JSSISI: Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1847-: Recent submissions
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Fiscal Adjustment and Macroeconomic Re-balancing in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)In the five quarters from 2008 Q1 to 2009 Q2, Ireland.s real GNP, seasonally adjusted, has fallen by 13.5%. The unemployment rate has risen by eight points, labour force participation has fallen and emigration has resumed. ... -
Investigating the Public-Private Wage Gap in Ireland Using Data from the National Employment Survey 2007
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)This paper uses data from the 2007 National Employment Survey to analyse the public-private sector wage gap in Ireland. The purpose of the paper is to highlight the issues around attempting to establish a definitive ... -
Destinations of Irish Exports: A Gravity Model Approach
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)This paper uses a gravity model approach in order to analyse the geographical patterns of Irish exports. The gravity model in international trade has been demonstrated to be an extremely robust empirical method. The gravity ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: one hundred and sixty-second session: 2008/2009
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2009)The first meeting of the Society was held at 6:00pm on Thursday 2nd October 2008 in the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin. The President, Dr Donal de Buitleir, was in the Chair, and he held the first of two required ... -
Well-being under conditions of abundance: Ireland from 1990-2007
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2009)This paper examines the health and well-being of the Irish population in the late 20th century, the period popularly referred to as the Celtic Tiger. This period saw unprecedented increases in economic activity in Ireland. ... -
HealthStat: measuring the performance of the Irish public health service
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2009)HealthStat is a tool for measuring the performance of the Irish public health service. It consists of a data collection process, the production of performance statistics in graphical dashboard format and a monthly ... -
Exploring population projections: sources of uncertainty and the user perspective
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2009)Government population projections are typically underpinned by a set of assumptions based on what has happened in the past, informed by expert opinion on what the future holds. The assumptions made are inevitably subject ... -
Towards regional environmental accounts for Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2009)Existing environmental accounts for the Republic of Ireland are at the national level. This is fine for continental and global environmental problems, but information at a finer spatial scale is needed for local environmental ... -
Pension insecurity in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2009)The annual amount of the state subsidy to occupational and private pensions in Ireland is double that previously believed and is of the same order as the total annual payments under the state flat-rate contributory and ... -
Exploring the economic geography of Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2009)Only a few research papers have analysed the spatial distribution of economic activity in Ireland. There are a number of reasons for this, not least the fact that comprehensive data on the location of economic activity by ... -
Family businesses in the Irish services sector: profile and productivity
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2009)Most family businesses are small, engage less than 10 persons and trade in the more traditional industries, such as the distributive trades or hospitality industries. Family businesses export less product, generate a lower ... -
Is Irish innovation policy working? evidence from Irish technology businesses
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2008)In the last decade Irish innovation policy has been focused on Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). This paper explores the effects of HEIs, in the context of interaction with other interaction agents, on the innovation ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: one hundred and sixty-first session: 2007/2008
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2008)The first meeting of the Society was held in the Royal Irish Academy, on Thursday, 25th October 2007, at 6:00 pm. The President, Dr. Donal de Buitleir, was in the Chair. -
Wage inflation and structural unemployment in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2008)In this paper we represent structural unemployment by relating observed unemployment to wage inflation. An estimated series for the non-accelerating wage rate of unemployment (NAWRU) shows that the unemployment gap between ... -
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 ... -
Environmental accounts for the Republic of Ireland: 1990-2005
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2008)This paper presents new environmental accounts for the Republic of Ireland from 1990-2005. Designed to be consistent with the national accounts, these satellite accounts cover 34 emissions and 14 resources for 19 production ... -
Using a household budget survey to measure healthy eating patterns
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2008)Along with physical activity, diet is the key factor that affects your weight. Having a healthy weight for your height is important as being overweight or obese increases the risk of medical conditions such as heart disease, ... -
Projecting population mortality for Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2008)Mortality data for Ireland is analysed, for recent and long-run trends, and several methods of projecting mortality rates are outlined and the results compared. Interpretation of the results suggests that it is not ... -
Changing morbidity patterns in Ireland 1996-2006
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2008)The aim of this study is to examine changing patterns of morbidity (and healthcare utilisation) in Ireland and consider the impact of these changing patterns on the need for health services using health insurance data. ... -
Wealthier and healthier: Ireland's demographic catch-up
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2008)In the first half of this paper I summarise the trend in Irish deaths rates over the period 1973-2006. In the second half I discuss some possible explanations of these trends.
