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  1. Experimental tests of survey responses to expenditure questions
    Author: Comerford, David; Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  Forschungsinst. zur Zukunft der Arbeit, Bonn

    This paper tests for a number of survey effects in the elicitation of expenditure items. In particular we examine the extent to which individuals use features of the expenditure question to construct their answers. We test whether respondents... more

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    This paper tests for a number of survey effects in the elicitation of expenditure items. In particular we examine the extent to which individuals use features of the expenditure question to construct their answers. We test whether respondents interpret question wording as researchers intend and examine the extent to which prompts, clarifications and seemingly arbitrary features of survey design influence expenditure reports. We find that over one quarter of respondents have difficulty distinguishing between "you" and "your household" when making expenditure reports; that respondents report higher pro-rata expenditure when asked to give responses on a weekly as opposed to monthly or annual time scale; that respondents give higher estimates when using a scale with a higher mid-point; and that respondents report higher aggregated expenditure when categories are presented in a disaggregated form. In summary, expenditure reports are constructed using convenient rules of thumb and available information, which will depend on the characteristics of the respondent, the expenditure domain and features of the survey question. It is crucial to further account for these features in ongoing surveys. -- Expenditure surveys ; survey design ; data experiments

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 4389
    Subjects: Privater Konsum; Befragung; Experiment
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  2. "From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger
    early life conditions and adult health in Ireland"
    Author: Delaney, Liam; McGovern, Mark E.; Smith, James P.
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

    We use data from the Irish census and exploit regional and temporal variation in infant mortality rates over the 20th century to examine effects of early life conditions on later life health. Our main identification is public health interventions... more

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    We use data from the Irish census and exploit regional and temporal variation in infant mortality rates over the 20th century to examine effects of early life conditions on later life health. Our main identification is public health interventions which eliminated the Irish urban infant mortality penalty. Estimates suggest that a unit decrease in mortality rates at time of birth reduces the probability of being disabled as an adult by between .03 and .05 percentage points. We find that individuals from lower socio economic groups had marginal effects of reduced infant mortality twice as large as those at the top.

     
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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 2009/43
    Subjects: Kinder; Gesundheit; Kindersterblichkeit; Lebenszyklus; Behinderte; Gesundheitspolitik; Geschichte; Irland
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  3. From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger
    early life conditions and adult health in Ireland
    Author: Delaney, Liam; McGovern, Mark E.; Smith, James P.
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    We use data from the Irish census and exploit regional and temporal variation in infant mortality rates over the 20th century to examine effects of early life conditions on later life health. Our main identification is public health interventions... more

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    We use data from the Irish census and exploit regional and temporal variation in infant mortality rates over the 20th century to examine effects of early life conditions on later life health. Our main identification is public health interventions which eliminated the Irish urban infant mortality penalty. Estimates suggest that a unit decrease in mortality rates at time of birth reduces the probability of being disabled as an adult by between .03 and .05 percentage points. We find that individuals from lower socio economic groups had marginal effects of reduced infant mortality twice as large as those at the top. -- Childhood health ; disability

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 4548
    Subjects: Kinder; Gesundheit; Kindersterblichkeit; Lebenszyklus; Behinderte; Gesundheitspolitik; Geschichte; Irland
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  4. Parental education, grade attainment and earnings expectations among university students
    Author: Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm; Redmond, Cathy
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

    While there is an extensive literature on intergenerational transmission of economic outcomes (education, health and income for example), many of the pathways through which these outcomes are transmitted are not as well understood. We address this... more

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    While there is an extensive literature on intergenerational transmission of economic outcomes (education, health and income for example), many of the pathways through which these outcomes are transmitted are not as well understood. We address this deficit by analysing the relationship between socio-economic status and child outcomes in university, based on a rich and unique dataset of university students. While large socio-economic differences in academic performance exist at the point of entry into university, these differences are substantially narrowed during the period of study. Importantly, the differences across socio-economic backgrounds in university grade attainment for female students is explained by intermediating variables such as personality, risk attitudes and time preferences, and subject/college choices. However, for male students, we explain less than half of the socio-economic gradient through these same pathways. Despite the weakening socio-economic effect in grade attainment, a key finding is that large socio-economic differentials in the earnings expectations of university students persist, even when controlling for grades in addition to our rich set of controls. Our findings pose a sizable challenge for policy in this area as they suggest that equalising educational outcomes may not translate into equal labour market outcomes.

     
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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 2010/35
    Subjects: Eltern; Sozialer Status; Bildungsniveau; Kinder; Studierende; Bildungsertrag; Einkommen; Generationengerechtigkeit
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  5. Individual, household and gender preferences for social transfers
    Author: Delaney, Liam; O'Toole, Francis
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Geary Institute, Dublin

    This paper reports the results of a nationally representative survey that assessed individual and household willingness to pay extra taxes for increased levels of social transfers in Ireland. Different respondents interpret willingness-to-pay... more

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    This paper reports the results of a nationally representative survey that assessed individual and household willingness to pay extra taxes for increased levels of social transfers in Ireland. Different respondents interpret willingness-to-pay questions as referring to individual or household budgets. This paper demonstrates that the most important variable explaining this is financial integration within the household and we argue that this is a potentially crucial source of differential item functioning in willingness-to-pay studies. Furthermore, individuals take intra-household bargaining considerations in to account when forming preferences for policies. Specifically, we find that gender differences emerge significantly for a specific fiscal policy when the policy alters the intra-household entitlement to income between the partners.

     
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    Series: Geary Institute working papers ; 2007/03
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  6. Behavioural economics and drinking behaviour
    preliminary results from an Irish college study
    Author: Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm; Wall, Pat
    Published: 2007
    Publisher:  Geary Institute, Dublin

    This paper examines the results of single-equation regression models of the determinants of alcohol consumption patterns among college students modelling a rich variety of covariates including gender, family and peer drinking, tenure, personality,... more

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    This paper examines the results of single-equation regression models of the determinants of alcohol consumption patterns among college students modelling a rich variety of covariates including gender, family and peer drinking, tenure, personality, risk perception, time preferences and age of drinking onset. The results demonstrate very weak income effects and very strong effects of personality, peer drinking (in particular closest friend), time preferences and other substance use. The task of future research is to verify these results and assess causality using more detailed methods.

     
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    Series: Geary Institute working papers ; 2007/04
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  7. Risk attitudes as an independent predictor of debt
    Author: Daly, Michael; Delaney, Liam; McManus, Séamus
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

    This paper examines how attitudes to risk relate to other psychological constructs of personality and consideration of future consequences (a proxy for time preferences) and how risk attitudes relate to credit behaviour and debt holdings. There is a... more

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    This paper examines how attitudes to risk relate to other psychological constructs of personality and consideration of future consequences (a proxy for time preferences) and how risk attitudes relate to credit behaviour and debt holdings. There is a small correlation between risk attitudes and consideration of future consequences. As regards personality, risk attitudes are most positively related to extraversion and openness to experience and are negatively related to neuroticism. Risk willingness is a robust predictor of debt holdings even controlling for demographics, personality, consideration of future consequences and other covariates.

     
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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 2010/49
    Subjects: Risikopräferenz; Persönlichkeitspsychologie; Private Verschuldung
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  8. Micro-level determinants of lecture attendance and additional study-hours
    Author: Ryan, Martin; Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

    This paper uses novel measures of individual differences that produce new insights about student inputs into the (higher) education production function. The inputs examined are lecture attendance and additional study-hours. The data were collected... more

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    This paper uses novel measures of individual differences that produce new insights about student inputs into the (higher) education production function. The inputs examined are lecture attendance and additional study-hours. The data were collected through a websurvey that the authors designed. The analysis includes novel measures of individual differences including willingness to take risks, consideration of future consequences and non-cognitive ability traits. Besides age, gender and year of study, the main determinants of lecture attendance and additional study-hours are attitude to risk, future-orientation and conscientiousness. In addition, future-orientation, and in particular conscientiousness, determine lecture attendance to a greater extent than they determine additional study. Finally, we show that family income and financial transfers (from both parents and the state) do not determine any educational input. This study suggests that non-cognitive abilities may be more important than financial constraints in the determination of inputs related to educational production functions.

     
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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 2010/36
    Subjects: Studierende; Sozialer Status; Bildungsverhalten; Risikopräferenz; Gesellschaftliches Bewusstsein
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  9. Decomposing gender differences in college student earnings expectations
    Author: Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm; Remond, Cathy
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

    Despite the increasing coverage and prevalence of equality legislation and the general alignment of key determining characteristics such as educational attainment, gender differentials continue to persist in labour market outcomes, including... more

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    Despite the increasing coverage and prevalence of equality legislation and the general alignment of key determining characteristics such as educational attainment, gender differentials continue to persist in labour market outcomes, including earnings. Recently, evidence has been found supporting the role of typically unobserved non-cognitive factors in explaining these gender differentials. We contribute to this literature by testing whether gender gaps in the earnings expectations of a representative group of Irish university students are explained by simultaneously controlling for gender heterogeneity across a wide array of cognitive and noncognitive factors. Non-cognitive factors were found to play a significant role in explaining the gender gap, however, gender differentials persist even after controlling for an extensive range of cognitive and non-cognitive factors. Nearly three-quarters of the short run and two-thirds of the long run differential could not be explained.

     
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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 2010/38
    Subjects: Studierende; Geschlecht; Arbeitsmarkt; Einkommen
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  10. Micro-level determinants of lecture attendance and additional study-hours
    Author: Ryan, Martin; Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH, Bonn

    This paper uses novel measures of individual differences that produce new insights about student inputs into the (higher) education production function. The inputs examined are lecture attendance and additional study-hours. The data were collected... more

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    This paper uses novel measures of individual differences that produce new insights about student inputs into the (higher) education production function. The inputs examined are lecture attendance and additional study-hours. The data were collected through a web-survey that the authors designed. The analysis includes novel measures of individual differences including willingness to take risks, consideration of future consequences and non-cognitive ability traits. Besides age, gender and year of study, the main determinants of lecture attendance and additional study-hours are attitude to risk, future-orientation and conscientiousness. In addition, future-orientation, and in particular conscientiousness, determine lecture attendance to a greater extent than they determine additional study. Finally, we show that family income and financial transfers (from both parents and the state) do not determine any educational input. This study suggests that non-cognitive abilities may be more important than financial constraints in the determination of inputs related to educational production functions. -- higher education ; education inputs ; lecture attendance ; hours of study ; future-orientation ; attitude to risk ; non-cognitive ability ; conscientiousness

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 5144
    Subjects: Studierende; Sozialer Status; Bildungsverhalten; Risikopräferenz; Gesellschaftliches Bewusstsein
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  11. Parental education, grade attainment and earnings expectations among university students
    Author: Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm; Redmond, Cathy
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    While there is an extensive literature on intergenerational transmission of economic outcomes (education, health and income for example), many of the pathways through which these outcomes are transmitted are not as well understood. We address this... more

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    While there is an extensive literature on intergenerational transmission of economic outcomes (education, health and income for example), many of the pathways through which these outcomes are transmitted are not as well understood. We address this deficit by analysing the relationship between socio-economic status and child outcomes in university, based on a rich and unique dataset of university students. While large socio-economic differences in academic performance exist at the point of entry into university, these differences are substantially narrowed during the period of study. Importantly, the differences across socio-economic backgrounds in university grade attainment for female students is explained by intermediating variables such as personality, risk attitudes and time preferences, and subject/college choices. However, for male students, we explain less than half of the socio-economic gradient through these same pathways. Despite the weakening socio-economic effect in grade attainment, a key finding is that large socio-economic differentials in the earnings expectations of university students persist, even when controlling for grades in addition to our rich set of controls. Our findings pose a sizable challenge for policy in this area as they suggest that equalising educational outcomes may not translate into equal labour market outcomes. -- socio-economic status ; education ; inequality ; discrimination

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 5646
    Subjects: Eltern; Sozialer Status; Bildungsniveau; Kinder; Studierende; Bildungsertrag; Einkommen; Generationengerechtigkeit
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  12. The role of noncognitive traits in undergraduate study behaviours
    Author: Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm; Ryan, Martin
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 2011/32
    Subjects: Studierende; Sozialer Status; Bildungsverhalten; Risikopräferenz; Gesellschaftliches Bewusstsein
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  13. Exporting poor health
    the Irish in England
    Author: Delaney, Liam; Fernihough, Alan; Smith, James P.
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 2011/14
    Subjects: Migranten; Iren; Gesundheit; Vergleich; Bevölkerung; Großbritannien; England
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  14. Exporting poor health
    the Irish in England
    Author: Delaney, Liam; Fernihough, Alan; Smith, James P.
    Published: 2011
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    The Irish-born population in England is in worse health than both the native population and the Irish population in Ireland, a reversal of the commonly observed healthy migrant effect. Recent birth-cohorts living in England and born in Ireland,... more

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    The Irish-born population in England is in worse health than both the native population and the Irish population in Ireland, a reversal of the commonly observed healthy migrant effect. Recent birth-cohorts living in England and born in Ireland, however, are healthier than the English population. The substantial Irish health penalty arises principally for cohorts born between 1920 and 1960. This paper attempts to understand the processes that generated this migrant health pattern. Our results suggest a strong role for early childhood conditions and economic selection in driving the dynamics of health differences between the Irish-born migrants and White English populations. -- healthy migrants ; mental health ; migrant selectivity

     
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    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 5852
    Subjects: Migranten; Iren; Gesundheit; Vergleich; Bevölkerung; Großbritannien; England
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  15. The early childhood determinants of time preferences
    Author: Delaney, Liam; Doyle, Orla
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

    Research on time preference formation and socioeconomic differences in discounting has received little attention to date. This article examines the extent to which early childhood differences emerge in measures of hyperactivity, impulsivity and... more

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    Research on time preference formation and socioeconomic differences in discounting has received little attention to date. This article examines the extent to which early childhood differences emerge in measures of hyperactivity, impulsivity and persistence, all of which are good psychometric analogues to how economists conceptualise discounting. We examine the distribution of these traits measured at age three across parental social class and analyse the extent to which different mechanism plausibly generate the observed social class distribution. In addition, we control for a wide ranging of potentially mediating factors including parental investment and proxies for maternal time preferences. Our results show substantial social class variations across all measures. We find only weak evidence that this relates to differential maternal time preferences (e.g. savings behaviour, abstaining from smoking) but relatively stronger evidence that these traits are transmitted through the parents own non-cognitive skill set (self-esteem, attachment etc.) and parental time investments (e.g. time spent reading to the child and teaching the child to write, sing etc.).

     
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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 2008/34
    Subjects: Intertemporale Entscheidung; Kinder; Soziale Schicht; Verhaltensökonomik; Wirtschaftspsychologie; Zeitverwendung; Irland
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  16. Experimental tests of survey responses to expenditure questions
    Author: Comerford, David; Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

    This paper tests for a number of survey effects in the elicitation of expenditure items. In particular we examine the extent to which individuals use features of the expenditure question to construct their answers. We test whether respondents... more

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    This paper tests for a number of survey effects in the elicitation of expenditure items. In particular we examine the extent to which individuals use features of the expenditure question to construct their answers. We test whether respondents interpret question wording as researchers intend and examine the extent to which prompts, clarifications and seemingly arbitrary features of survey design influence expenditure reports. We find that over one quarter of respondents have difficulty distinguishing between "you" and "your household" when making expenditure reports; that respondents report higher pro-rata expenditure when asked to give responses on a weekly as opposed to monthly or annual time scale; that respondents give higher estimates when using a scale with a higher mid-point; and that respondents give higher aggregated expenditure when categories are presented in a disaggregated form. In summary, expenditure reports are constructed using convenient rules of thumb and available information, which will depend on the characteristics of the respondent, the expenditure domain and features of the survey question. It is crucial to further account for these features in ongoing surveys.

     
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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 2009/25
    Subjects: Privater Konsum; Befragung; Experiment; Irland
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  17. Why do some Irish drink so much?
    Author: Delaney, Liam; Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 2008/10
    Subjects: Alkoholkonsum; Sozialpsychologie; Familiensoziologie; Studierende; Irland
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  18. Psychological and biological foundations of time preference
    evidence from a day reconstruction study with biological tracking
    Author: Daly, Michael; Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

    This paper considers the relationship between the economic concept of time preference and relevant concepts from psychology and biology. Using novel data from a time diary study conducted in Ireland that combined detailed psychometric testing with... more

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    This paper considers the relationship between the economic concept of time preference and relevant concepts from psychology and biology. Using novel data from a time diary study conducted in Ireland that combined detailed psychometric testing with medical testing and realtime bio-tracking, we examine the distribution of a number of psychometric measures linked to the economic concept of time preferences and test the extent to which these measures form coherent clusters and the degree to which these clusters are related to underlying biological substrates. The paper finds that financial discounting is related to a range of psychological variables including consideration of future consequences, self-control, conscientiousness, extraversion, and experiential avoidance as well as being predicted by heart rate variability and blood pressure.

     
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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 2008/19
    Subjects: Intertemporale Entscheidung; Verhaltensökonomik; Wirtschaftspsychologie; Bioökonomik; Zeitverwendung; Irland
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  19. Decomposing demand for public expenditure in Ireland
    Author: Delaney, Liam; O'Toole, Francis
    Published: 2005
    Publisher:  Geary Institute, Dublin

    This paper, via the analysis of stated preferences from a nationwide representative survey of 1,100 adults, examines the determinants of preference for overall government expenditure and estimates a Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) model of... more

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    This paper, via the analysis of stated preferences from a nationwide representative survey of 1,100 adults, examines the determinants of preference for overall government expenditure and estimates a Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) model of demand for the three major categories of public expenditures in Ireland, namely, social welfare, education and health. Those on higher incomes are less in favour of government expenditure overall. However, and consistent with the available evidence on the utilisation and financing of the three main categories of government expenditures, decomposing the preferences demonstrates that those on higher incomes are particularly less in favour of social welfare expenditure but more in favour of spending on health and education.

     
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    Series: Geary Institute working papers ; 2005/14
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  20. Preferences for specific social welfare expenditure in Ireland
    Author: Delaney, Liam; O'Toole, Francis
    Published: 2006
    Publisher:  Geary Institute, Dublin

    Many papers examine general level preferences for redistribution. However, few papers examine preferences for specific forms of redistribution. This paper examines the decomposition of demand for three major categories of social welfare expenditure... more

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    Many papers examine general level preferences for redistribution. However, few papers examine preferences for specific forms of redistribution. This paper examines the decomposition of demand for three major categories of social welfare expenditure in Ireland: unemployment payments, old age pensions and child benefit. The determinants of preferences are found to be fairly consistent with a self-interested economics perspective with respect to the utilisation and financing of these three specific schemes. In addition, the split sampling procedure used in the nationwide survey indicated that the provision of information on the schemes’ costs did not have a significant effect on preferences.

     
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    Series: Geary Institute working papers ; 2006/08
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  21. Reference dependent financial satisfaction over the course of the Celtic Tiger
    a panel analysis utilising the Living in Ireland Survey 1994-2001
    Author: Delaney, Liam; Newman, Carol; Nolan, Brian
    Published: 2006
    Publisher:  Geary Institute, Dublin

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    Series: Geary Institute working papers ; 2006/09
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  22. Psychological and biological foundations of time preference
    evidence from a day reconstruction study with biological tracking
    Author: Daly, Michael; Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

    This paper considers the relationship between the economic concept of time preference and relevant concepts from psychology and biology. Using novel data from a time diary study conducted in Ireland that combined detailed psychometric testing with... more

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    This paper considers the relationship between the economic concept of time preference and relevant concepts from psychology and biology. Using novel data from a time diary study conducted in Ireland that combined detailed psychometric testing with medical testing and real-time bio-tracking, we examine the distribution of a number of psychometric measures linked to the economic concept of time preferences and test the extent to which these measures form coherent clusters and the degree to which these clusters are related to underlying biological substrates. The paper finds that financial discounting is related to a range of psychological variables including consideration of future consequences, self-control, conscientiousness, extraversion, and experiential avoidance as well as being predicted by heart rate variability and blood pressure.

     
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    Edition: Preliminary Draft: August 10th 2008
    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 08/19
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  23. From Angela's Ashes to the Celtic Tiger
    early life conditions and adult health in Ireland
    Author: Delaney, Liam; McGovern, Mark E.; Smith, James P.
    Published: 2009
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

    We use data from the Irish census and exploit regional and temporal variation in infant mortality rates over the 20th century to examine effects of early life conditions on later life health. Our main identification is public health interventions... more

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    We use data from the Irish census and exploit regional and temporal variation in infant mortality rates over the 20th century to examine effects of early life conditions on later life health. Our main identification is public health interventions which eliminated the Irish urban infant mortality penalty. Estimates suggest that a unit decrease in mortality rates at time of birth reduces the probability of being disabled as an adult by between .03 and .05 percentage points. We find that individuals from lower socio economic groups had marginal effects of reduced infant mortality twice as large as those at the top.

     
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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 09/29
    Scope: Online-Ressource (29 S.), graph. Darst.
  24. Micro-level determinants of lecture attendance and additional study-hours
    Author: Ryan, Martin; Delaney, Liam; Harmon, Colm
    Published: 2010
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

    This paper uses novel measures of individual differences that produce new insights about student inputs into the (higher) education production function. The inputs examined are lecture attendance and additional study-hours. The data were collected... more

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    This paper uses novel measures of individual differences that produce new insights about student inputs into the (higher) education production function. The inputs examined are lecture attendance and additional study-hours. The data were collected through a web-survey that the authors designed. The analysis includes the following measures: willingness to take risks, consideration of future consequences and non-cognitive ability traits. Besides age, gender and year of study, the main determinants of lecture attendance and additional study-hours are attitude to risk, future-orientation and conscientiousness. In addition, future-orientation, and in particular conscientiousness, determine lecture attendance to a greater extent than they determine additional study. Finally, we show that family income and financial transfers (from both parents and the state) do not determine any educational input. This study suggests that non-cognitive abilities may be more important than financial constraints in the determination of inputs related to educational production functions. -- Higher education ; Education inputs ; Lecture attendance ; Hours of study ; Future-orientation ; Attitude to risk ; Non-cognitive ability ; Conscientiousness

     
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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 10/25
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  25. Why do some Irish drink so much?
    Author: Delaney, Liam; Kapteyn, Arie; Smith, James P.
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  UCD Centre for Economic Research, Dublin

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    Series: Working paper series / UCD Centre for Economic Research ; 08/09
    Scope: Online-Ressource (42 S.), Kt.