Browsing Economic and Social Review Archive: Complete Collection 1969- by Title
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Measuring poverty in ireland - an assessment of recent studies
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 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 ... -
Measuring poverty in Ireland: a comment
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1990)In Callan, Hannan, Nolan and Whelan (1989), the ESRI team attempt to defend the use of "relative income thresholds" as measures of poverty. The argument here will be that there is a lack of correspondence between the ... -
Measuring poverty in Ireland: reply
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1990)MacCarthaigh makes three points with respect to the measurement of poverty, drawing on the work of Stein Ringen. We deal with these in turn, and attempt to match his comment for succinctness ? the issues are discussed in ... -
Measuring rail productivity in Ireland: a note
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1995)This note is concerned with comparing partial and total measures of productivity as they apply to Irish railways. A comparison of a partial exercise undertaken by Barrett and a total productivity approach confirms that ... -
Measuring railway productivity in Ireland: a comment
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1995)The McGeehan (1995) article has three sections. They deal respectively with railway labour productivity, overall railway productivity, and a methodology which is claimed to indicate that the total productivity of CIE ... -
Measuring railway productivity in Ireland: a reply
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1995)Barrett's (1995) comments raise several issues which are readily addressed. -
Measuring the contribution of product quality to competitiveness: a note on theory and policy
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)In this note estimates are given for the importance of quality as an explanation of the comparative productivity shortfall of Northern Ireland (NI) firms relative to their West German counterparts and the method of estimation ... -
Measuring the female labour supply: conceptual and procedural problems in Irish official statistics
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1990)This paper examines some problems which reduce the usefulness of Irish labour statistics as measures of women's, particularly married women's, labour activities. These problems arise both at a conceptual level ? principally ... -
Measuring trends in male mortality by socio-economic group in Ireland: a note on the quality of the data
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2002)The objective of this paper is to examine measurement issues and data problems in the analysis of trends in male mortality differentials by socio-economic group (SEG) in Ireland between 1981 and 1991. The study is based ... -
Measuring trends in poverty over time - some robust results for Ireland 1980-87
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1989)The trend in poverty in Ireland between 1980 and 1987 is analysed, using the 1980 Household Budget Survey and the ESRI 1987 Survey of Income, Distribution, Poverty and Usage of State Services. In addition to the number ... -
Medical insurance, community rating, and adverse selection: an overlapping generations perspective
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1998)This paper analyses the demand for medical insurance using an overlapping generations model. It is shown that the rate of interest and the age structure of the insured population jointly determine whether a typical fully ... -
Meenan, James - an appreciation
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1987)Professor James Meenan, who died in Dublin on 25th May 1987 was born on 18th October 1910, the eldest son of Dr James N . Meenan who was a Professor of the faculty of Medicine at University College, Dublin. He was educated ... -
Men and women - next frontiers
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1974)This paper originates from the group of studies by the authors, sponsored from 1966 by PEP and the Leverhulme Trust, on Sex Career and Family, and from a series of continuing studies by them on the family, the interweaving ... -
Method of estimating elements of an interindustry matrix knowing row and column totals
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1973)It is a pity, but a fact of life, that few (if any) countries produce IO tables annually. The more common situation is that many countries produce these tables at intervals of years and then only with long delays. However, ... -
Method of evaluating company employment policies based on national preferences
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1970)In the course of preparing a cost/benefit analysis of Irish Shipping Ltd., it was necessary to attempt an evaluation of the employment policy pursued by the company. This paper describes the method employed in making the ... -
Method of evaluating company employment policies based on national preferences
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1970)In the course of preparing a cost/benefit analysis of Irish Shipping Ltd., it was necessary to attempt an evaluation of the employment policy pursued by the company. This paper describes the method employed in making the ... -
Method of path coefficients and OLS regression
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1976)Some time ago Sir Maurice Kendall suggested to the writer that a study of the theory and practice of path coefficients might be rewarding as shedding light on the still dark patches in the theory of relationship between ... -
Micro-economic study of earnings in Ireland
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1976)This article, which is a first attempt to analyse Irish earnings data at the level of the individual, is based on a human capital approach. It shows that about half the variance in individuals' earnings can be accounted ... -
Middle class squeeze? Social class and perceived financial hardship in Ireland, 2002-2012
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2014)Ireland has been particularly hit by the economic downturn of 2008. For many families in Ireland the economic downturn put strong pressures on their household budgets. This study examines how the recession has changed class ... -
Migration and the option value of waiting
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1995)Migration is an investment: it involves fixed, unrecoverable costs and uncertain future returns. If migration can be postponed, the option value of doing so may have positive value. Migration may not occur for a range of ...
