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    • Some economic aspects of land use policy in Ireland 

      Attwood, E. A. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1965)
      This paper sets out to examine the current trends in the pattern of land use, to discuss the factors which must be considered m any delineation of the optimum utilisation of the land m the country, and finally to ...
    • One-day absence in industry 

      Froggatt, P. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1965)
      Much has been written about absence from work taken in spells of three days or more, little about spells of one or two days?possibly because they do not ordinarily count for National Insurance benefit Nevertheless, this ...
    • The genetic improvement of the Irish cattle population 

      Cunningham, E. P. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1966)
      The dominant position of the cattle industry in the national economy does not need to be stressed. The 1.5 million cows and 14,000 bulls in the country and their progeny are both the raw material for much of the output of ...
    • Local government in Northern Ireland: areas, functions and finance 

      Lawrence, R. J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1966)
      The main objects of this paper are to show that local government in Northern Ireland needs to be reorganised, and to suggest some possible reforms. I begin by noting the chief landmarks in the evolution of Irish local ...
    • The aged in three western societies 

      Friis, Henning (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1966)
      'A comparative social survey on living conditions and behaviour of the aged in Denmark, Great Britain and U.S.A.'- subtitle. Through the last fifteen years important new territory has been conquered in social gerontology ...
    • An econometric method of forecasting the demand for food in Ireland in 1970 

      Hart, Julian (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1966)
      In the present decade, there are two major factors that can be expected to affect the demand for food in Ireland; the first is the country's becoming part of the European Economic Community, the second is the attainment ...
    • Road freight transport in Ireland 

      Sexton, J. J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1967)
      This paper describes a Sample Survey of Road Freight Transport which was carried out by the Central Statistics Office during 1964. The main objective of the survey was to provide estimates, at the national level, of such ...
    • Collective bargaining and industrial disputes in Ireland 

      McAuley, D. J. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1967)
      This paper falls into three main sections. The first section contains a general description of the legislative and institutional framework of the industrial relations system. The second section concerns collective ...
    • Agricultural developments in Ireland, north and south 

      Attwood, E. A. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1967)
      The agreement on the reduction of the trade barriers between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland has given rise to hopes of a new impetus to the development of Irish agriculture. Economic history is not ...
    • A study of the social background of students in University College Dublin 

      Nevin, Monica (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1967)
      This paper forms part of a study undertaken to ascertain the social background of the students in the Irish universities, to assess the factors which determine their entry to the university and the influences at work in ...
    • Manpower policy 

      Agnew, John A. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1968)
      There are a number of special features affecting the development of manpower policy in Ireland. The main ones are the levels of unemployment, underemployment and emigration and the ratio of dependents to workers. The ...
    • An examination of the Northern Irish sea fishing industry 

      Hughes, P. H. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1968)
      The Northern Irish sea fishing industry is of the in-shore type, the boats seldom being absent from port for more than eighteen or twenty hours at a time. By almost any standard these boats are up to date and well ...
    • Problems of industrialisation in developing countries 

      Leser, C. E. V. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1968)
      For a country like Ireland, it seems reasonable to surmise that its economy has some features in common with industralising countries in other continents rather than with the industrially most advanced European countries. ...