Browsing JSSISI: Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1847- by Title
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Estimating the magnitude of tourism in the European Community: data deficiencies and some results
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1987)The main purpose of this paper is to provide estimates of the magnitude of the contribution of total tourism payments to overall economic activity and employment in each of the member states of the European Community ... -
Estimating the Prevalence of Asymptomatic Cases of Covid-19 in Our Communities
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2020)Resource planning in healthcare is dependent on many factors from the scale of the health challenge to the available human and infrastructural resources. With the sudden and unforeseen scale of the Covid-19 pandemic across ... -
Estimation of capital stock in Irish industry, 1953-1968
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1972)This paper is confined to discussion of methods of estimating Capital Stock, with a review of numerical results already available and a summary of new results calculated by the writer. Illustrations of the uses to ... -
Ethics and economics of poor relief
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1912)What is the basis of the claim of the poor to relief at the cost of the well-to-do members of the community ? What is the extent of those claims, that is to say, what measure of relief are the poor warranted in claiming ... -
An ethnography of crime in Belfast
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1996)In an earlier paper to the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland in Dublin, we provided a statistical comparison of trends in indictable crime in both parts of Ireland between 1945 and 1993 set against other ... -
The European Statistics Code of Practice as a pillar to strengthen public trust and enhance quality in official statistics
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Evaluating labour market interventions
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2000)The high growth rates experienced in Ireland over the last 10 years has resulted in a tightening of the labour market which is reflected in the number of unfilled vacancies reported by firms. At the same time wage ... -
Evaluating methods for short to medium term county population forecasting
(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 ... -
The evolution of the diploma of public health
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1925)The paper which I have the privilege of presenting to this Society was read, with the approval of the Right Hon. President and Council, at the State Medicine Section of the Academy of Medicine of Ireland in January of ... -
An examination into the principles of currency involved in the Bank Charter Act of 1844
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1854)The prospects of the country at the present moment, on the opening of a European war, present many aspects of anxious interest, and afford indications of a revival of many subjects of discussion. It is certain that the ... -
An examination into the principles of currency involved in the Bank Charter Act of 1844
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1854)The prospects of the country at the present moment, on the opening of a European war, present many aspects of anxious interest, and afford indications of a revival of many subjects of discussion, as well of an economical ... -
An examination of the Northern Irish sea fishing industry
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1968)The Northern Irish sea fishing industry is of the in-shore type, the boats seldom being absent from port for more than eighteen or twenty hours at a time. By almost any standard these boats are up to date and well ... -
Examination of the sickness experience for the year 1935 of persons insured under the National Health Insurance Acts
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1939)There are approximately 500,000 persons in the State engaged in gainful occupation either as manual workers or as clerical workers with a rate of remuneration not exceeding #250 per annum. This bulk may be taken as a ... -
An examination of the social background of students in Irish universities
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1968)It is obvious that to classify anything you must have some standard of selection. When we come to human society we find that the members of a society, could be classified in an indefinite number of ways depending on the ... -
The example of Belgium: a possible effect of the war upon Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1917)I have already in a previous address referred to the effect of the War upon Irish Agriculture, but I propose to notice some features of the Irish problem which I think have become more apparent since last year, and to ... -
Excess demand and investment in the United Kingdom
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1948)By excess demand I mean the current excess of private disposable income, after the deduction of voluntary saving, over the target- figure for the supply of consumption goods at current prices, and that piled-up demand for ... -
The excessive Mortality of British Residents in India, as affecting the choice of the Civil Service of the East India Company as a career for young men
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)In this paper I propose to direct your attention to some facts, commonly overlooked, but which ought, nevertheless, to be fully considered by those who have to decide either for themselves or for others, as to the wisdom ... -
Exchange rate policy in a small open economy: an examination of Irish experience
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1988)The paper looks at Irish exchange rate policy since 1979 when the Irish Pound joined the EMS. The paper argues that a fixed exchange rate link is the optimal approach for an economy such as Ireland. As the bulk of Irish ... -
An exercise in surveying a non-universally defined group in the population : the Northern Ireland survey of activity limitation and disability
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2008)Developing policy and delivering services to people with disabilities is an important aspect of our society. As with all areas of policy and service provision, accurate, timely and reliable data are fundamental to the ... -
Expanding Educational Opportunity: The Mission of the Queen’s Colleges and their Successors Since 1845
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2022)