JSSISI: Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1847-: Recent submissions
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Second tier child income support: the case for innovation
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2008)Total and per child spending on child income supports are at high levels, and so are child poverty and the proportion of children being reared in jobless households. While the role of child income supports in alleviating ... -
Delivering integrated policy and services for children
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)The Irish Public Service has been relatively strong historically in the area of policy formulation. I have come to the conclusion, however, that we are relatively weak when it comes to implementation and many good policies ... -
A review of recent trends in output, employment and productivity in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)This paper reviews real output, employment and productivity trends in the Irish economy over the ten year period from 1995 to 2005. The analyses, which are carried out within the framework of the CSO Annual National Accounts, ... -
Launch of the on-line archive of the Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1847-2007; followed by an address by Aidan Punch
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)The journals of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland provide a remarkable record of both the events and the ideas of the past 160 years. They relate mainly to Ireland but they reflect the views and enthusiasms ... -
Trinity Week Academic Symposium - Public policy partnerships
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)The Irish Civil Service, probably like a lot of workplaces, has changed almost beyond recognition in the past 35 years. In the 1970s, almost all internal communication was in writing and it was commonplace for the views ... -
Trinity Week Academic Symposium - Origins, mission and significance
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)This symposium celebrates the launch of a dedicated website of the proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, and its direct ancestor the Dublin Statistical Society. The Dublin Statistical Society ... -
Trinity Week Academic Symposium - Data for policy and research
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)The availability of high quality statistical data on economic and social conditions is a fundamental prerequisite for ensuring an effective partnership between policy makers and academic researchers in contributing to the ... -
Trinity Week Academic Symposium - Open access revolution: the local and national context
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)The title of this Academic Symposium comes from a paper read before Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland on Thursday, 14th January 1897, which refers to ?the grievances of prejudiced patriots or the dreams of ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland - one hundred and sixtieth session: 2006/2007
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)The first meeting of the session was held in the Royal Irish Academy, on Thursday, 19th October 2006, at 6:30 pm. The President, Aidan Punch, was in the Chair when Mr. Jerry Sexton presented a paper entitled, A Review of ... -
Marriage, fertility and the family in Ireland ? a statistical perspective
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)The paper looks at the changes which have been occurring in trends relating to marriage, fertility, and the family in Ireland. Cohabitation is increasing with one in four couples without children now falling into this ... -
Demographic trends and the future of pensions in the UK
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)This article outlines the recommendations of the UK Pensions Commission, and the data and analysis on which they were based, including projections of demographic change, trends in private pension saving, and evolution of ... -
Housing in Ireland: philosophy, affordability and access
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)This paper argues that Ireland?s housing problems stem in part from a particular philosophical orientation which supports the ?commodification? of housing and gives strong encouragement to private market provision of housing ... -
Association rule analysis of CAO data
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2007)Central Applications Office (CAO) application data is analysed using a data mining technique, association rule mining, to investigate relationships between course choices across applicants. The role of gender as a factor ... -
Statement of the views of employers in the Irish Free State on the system of national health insurance
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1928)There are no ready sources of information to which one can turn for collective or individual statements as to the views of employers, and the only body representative of the business community which gave evidence before ... -
Address at the opening of the fifth session of the Dublin Statistical Society
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1851)Honoured by the request of the council of this society that I should, as acting vice-president, open the business of this its fifth session with such observations as might serve to supplement the annual report which, ... -
A consideration of the theory that the backward state of agriculture in Ireland is a consequence of the excessive competition for land
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1851)The theory, that injurious consequences result to the community from excessive competition for land, is one that has many supporters at the present time; and as the choice of measures for better regulating the relation ... -
Trade, growth and the role of demand - neoclassical and Keynesian explanations of Ireland's post war growth experience
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1985)This paper examines the nature of the trade growth relationship in post war Ireland. We consider two major theoretical approaches, the Neoclassical and the Keynesian, attempting to identify and contrast the key features ... -
On the advantages and disadvantages of indirect taxation, and a scheme for direct taxation which would be equitable, and combine the advantages of an indirect tax
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1851)There are two methods of lightening the pressure of those taxes which must be raised for the expenses of government; one, by lessening the expenditure; and the other, by so arranging taxation, that it shall press as ... -
On the relation between the material welfare and moral training of the industrious classes
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1851)We live in an age of industrial progress; improvements and inventions in the different arts and sciences, have furnished unprecedented facilities for the production of luxuries and comforts of every kind. Yet side by ... -
On the prospects of the beet sugar manufacture in Ireland
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1851)It was the great importance attached to the beet-sugar manufacture by some advocates of its introduction, which led me to direct my attention to the economic conditions necessary to its success. It is necessary to obtain ...
