JSSISI: Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1847-: Recent submissions
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The impact of macro-economic growth on the income distribution in Ireland 1987-2004
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2006)The Republic of Ireland has been the fastest growing economy in the OECD over the latter half of the 1990?s, an expansion known as the Celtic Tiger. Some commentators have commented on the gains from the boom being ... -
Lord O?Hagan's address, as president of Social Science Congress, Dublin, 3rd October 1881
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1885)In the year 1861, the Fifth Congress of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science was held in this metropolis. It was a pleasant and a prosperous meeting. There was much of genial hospitality and kindly ... -
Report on the legislative measures requisite to facilitate the adoption of commercial contracts respecting the occupation of land in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1851)Having been requested by you "to report for your consideration the principal leading alterations in the laws respecting the relation of landlord and tenant in Ireland, required for the full adoption of the following ... -
On the present state of the savings' bank question
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)About three years since, I had the honor of reading before this society a paper on the duties of the public with respect to charitable savings' banks. Since that time there have been promises of legislation, but nothing ... -
Report of the Council at the Opening of the Eighth Session of the Society
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)We have much pleasure in congratulating you on the favourable auspices under which the eighth session of our Society is now opened. We have a favourable report to give of the several departments of the Society's business ... -
Testing which proposed regulations need ?competition-proofing?
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2006)When assessing the likely net impact of regulation, many jurisdictions test for specific effects on areas of concern, such as small businesses or the environment, as well as for more generalised costs and benefits. This ... -
Origins, destinations and catchments: mapping travel to work in Ireland in 2002
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2006)Over recent years there has emerged an increased awareness of the importance of strategic spatial planning and of the extent to which concepts such as place and space really matter. An enhanced understanding of the ... -
Strategic aid allocation in the 21st century: lessons from the 1980?s and 1990
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2006)An evaluation of recipient countries? experience with foreign aid in the 1980s and 90s shows that there is plenty of evidence that policy conditionality has by and large failed, and that there is no evidence that the ... -
Improving coherence between Irish trade and development policy from an African perspective
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2006)The recent Irish Trade Policy Statement devoted a whole chapter to the trade needs of developing countries (DETE, 2005). In it, the Government recognises the role that trade policy can play in providing economic development ... -
Trade and development: the challenges facing the WTO Doha development road
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2006)The WTO Ministerial meeting in Doha in November 2001 launched a new Round of world trade talks known as the Doha Development Agenda or Death. DDA represents a new approach to the goal of integrating developing countries ... -
Mortality statistics in Northern Ireland: past uses and future possibilities
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2006)The compulsory registration of births and deaths was established throughout most European countries during the 19th century. Enabling legislation was introduced for Ireland in 1863 with the first registration report ... -
Public policy, sectoral specialisation and spatial concentration: Irish manufacturing 1985-2002
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2006)For over fifty years Ireland has pursued an industrial policy that has had at its core the generation of sustainable manufacturing jobs spread across all regions of the country. From the late 1980s the emphasis on ... -
Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: one hundred and fifty eight session 2004/2005
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Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: one hundred and fifty ninth session 2005/2006
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The level and distribution of social capital in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2006)The concept and term `social capital? has enjoyed widespread currency in recent years not least in Ireland where it has emerged prominently in public policy debates (NESF, 2003). Claims have frequently been advanced that ... -
Measurement of UK government output and productivity for the national accounts
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2005)The Atkinson Review was commissioned by the UK National Statistician in December 2003 to advance methodologies for the measurement of government output, productivity and associated price indices in the context of National ... -
Address of His Grace the Archbishop of Dublin [at the first Annual Meeting of the Social Inquiry Society of Ireland]
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1851)His Grace expressed his great satisfaction at the establishment of such a society as that, which seemed to him calculated to meet in some, perhaps in a very great measure, one very great evil, which was essentially ... -
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 ... -
Ireland's recent productivity performance
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2005)This paper examines the reasons for the recent divergence in US and European productivity performance. The paper shows that the structure of European industry is ill suited to the challenge of innovation which has to be ... -
Immigration policy and the skills of Irish immigrants: evidence and the implications
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2005)The rise of immigration into Ireland has been accompanied by a debate on the potential objectives of immigration policy. This paper begins with a survey of international and historical evidence on the economics of ...
