015)
Kelly, Elish; Kingston, Gillian; Russell, Helen; McGinnity, Frances
The equality impact of the unemployment crisis
(2015)
Kelly, Elish; Kingston, Gillian; Russell, Helen; McGinnity, Frances
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The extent of the Great Recession in Ireland is well documented. Real GDP fell by 10 per cent between 2008 and 2010 (Barrett and McGuinness, 2012). The impact that this large fall in economic activity had on the country?s labour market was severe, with Ireland?s overall unemployment rate increasing from 4.6 per cent in 2006 to 15 per cent in 2012, while the numbers in employment fell from 68.5 per cent to 58.8 per cent over the same time period. Long-term unemployment also increased considerably from 1.5 per cent in 2006 to 9.2 per cent in 2012. Fortunately, some modest economic growth since 2012 (see Duffy et al., 2014) has resulted in unemployment beginning to fall and increases in employment: by Quarter 1 2015, the unemployment rate stood at 9.9 per cent and the employment rate 62.2 per cent, while the long-term unemployment rate has fallen to 5.9 per cent.
http://hdl.handle.net/2262/75032
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The experience of discrimination in Ireland analysis of the QNHS equality module
(2008)
Russell, Helen; McGinnity, Frances; Quinn, Emma; King O’Riain, Rebecca
The experience of discrimination in Ireland analysis of the QNHS equality module
(2008)
Russell, Helen; McGinnity, Frances; Quinn, Emma; King O’Riain, Rebecca
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This is the first report arising from the ‘Research Programme on Equality and Discrimination’ which is being carried out by The Economic and Social Research Institute on behalf of The Equality Authority. This study draws on the first national survey of experiences of discrimination carried out by the Central Statistics Office in 2004.
http://hdl.handle.net/10147/76684
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