Browsing by Author "Borooah, Vani K."
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The economic implications of peace in Ireland
Borooah, Vani K. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1995)The cease-fire of August 1994, in Northern Ireland, has held for sufficiently long to raise the prospect of a permanent peace. Peace in Northern Ireland should be valued and cherished in its own right, because it restores ... -
Health and wealth in the North of Ireland: is there a ?social gradient? to health outcomes?
Borooah, Vani K. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2007)This paper investigates using data on 2,700 persons in the North of Ireland, whether there is a social gradient to health, both with respect to general health (self-assessed health status; long-term limiting illness; the ... -
Language and occupational status: linguistic elitism in the Irish labour market
Borooah, Vani K.; Dineen, Donal A.; Lynch, Nicola (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2009)This paper, using data from the 2006 Irish Census, provides evidence of the structural advantage of Irish speaking, relative to non-speaking workers in Ireland?s labour market with advantage and disadvantage being defined ... -
Poverty and the distribution of income in Northern Ireland
McGregor, Pat P. L.; Borooah, Vani K. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1991)This paper uses the 1985 Family Expenditure Survey sample to examine the extent and incidence of poverty in Northern Ireland and to explore the relationship with the distribution of income. The study concludes that incomes ... -
The nature of migration between Northern Ireland and Great Britain: a preliminary analysis based on the labour force surveys, 1986-88
Forsythe, Frank P.; Borooah, Vani K. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)This paper takes a preliminary look at a disaggregate data source not previously used in the analysis of Northern Ireland migration patterns. Official Northern Ireland migration data are published in the form of aggregate ...