JSSISI: 2001 to 2002, Vol. XXXI, 155th Session

 

Recent Submissions

  • Schooling returns, schooling decisions and educational finance 

    Harmon, Colm (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2002)
    Given the presence of significant returns to education, it would seem logical to query why individuals choose to leave school early. This paper examines the evidence on this issue, dealing with both methodological and ...

  • Evaluating methods for short to medium term county population forecasting 

    Morgenroth, Edgar (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2002)
    Public services provision and land use planning are crucially dependent on accurate population forecasts. Despite their importance, particularly for planning at the local level, population forecasts for Irish counties ...

  • A promising timing strategy in equity markets 

    LUCEY, BRIAN MICHAEL; Whelan, Shane F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2002)
    In a working paper, Jacobsen and Bouman (2001) claim that that the old stock market saying of ?sell in May and go away but buy back by St. Leger Day? produces statistically significant profit when tested on a large ...