Making equality count : Irish and international research measuring equality and discrimination / edited by Laurence Bond, Frances McGinnity and Helen Russell

Based on the papers presented at a conference in Dublin in June 2010, which was jointly organised by the Equality Authority, the Economic and Social Research Institute, the Central Statistics Office and the Geary Institute, UCD

Includes bibliographical references

Introduction: making equality count / L. Bond, F. McGinnity and H. Russell -- The experience of discrimination in Ireland: evidence from self-report data / H. Russell ... [et al.] -- Measuring discrimination: what do field experiments of markets tell us? / J. Rich -- Are Eamon and Eithne more employable than Hardeep and Heike? Evidence from a field experiment in Ireland / F. McGinnity ... [et al.] -- The social psychology of discrimination: theory, measurement and consequences / A. Al Ramiah ... [et al.] -- Racism and colorism in post-racial societies / W. Darity Jr -- Assessing unequal treatment: gender and pay/ M. Gregory -- Disability and social inclusion in Ireland / B. Gannon and B. Nolan -- Multiple disadvantage: evidence on gender and disability from the 2006 census / D. Watson and P. D. Lunn

This volume examines international experience in measuring equality and discrimination. It highlights good practice developed in Ireland.