Browsing JSSISI: Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1847- by Title
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Sliding scales for rent - value and fair rents - annual and capital value
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1888)The principle of varying judicial rents according to prices, introduced by the Land Law Act of 1887, is a startling innovation in our system of land tenure. To me it appears a retrogressive step?not on the ground that ... -
Slum clearance in Dublin
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1938)Residents of Dublin have frequently had their attention called to the fact that many persons in the city are badly housed. Those who live in better houses and localities know in a vague and general way that slums exist, ... -
Slums: a sociological retrospect of the city of Dublin
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1914)If I required an excuse for my paper, I would quote the words of the Chief Secretary Right Hon. A. Birrell, M.P., in reply to a deputation which recently waited on him in reference to the Dublin Housing Problem:?"As ... -
Small manufacturing business in Northern Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1973)Small businesses play a vital role in the economy of Northern Ireland. In manufacturing industry 1,252 out of a total of 1,542 establishments employ fewer than 100 people. The Bolton Committee commissioned a great deal ... -
The social and moral elevation of our working classes
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1857)I have indicated some means whereby the social and moral elevation of our working classes may be secured to an extent hitherto unknown among us; and I conclude by the expression of my full belief that all our efforts ... -
Social expenditure and the social accounts of the European Economic Community
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1975)Certain summary information relating to the Social Accounts of the EEC was published in "Report of the Development of the Social Situation in the Communities in 1974". The Statistical Office of the EEC will publish the ... -
The social geography of Belfast
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1954)The main task of the social geographer is to analyse the relationship between social groups and their environment and to identify the regional differentiation of such relationships. In a town or city the relationships ... -
The social income of Eire, 1938-40
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1941)A paper read before the Society on Thursday, 26th October, 1939 carried the investigation up to 1937, with provisional estimates for 1938 and conjectures for 1939. Of the seven heads into which monetary income was there ... -
The social income of the Irish Free State, 1926-38
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1940)In the Economic Journal of March, 1933, Dr. T. J. Kiernan published an estimate of the national income of the Irish Free State for the year 1926, and followed it up with a paper, read before this Society in June, 1933, ... -
The social legislation of 1904 - registration of clubs (Ireland); licensing (England): applicability of it to Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1906)The public general Statutes passed in the Session of 1904, are only thirty-six in number, and are contained in one hundred and three pages of print. Amongst these are four measures of considerable importance in social ... -
The social organisation viewed as a growing organism: with new hypotheses as to its nature
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1925)I have been prompted to submit this paper by two circumstances connected with this Society ?(i.) A recent indication by our President, Professor Oldham, that the Irish Nation constituted a living national organism, and ... -
Social policy and income adequacy in the Republic of Ireland: the importance of social class and family cycle
(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 ... -
Social problems and the war
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1917)And as agriculture strikes more deeply at the roots of human life than any mere trade, so agricultural science possesses a human interest and dignity that marks it off sharply from any branch of technology; it is, indeed, ... -
The Society and its contribution to Ireland: past, present and future
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1998)'The one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland is a time to take stock, to remember the Society?s past'. - [p.1 (orig. p.33)] '...It is important to note ... -
Some account of the laws of the states of New York and Massachusetts regulating the business of insurance companies
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1870)When my learned friend Mr. Falkiner proposed to the Council to read a paper on the very important subject which he has selected, it was stated that arrangements existed in several of the States of the American Union for ... -
Some American views on penology
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1923)I have the honour this evening to lay before you some considerations on certain aspects of prison reform and "penology," which I had the opportunity of examining when engaged as a Member of the recent Indian Prisons ... -
Some aspects of (net) emigration from Northern Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1979)This paper reports on one aspect ? migration ? of on-going work in the Central Economic Service directed towards a fuller understanding of the Northern Ireland economy. As is indicated in the text, the present results are ... -
Some aspects of inland transport
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1963)Tonight I propose to deal with two subjects which seem to be too large and awkward to fit into a general study of transport yet not sufficiently large and lacking sufficient data to justify separate studies. Since they ... -
Some aspects of labour costs and earnings: 1974 and 1975
(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 ... -
Some aspects of production costs in Irish agriculture, as illustrated by the cost of producing sugar beet
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1954)For reasons which are mainly historical but in part arise from our political evolution since 1922, very little is known of the actual costs of production and marketing on Irish farms. We have more data about the economic ...
