Richard Layte

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 [http://www.esri.ie/research/research_areas/health/ health] .

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 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. [ [http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0627/breaking47.htm Irish Times, Jun 27, 2007] ] [ [http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0319/esri.html RTE, Mar 19, 2004] ] [ [http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/?c=ireland&jp=kfkfmhkfcwsn Ireland Online, Sep 12, 2003] ]

External links

* [http://www.esri.ie/staff1/view_staff_by_department/view/index.xml?id=76 Home page]
* [http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=richard+layte&hl=en&lr= Google Scholar]

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