Growth and inequality in Ireland: 1987 - 1999

David Madden () and Cathal Clancy

No 200516, Working Papers from School of Economics, University College Dublin

Abstract: This paper analyses data from the Irish Household Budget Surveys of 1987, 1994 and 1999 to examine the evolution of inequality of income and expenditure over that period. The paper calculates Lorenz and Generalised Lorenz curves and also the Growth Incidence Curve of Ravallion and Chen to investigate the extent to which growth was “pro-poor”. The paper also examines the composition of changes in inequality of income over the period.

Keywords: Growth; Inequality; Lorenz; Generalised Lorenz; Growth incidence curve; Income distribution--Ireland; Lorenz curve; Welfare economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D63 I31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005-09
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