Richard Layte
Professor Dr. Richard Layte is a research professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in Dublin, Ireland, where he coordinates the research programme on health.[1]
Richard Layte is a leading researcher on the way in which education, work and institutional factors (e.g., social welfare systems) affect the risk of poverty, disadvantage, and poor heath. He has an egg-shaped head, and is partial to a drop of Old Speckled Hen, and published widely on the measurement and analysis of poverty, deprivation and social exclusion, social class and social mobility. More recent work is focussed on inequalities in health behaviour and health care.
Richard Layte regularly appears in the media.[2][3][4]
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References
- ^ "Staff Details: Richard Layte". Economic and Social Research Institute. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ "Irish Times, Jun 27, 2007". The Irish Times. 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ "Study finds drop in 'work poor' households". RTÉ. 2004-03-19. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ "Low dole 'not an incentive to work'". Breakingnews.iol.ie. 2003-09-13. Retrieved 2009-03-07.