Poverty and policy in Ireland
By: edited by Brian Nolan and Tim Callan.
Contributors: Nolan, Brian, 1953-; Callan, Tim.
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan; M.H. Gill & Co. U. C.
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Poverty -- Ireland.; Poor -- Ireland.; Ireland -- Social conditions.; Ireland -- Social policy.
Notes: Includes bibliographic references (p. 341-357).
Table of contents: title: Context and objectives ; The meaning and measurement of poverty ; Income poverty in Ireland / Tim Callan and Brian Nolan; title: Income, deprivation, and exclusion ; Who are the poor? / Tim Callan, Brian Nolan, and Christopher T. Whelan; title: Poverty : temporary or permanent? / James Williams and Brendan J. Whelan; title: Unemployment and poverty / Tim Callan and Brian Nolan; title: Low pay and poverty / Brian Nolan; title: Poverty, social class, education, and intergenerational mobility ; Poverty, unemployment, and psychological distress / Christopher T. Whelan; title: Poverty and health inequality / Brian Nolan; title: Poverty and gender inequality / Tim Callan; title: Allocating money within households : better off poorer? / David B. Rottman; title: Spatial aspects of poverty and disadvantage / Brian Nolan, Christopher T. Whelan, and James Williams; title: The role of the tax and social welfare systems / Tim Callan and Brian Nolan; title: Reform of tax and transfer policy / Tim Callan and Ciarán J. O'Neill; title: Poverty and labour market measures / Richard Breen; title: The EC and combating poverty / Brian Nolan; title: Key issues / Tim Callan and Brian Nolan.