Economic and Social Review: Recent submissions
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Social scientific-research on the Troubles in Northern Ireland - the problem of objectivity
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1988)The growth in output of social scientific research on Northern Ireland and on the `Troubles? is described. Despite a considerable body of work the research on the `Troubles? encounters distinct problems concerning objectivity. ... -
The structure of collective-bargaining in Northern Ireland, 1973-84
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1988)A unique database (the New Earnings Survey) is used to look at collective bargaining structures in 1973 and 1984. A comparison is made with the structures existing in Great Britain, and some attempts are made to identify ... -
Interest and non-interest terms in the process of mortgage market clearing
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1988)The paper is devoted to a test of the hypothesis of mortgage market disequilibrium in Ireland. The mortgage rate is found to be very sluggish upwards when excess demand prevails, lending support to the mortgage rationing ... -
The distribution of power in Dail-Eireann
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1987)How powerful is the current government relative to its recent predecessors? We compute Shapley values for the recent Daileanna, and show that the current government is much stronger than the minority administrations of ... -
The Irish consumption function and Ricardian Equivalence
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1987)The paper examines whether the Ricardian Equivalence Proposition holds for Ireland. This proposition argues that it does not matter how the government finances a given level of public spending. Specifically, it claims that ... -
The marginal social cost of taxation in Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1987)The purpose of this paper is to examine the deadweight losses associated with different forms of taxation in Ireland. Hitherto this aspect of the tax system has been neglected. We find that the high rates of taxation ... -
The effect of collective-bargaining on earnings in Northern Ireland in 1973
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1987)This paper uses data from the New Earnings Survey to see if trade unions secure relatively higher wages for those workers covered by collectively bargained agreements. A standard econometric model is used, and our results ... -
Efficiency in the forward exchange market - an application of co-integration - reply
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)In this issue of the Economic and Social Review, Leddin comments on my recent (1988) paper which examined co-integration as a technique for analysing the efficiency of the forward exchange market. This paper addresses a ... -
Efficiency in the forward exchange market - an application of co-integration - a comment
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)In a recent edition of the Review, Lucey (1988) finds evidence of forward exchange market inefficiency using the co-integration technique. His results relate to sterling and the dollar and are based on daily spot and one ... -
Tests for the macroeconomic effects of large-scale migration based on the Irish experience, 1948-87 - a rejoinder
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)These two Comments use similar methodologies and the dataset that was employed in my paper to explore the nature of the relationship between migration and economic growth in Ireland. Intensive investigation of this important ... -
Tests for the macroeconomic effects of large-scale migration based on the Irish experience, 1948-87 - a comment
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)Walsh (1989) addresses an interesting and extremely pertinent problem: What is the causal relationship between migration, as proxied by the net migration rate (NMR), and economic activity, as proxied by the percentage ... -
Growth, migration and causality - a comment on tests for macroeconomic feedback from large-scale migration based on the Irish experience, 1948-87
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)The plan of this paper is as follows. In Section II , a description of the general procedure used by Sims (1972) and Walsh (1989) to test for causality is provided along with some of the problems that may be encountered ... -
Tests for macroeconomic feedback from large-scale migration based on the Irish experience, 1948-87 - a note
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)This short paper explores the relationship between the rate of migration and the rate of economic growth. A review of the literature shows that there is no unanimity regarding the net effect of migration on economic growth. ... -
The leisure factor in entrepreneurial success - a lesson from the robber baron era
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)Success in capitalist enterprise is often held to be due to hard work and in particular is usually associated with the Protestant work ethic. However, study of three major entrepreneurs, Carnegie, Rockefeller, and Morgan, ... -
The placement of elderly persons - a logit estimation and cost-analysis
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)This study focuses on two groups of elderly persons deemed by the relevant health professional to be on the margin of domiciliary care and institutional care, respectively. A logit regression is estimated in order to test ... -
Agency, allocation and distribution - evidence on the motivation of central to local transfers
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)This paper examines fiscal relations between central and local government in Ireland for four years between 1960 and 1972. Its main conclusion is that the evidence does not support a simple principal-agent relationship, ... -
Taxation and the choice of employment policy
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)The costs of investment- and employment- subsidies as alternative job-creation policies for a small open economy with classical unemployment are compared, and the latter are shown to dominate in terms of the financing ... -
Measuring poverty in ireland - a reply
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)Dr Barrett's comments on our recent report on Poverty and the Social Welfare System in Ireland (1988) provide a welcome opportunity to deal with some of the points which have been raised in reaction to that report. While ... -
Measuring poverty in ireland - an assessment of recent studies
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)The economic debate preceding the Irish Budget in 1989 was dominated by claims that one-third of the population lives in poverty. The Combat Poverty Agency (CPA)/ESRI study (September, 1988) was cited in support of the ... -
Evaluating social-welfare expenditures - how well does the system perform in reducing poverty
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)The results of the ESRI Survey of Income Distribution, Poverty and Usage of State services are used to assess the success of the Irish social welfare system in alleviating poverty. About 10 per cent of persons are found ...
