JSSISI: Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1847-: Recent submissions

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    • The Irish housing market: issues and prospects 

      Duffy, David (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2005)
      The housing sector represents an important micro-economic and macro-economic component of the Irish economy. At a micro level purchasing a dwelling is probably the biggest personal financial commitment an individual will ...

    • Housing for the future: a case for change 

      Aidan, Hayden (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2005)
      There is evidence to suggest that housing over recent decades has not received the attention it deserves from policy makers. Policy can at best be described as ad hoc and reactive, based on a general assumption that ...

    • The NESC study 

      O'Donnell, Rory, Cahill, Noel, (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2005)
      This paper presents the key findings from a 2004 NESC study on the Irish housing system, Housing in Ireland: Performance and Policy. The paper begins by identifying the anxieties and concerns people have about housing. ...

    • Making sense of the data on Ireland?s inward FDI 

      Barry, Frank; O'Mahony, Clare (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2005)
      Ireland, in employment terms, is the most FDI-intensive economy in the EU. International comparisons of trends and levels of FDI intensity are usually based on balance-of-payments data however, and the international data ...

    • An economic analysis of privatisation in Ireland, 1991-2003 

      Palcic, Donal; Reeves, Eoin (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2005)
      Although a late starter with regard to privatising State Owned Enterprises (SOEs), Ireland was recently ranked 8th among OECD countries in terms of relative privatisation activity. This paper presents the first detailed ...

    • Education and economic performance in the OECD countries: an elusive relationship? 

      Martin, John P. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1998)
      One of the most common political mantras to-day is that education is the handmaiden of economic growth and prosperity. Politicians like Bill Clinton and Tony Blair constantly trumpet the need to invest in education and ...

    • Symposium on the economic returns to education 

      Walsh, Brendan M. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1998)
      In my contribution to this Symposium I wish to explore two main themes. The first deals with the contribution of education to economic growth at the macro level. In this part I shall discuss the evidence of the importance ...

    • Symposium on the economic returns to education 

      Hyland, Aine (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1998)
      The Second Programme for Economic Expansion, published in 1963, was the first public acknowledgement by the Irish government that expenditure on education was an investment in the nation?s future. It was to be many years ...

    • Openness and growth: an international perspective 

      Pain, Nigel (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2001)
      International openness via the pursuit of liberal trade and investment policies has become one of the conventional verities of the policy advice handed out by multilateral institutions over the past two decades. Greater ...

    • The rationale and scope for privatisation in Ireland 

      McDowell, Moore (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2000)
      The public debate over privatisation in Ireland over the last decade has single-mindedly avoided any serious intellectual analysis of the rationale behind the process in the sense of the issue of whether it is per se a ...

    • Some considerations on the Industrial Remuneration Conference, 1885 

      Bastable, C. F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1885)
      There has been an increasing tendency of late years to give greater prominence to social as opposed to political questions, and to bring more distinctly into notice the various plans suggested for social reform. One evidence ...

    • Baronial guarantees under ?The Tramways Act, 1883?. 

      Bailey, William F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1884)
      Anyone who has watched the progress of business at the last spring assizes in Ireland, must have been struck by the interest exhibited in, and the time and attention devoted to the question of the construction of tramways ...

    • Statistics of the county infirmaries, Ireland 

      MacDonnell, Hercules (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1884)
      I venture to bring the subject of the County Infirmaries of Ireland before your Society, from a desire to place on record the large amount of medical and surgical relief afforded to the poor in Ireland by these institutions, ...

    • Notes on the statistics of waste lands in Ireland 

      Grimshaw, Thomas Wrigley (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1884)
      In consequence of many published statements by public speakers, newspaper writers, essayists, and writers in reviews, with reference to the relative amount of Irish land which is out of use, I have thought it advisable to ...

    • Magisterial reform: being some considerations on the present voluntary system, and suggestions for the substitution of an independent paid magistracy 

      Bailey, William F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1885)
      At various periods since the Union bitter controversies have arisen on the subject of magisterial reform, and the question of a paid versus an unpaid magistracy has frequently occupied the public attention. When we consider ...

    • Privatisation: the Irish context 

      Wrynn, James (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2000)
      The issue of privatisation and the related themes of this symposium - liberalisation, competition and regulation - are part of a broader discussion on the kind of economic system and indeed the kind of society we wish to ...

    • Suggestions for the amendment of the law relating to civil bill appeals 

      O'Shaughnessy, Thomas L. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1882)
      There can be little doubt, whatever may have been the object of those who devised the trial of small causes by assistant barristers at quarter sessions, the idea was suggested by the ancient and popular practice, which ...

    • Experiences from the United Kingdom in the regulation of privatised utilities 

      Kay, John (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2000)
      As Ireland embarks on a programme of privatisation and liberalisation of markets, it may be informative to reflect on the experiences of the UK on competition, privatisation and regulatory issues in the utilities sector ...

    • Foreword by Professor Dermot McAleese on the occasion of his presidential address 

      McAleese, Dermot (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1998)
      This is a good year to be celebrating the 150th anniversary of our Society! The Irish economy continues to boom and prospects remain bright. At first many were sceptical about the Celtic Tiger (as Morgan Stanley christened ...

    • The treatment and punishment of young offenders 

      Lentaigne, John, Sir (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1885)
      The treatment and punfehment of young offenders have lately been much discussed in England with a view to future legislation. The subject is one of vast importance to Ireland, and in the hope that the intended legislation ...