Browsing Economic and Social Review Archive: Complete Collection 1969- by Title
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The ratio of unemployment rates and fair employment: a response to Richard Breen
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1998)In my original critique of the G&B study I addressed three issues. First, the political context within which that study was commissioned, issued and debated. Second, the fact that such a crucial analysis of a highly divisive ... -
The real wage gap and its development over time: the Irish experience 1960-1987
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1989)The high inflation and high unemployment occurring throughout the OECD in recent years have resulted from a complex interaction of contractionary supply and demand factors as outlined by Bruno and Sachs (1985). Their ... -
The real wage gap and its development over time: the Irish experience 1960-87: a comment
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1989)I wish to make a number of points regarding the content of the paper on the wage gap presented by Walsh, Walsh and Woelger. Let me first of all state that I found the explanation given in the paper to be a very simple and ... -
The relationship between alternative population and migration series - a comment
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1981)In their recent paper on the derivation of annual population estimates Whelan and Keogh (1980) implicitly assume that the number on the Electoral Register refers to Apri l 15 ? the date on which the Register comes into ... -
The Relative Age Effect and Under-21 Irish Association Football: A Natural Experiment and Policy Recommendations
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2015)A relative age effect refers to the presence of a bias towards relatively older children assembled collectively within a selection year. We consider this in association football (soccer) for Republic of Ireland under ... -
The relevance of a beta-book for Irish equities
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1987)This paper investigates the role of Beta coefficients in determining rates of return on equities traded in the Irish stock market. It concludes that a `Beta Book? would be inappropriate in this case due to institutional ... -
The reliability and validity of irish strike data and statistics
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1983)Abstract: This paper focuses on the problems associated with the measurement of strike phenomena and deals particularly with the three principal dimensions of strikes, namely, strike frequency, number of workers involved ... -
The risks of intuition: Size, costs and economies of scale in local government
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2014)Extensive international research surrounds the optimal size of local government and associated issues of amalgamations and economies of scale in local government. Given recent structural reforms of Irish local government, ... -
The role of sense of control and social support in mediating the impact of psychological distress: a test of the hypothesis of functional substitution
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1992)The purpose of this paper is to examine the manner in which beliefs relating to sense of control and perceived social support mediate the impact of objective circumstances on psychological distress. In particular it focuses ... -
The single market and the geographical diversification of leading firms in the EU
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)Geographical diversification describes the degree to which a firm?s operations in a particular industry are dispersed across countries. This paper presents evidence on the geographical diversification within the EU of the ... -
The Socio-economic gradient of obesity in Ireland – Corrigendum
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2014)In a paper published in this journal in 2013 concentration indices for obesity were presented for male and female obesity. Decompositions of the indices were also presented. There was an error in the calculations which led ... -
The sociodemographic spatial structure of Dublin in 1981
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1986)The small area statistics of the 1981 Census of Population are analysed with a view to identifying the spatial patterns associated with the socio-demographic structure of Dublin. Factors identify the Socio-Economic Status ... -
The strike-proneness of public-sector organizations
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1985)Through the use of a unique and original data bank on Irish strike data, this paper analyses strike trends at a disaggregated level, using degree of organisation involvement in strikes as the focal point of analysis. We ... -
The structure of collective-bargaining in Northern Ireland, 1973-84
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 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 ... -
The structure of production in Irish agriculture: a multiple-input multiple-output analysis
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1991)The production structure of Irish agriculture is analysed empirically via a multiple-input multiple-output translog cost function model. As earlier work in this area was restricted to singleoutput, constant-returns-to-scale ... -
The tax incentives applying to US corporate investment in Ireland
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1995)This paper examines the merits of the 10 per cent manufacturing relief in the context of the Ireland/US tax regime. It measures its value as a tax incentive to US Multinationals by calculating the average effective tax ... -
The telesis report - a review essay
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1983)Since 1979, the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) has been carrying out a broad re-examination of the package of government policies used to promote Ireland's industrial development. NESC Report No. 64, A Review ... -
The theory of non-profit organisations: an application to a performing arts enterprise
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1993)A non-profit organisation is one whose profits, or more precisely net earnings, are not legally distributable to controlling individuals. This paper seeks to draw attention to a small part of the economic research now ... -
The urban sociology of castells,manuel - a critical-examination of the central concepts
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1980)The writings of Manuel Castells are centrally concerned with the development of a Marxist urban sociology. This article provides a critical examination of the central concepts of these writings. The article begins with ... -
The use of the irish electoral register for population estimation
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1980)A strong relationship is shown to exist between the number of registered electors in a county and the county's population in census years. This relationship can be used to estimate county populations in intercensal years. ...