Richard Layte

Who is Richard Layte?

Richard Layte is a research professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute in Dublin, Ireland, where he coordinates the research programme on health.

Richard Layte is a leading researcher on the way in which education, work and institutional factors 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.