Archive JSSISI: 1847- Complete Collection: Recent submissions

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    • The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland centenary volume, 1847-1947; with a history of the Society 

      Black, R. D. Collison (Eason & Son, Ltd, 1947)

    • Institutional Design and Irish Political Reform 

      Hardiman, Niamh (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 

      SSISI (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)

    • Structural Economic Change in Ireland 1957-2006: Statistics, Context and Analysis 

      Quill, Patrick; Teahon, Paddy (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 

      de Buitleir, Donal (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 

      Donnelly, D.W.; Gavin, A.T. (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 

      Byrne, Julie (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 

      Lane, Philip R. (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 

      Croughan, David (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? 

      Horan, Blair (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 ...

    • Fiscal Adjustment and Macroeconomic Re-balancing in Ireland 

      McCarthy, Colm (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 

      Foley, Patrick; O'Callaghan, Fiona (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 

      Lawless, Martina (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 

      SSISI (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 

      Delaney, Liam (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 

      Turner, Mark (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 

      Dignan, Tony (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 

      Commins, Nicola; Crilly, Niamh; Lyons, Sean; Morgenroth, Edgar; TOL, RICHARD S. J. (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 

      Moloney, Michael; Whelan, Shane (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 

      Morgenroth, Edgar (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 ...