JSSISI: Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1847-: Recent submissions
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The demography of ageing and future policy impacts: a Northern Ireland perspective
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)The Northern Ireland population is ageing as a result of long-term falls in fertility rates and long-term improvements in mortality rates. This will create changes in the make-up of the Northern Ireland population. Most ... -
Constructing a national house price index for Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)The Central Statistics Office will publish the first results of its national House Price Index on May 13th 2011. This hedonic index is constructed using data on mortgage drawdowns by eight lending institutions under Section ... -
Research and policy-making ? strengthening the link
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)This paper reviews the current relationship between research and evidence based policy-making in Ireland. It reviews the role of the State in its broadest sense and considers relevant research required to underpin policy ... -
Building research capacity in the social sciences ? alternatives approaches
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)In contrast to previous decades, the past decade has seen major investments by the Irish government in the national research capacity. As part of this investment, there has been a significant investment in the social ... -
Terrorism, tourism and FDI: Estimating a lower bound on the peace dividend in Northern Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)In this article we estimate the economic cost of terrorism with regard to foreign direct investment and tourism in Northern Ireland during periods extending from 1970 through to 2007. Previous studies which have estimated ... -
A study of the NUTS 2 administrative regions using Input-Output analysis
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)In 1966 Roy Geary, Director of the ESRI, noted ?the absence of any kind of import and export statistics for regions is a grave lacuna? and further noted that if regional analyses were to be developed then regional Input-Output ... -
The economic and fiscal contribution of US investment in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)Multinational companies from the United States of America are important sources of foreign investment in Ireland. The role of these companies in the Irish economy has been previously documented and is reviewed briefly. The ... -
Predicting turning points in the rent cycle using the Natural Vacancy Rate ? An applied study of the Dublin office market
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)All property markets have a natural vacancy rate (NVR). Theory suggests that when the actual vacancy rate exceeds this NVR the market will be unbalanced. Then, rents will fall to restore equilibrium. Conversely, when ... -
From data to policy analysis: Tax-benefit modelling using SILC 2008
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)Tax-benefit models are used to explore alternative policy reforms, providing evidence which can guide policy choices. A database representing the national situation in terms of the income tax base and beneficiaries of ... -
Historical Memoirs with portraits; [compiled] by S. Shannon Millin
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Institutional Design and Irish Political Reform
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)The financial and economic crisis that erupted in 2008 exposed significant weaknesses in Irish decision-making and policy implementing processes. In contrast with other European countries in the grip of crisis, the political ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry of Ireland One Hundred and Sixty-Third Session: 2009/2010
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Structural Economic Change in Ireland 1957-2006: Statistics, Context and Analysis
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)The fifty years since the publication of Economic Development has been a time of change and growth for Ireland. Analysis of the development of the structural composition of the economy in this period requires a consistent ... -
An Exploration of the Nordic Model
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)In this paper I examine the social and economic system which is generally known as the Nordic Model and compare this with the Irish case. The analysis is limited to Denmark, Finland and Sweden as Norway and Iceland may be ... -
Trends and Patterns in Cancer Mortality in Northern Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)Cancer is a major public health issue in Northern Ireland with one in three of the population developing some form of the disease by the time they reach 75 years. However in many ways cancer is a misunderstood disease with ... -
Ireland and the Global Financial Crisis: Growth, Volatility and Financial Development
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)I examine the impact that a decline in financial development could have on Ireland.s growth performance in light of the current credit crisis. A Markov-switching model with time-varying transition probabilities is applied ... -
A new fiscal framework for Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)Pro-cyclicality in Irish fiscal policy has contributed to macroeconomic volatility over recent decades. Accordingly, this paper seeks to identify institutional mechanisms that can improve the performance of fiscal policy ... -
The Magnitude of the Problem
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)The Macroeconomic and Fiscal Framework document accompanying the April 2009 Supplementary Budget detailed the measures that had been taken since July 2009 to address the weakening public finances. -
Economic and Fiscal Policy since 1997: What Caused the Crisis and How Should It Be Rectified?
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)In this paper I propose to examine the background to the current crisis which involves both a contraction in the economy due in part to the global crisis, and a collapse in the tax base due to the disappearance of property ...
