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Brian Nolan previously worked in the Economic and Social Research Institute, where he was Head of the Social Policy Research Division, and in the Central Bank of Ireland. He is a UCD graduate and has a doctorate in economics from the London School of Economics. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy, and President of the Irish Economics Association. He has participated in a range of collaborative research networks and projects, and is research co-ordinator of the GINI project funded under the EU's FP7 programme, focusing on the economic, social and political impacts of growing inequalities [see http://www.gini-research.org/articles/home] Christopher T. Whelan was formerly a Research Professor in the Economic and Social Research Institute. He was Chair of the Standing Committee for the Social Sciences of the European Science Foundation from 2002 to 2006 and of the Governing Council of the EU Economic Change, Quality of Life and Social Cohesion (EQUALSOC) Network of Excellence from 2005-2009. He is Chair of the European Consortium for Sociological Research. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy, associate editor of the European Sociological Review and a member of the editorial board of Longitudinal and Life Course Studies.