Micheál Collins
@MLGCollins
Economist, Assistant Professor of Social Policy at UCD - income, earnings, inequality, taxation, public policy
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We are delighted to share ESS Round 10 Ireland key findings report! tinyurl.com/2p66bj7t #LoveIrishResearch
#ESS10 #ESSIE #EuropeanSocialSurvey #Survey
Delighted to speak to the Poverty & Policy Working Group today on the public sector cost of poverty.
A presentation based on a SVP - Ireland commissioned report & forthcoming SocialPolicy&Society paper available open access here: doi.org/10.1017/S14747…
Thanks Daniel Edmiston for chairing
On this map Landgeist Maps shows us how rich the richest 1% of a country really are. Smells like a revolution in here?
An absolute MUST READ for all #PolicyPractice #SocialWorkers . Another one to add to the recommended reading list for the next module cycle Niamh Flanagan! #PovertyInformedPractice #MentalHealthMatters #SocialDeterminants Congrats Micheál Collins 👏👏👏 ATD Ireland EAPN Ireland
🚨Registration is now OPEN for the 2024 Social Policy Association Conference 🚨 #SPAconf2024
🗓️3rd – 5th July, University of Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre, Glasgow.
🐦Early bird and reduced PG/ECR rates available.
Info & registration: social-policy.org.uk/what-we-do/con…
“…the scale of poverty can be considered as either an implicit or explicit policy outcome…welfare states starting from a similar position make different societal choices around the scale of intervention to address poverty”
from my new SocialPolicy&Society paper: doi.org/10.1017/S14747…
The main #questionnaire for Round 11 (2023/24) of our survey is now available.
Fieldwork is currently being conducted in 31 participating countries.
The first data release for a small number of countries is scheduled for June, with a second in November.
bit.ly/3vYnm1u
#Research published by Field Methods assessed non-response to our question on household net income.
Piotr Jabkowski (@UAM_Poznan🇵🇱) and Aneta Piekut (@shefmethods 🇬🇧) discovered highest refusal rates amongst respondents with lower incomes.
bit.ly/4aPFRW5
Only about 60% of the lowest earners report good health in #Ireland In other words, over 80% of the population who earn more than the bottom 20% of the income distribution in Ireland, report good health. #LoveIrishResearch #EuropeanSocialSurvey #health
New on #FirstView by Micheál Collins:
A Hidden Cost: Estimating the Public Service Cost of Poverty in Ireland
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
New on #FirstView by Micheál Collins and Rod Hick:
The Cost-of-Living Crisis in the UK and Ireland: on Inflation, Indexation, and One-Off Policy Responses
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
'The library building is perhaps the most essential part of any university.'
WATCH: RTÉ News reports #OnThisDay in 1973 UCD Library
rte.ie/archives/2023/…