Recent Submissions

  • The Leaving Certificate and first year university performance 

    Moran, M. A.; Crowley, M. J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1979)
    The manner in which students are admitted for third level education and in particular the points system have become matters of increasing public controversy in recent years. While the subject is understandably emotive, a ...
  • Some aspects of labour costs and earnings: 1974 and 1975 

    Geoghegan, Brian; Frain, Patrick F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1979)
    Since 1975 the Central Statistics Office has conducted two special surveys concerned with total labour costs ? one covering certain parts of the services sector and the other covering the industrial sector. A further survey ...
  • Social policy and income adequacy in the Republic of Ireland: the importance of social class and family cycle 

    Rottman, David B.; Hannan, Damian F.; Wiley, Miriam M. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1981)
    This paper is intended to stand as part of the growing literature on income distribution in the Republic of Ireland. Specifically, it builds on previous work concerned with the description and analysis of the impact of ...
  • A food and nutritional surveillance system for Ireland 

    Kelly, A.; Kevany, J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1981)
    The need for a national food and nutrition policy is increasingly recognised by governments of developed as well as developing societies. Such policies represent an agreed strategy for the most efficient use of national ...
  • Company tax - effective tax rates on profits 

    Stewart, J. C. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1981)
    Considerable controversy surrounds the measurement of profit in company accounts. Continuous inflation has underlined some of the problems involved. Current accounting practice in the United Kingdom and Ireland also obscures ...

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