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Quality of Life in IrelandEconomic Growth and Income Inequality: Setting the Context

Quality of Life in Ireland: Economic Growth and Income Inequality: Setting the Context [One of the most frequently expressed concerns about Ireland’s unprecedented economic boom has been that the benefits have not been shared evenly, that rising living standards have been accompanied by widening gaps, leaving Ireland with a particularly unequal distribution of income. High levels of income inequality can impact on quality of life in a society through a variety of direct and indirect channels, ranging from the social exclusion faced by those near the bottom to the psychological stresses and loss of social cohesion that may be felt throughout the population. It is therefore important to assess to what extent the common understanding of income inequality trends in Ireland is in fact accurate.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Quality of Life in IrelandEconomic Growth and Income Inequality: Setting the Context

Part of the Social Indicators Research Series Book Series (volume 32)
Editors: Fahey, Tony; Russell, Helen; Whelan, Christopher T.
Nolan, Brain; Maître, Bertrand
Quality of Life in Ireland — Jan 1, 2007
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
ISBN
978-1-4020-6980-2
Pages
27 –41
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4020-6981-9_3
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Abstract

[One of the most frequently expressed concerns about Ireland’s unprecedented economic boom has been that the benefits have not been shared evenly, that rising living standards have been accompanied by widening gaps, leaving Ireland with a particularly unequal distribution of income. High levels of income inequality can impact on quality of life in a society through a variety of direct and indirect channels, ranging from the social exclusion faced by those near the bottom to the psychological stresses and loss of social cohesion that may be felt throughout the population. It is therefore important to assess to what extent the common understanding of income inequality trends in Ireland is in fact accurate.]

Published: Jan 1, 2007

Keywords: Income Inequality; Income Distribution; Gini Coefficient; Gross National Product; Welfare Regime

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