2017
DOI: 10.26504/rs56
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A social portrait of Travellers in Ireland

Abstract: The Institute's research is funded from a variety of sources including: an annual grant-in-aid from the Irish government; competitive research grants (both Irish and international); support for agreed programmes from government departments/agencies and commissioned research projects from public sector bodies. Sponsorship of the Institute's activities by Irish business and membership subscriptions provide a minor source of additional income. The Authors AcknowledgementsThis research was completed as part of a … Show more

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“…Nonetheless, the patterns found are broadly consistent with previous findings both in Ireland and internationally. For example, the discrimination experienced by Irish Travellers is consistent with that reported in the All Ireland Traveller Health Survey (AITHS), and with the very low employment rates among this group (Watson et al, 2017). The discrimination reported by those with a disability is consistent with international field experiments (such as Rich et al, 2014, on recruitment) and their low employment rates (Watson et al, 2013).…”
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“…Nonetheless, the patterns found are broadly consistent with previous findings both in Ireland and internationally. For example, the discrimination experienced by Irish Travellers is consistent with that reported in the All Ireland Traveller Health Survey (AITHS), and with the very low employment rates among this group (Watson et al, 2017). The discrimination reported by those with a disability is consistent with international field experiments (such as Rich et al, 2014, on recruitment) and their low employment rates (Watson et al, 2013).…”
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“…This suggest that the jobs white non-Irish do, in terms of sector and occupation, offer part of the explanation as to why they might experience workplace discrimination: once we account for this difference, their experiences is not different from white Irish. This is consistent with very low employment rates of Travellers found in Watson et al (2017), which of course in itself could be an outcome of discrimination in education and in seeking work.…”
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