JSSISI: 1962 to 1968, Vol. XXI, Sessions 116th to 121st : Recent submissions
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The genetic improvement of the Irish cattle population
(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 ... -
Aircraft selection - with particular reference to the Aer Lingus selection of the BAC one - eleven
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1965)Conditions in the technical development of the aeroplane at the present time, especially the absence of any important improvements in design or in motive power and the uncertainty about the prospects for supersonic transport, ... -
Some economic aspects of land use policy in Ireland
(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 ... -
Capital in Irish industry
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1963)This paper presents the results of a first attempt to provide a comprehensive picture of the capital structure of industry in Ireland Up to the present time, there has been no reliable information on such matters as the ... -
Health services - a critical appraisal
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1963)The designing of a health service involves exercises in economics and administration as well as in medicine and the relation between all three is so intimate that the best results can only be obtained if the planners ... -
Factors relevant to planning an economic forestry policy
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1964)A major consideration in overall economic planning must be the extent to which a resource which can be provided locally is being brought into the country. In Ireland there is a virtual absence of mineral resources but ... -
Recent demographic developments in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1965)Seen from the demographic point of view, Ireland is well known to possess a number of unusual features m comparison with other countries of the Western world. The effect on natural population increase of a high average ... -
Survey of sources of monetary supply in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1963)Judging by developments in other countries the survey of changes in the supply of money is the first step in the buildingup of financial accounts. The purpose of this paper is to suggest a beginning in that direction. ... -
Short-term economic forecasting
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1965)The main purpose of short-term economic forecasting is to try to assess prospective economic conditions as a guide to the policy required to maintain economic activity at the liighest sustainable level. The period of ... -
Farm land mobility and adjustments in farming in Northern Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1965)This paper is about the "mobility" of land as a factor of production in Northern Ireland agriculture. Farm land mobility in the title means all forms of change of control of the use of land within the farm sector in ... -
The youth employment service - why, what and how
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1963)In Great Britain, at the beginning of this century, it was felt that, as a natural corollary of the greatly increased public expenditure on education, provision should be made for young people and their parents to receive ... -
Some aspects of inland transport
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1963)Tonight I propose to deal with two subjects which seem to be too large and awkward to fit into a general study of transport yet not sufficiently large and lacking sufficient data to justify separate studies. Since they ... -
Trends in agricultural development in Europe and Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1963)The most widely accepted economic argument in favour of Irish membership of an enlarged European Economic Community is that it will lead to a big increase in our earnings from the export of agricultural products. This, ... -
The personal wealth of Northern Ireland 1920-1960
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1963)The main object of this paper is to build up estimates of personal wealth in Northern Ireland, in order to chart the material progress of its inhabitants during the past forty years. To this end, wherever possible, ... -
An analysis of human fertility in Northern Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1963)There has never been a special inquiry into the population of Northern Ireland such as that of the Royal Commission on Population (1946) in Great Britain. In fact, apart from three questions on fertility in the 1911 ...