Browsing Economic and Social Review Archive: Complete Collection 1969- by Date of Publication
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Establishing of irish pound - backward glance
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1969)This paper proposes to examine the major structural developments in Irish banking during the decade of the nineteen-twenties. This was an era of great changes on the pohtical scene in Ireland, and also o f institutional ... -
Regional study of relative prosperity of irish farms of different sizes
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1969)In the course o f a study o f regional allocation in Irish agriculture it became necessary to attempt to estimate regional incomes by farm size for the base year of the study, 1960. The results afforded a considerable ... -
Note on smoking among dublin school children
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1969)In 1967, although half the adult population of the Irish Republic were known to be smokers,2 there was little information on the prevalence of smoking among children, the numbers of regular smokers, the numbers who tried ... -
3rd-sinn fein party - 1923-1926
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1969)The recent commemoration of the fiftieth anniversaries of the Easter Rising and the meeting o f the First Dail firearm have done much to focus attention on this stormy watershed of modern Irish history and politics. The ... -
Price elasticity of demand for tobacco in ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1969)This short study is an attempt to estimate the price elasticity of demand for tobacco in Ireland. Tobacco was chosen, partly because of its importance as a source of tax revenue, and partly because of certain simplifying ... -
Science of econometrics any use for short-term forecasting - enquiry based mainly on irish educational statistics 1947-1967
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1969)As his title indicates, the writer, wisely or unwisely, proposes to hang a very general and important question on the highly specialized inquiry with which this paper mainly deals: in fact to make a prima facie case for a ... -
Changing regional pattern in ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)Draw a line down the Shannon, bend and extend it to the north east to include Longford and the Ulster counties, add Kerry and perhaps West Cork, and one obtains the traditional dividing line of Ireland. 'The West', the ... -
Alternative techniques of estimating import demand elasticities
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)The desirability as well as the difficulty of obtaining reliable estimates of import demand elasticities is clearly demonstrated by the extensive literature on the subject during the last few decades. Interest in price ... -
Determinants of personal savings in ireland - econometric inquiry
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)The acceleration in the rate of economic growth in Ireland in. the last ten years or so compared with the earlier post-war years has been accompanied by a very considerable rise in the proportion of income saved. This ... -
Wages and labour mobility - inter-industry study
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)There are grounds for general scepticism regarding the importance ofrelative wages in allocating labour between industries in the manufacturing sector of the economy. The main findings of the massive OECD study Wages and ... -
Study of non-economic factors in irish economic development
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)The geographical, demographic, financial and political forces that hampered the progress of economic development in Ireland have been debated for many decades; and Ireland's economic lagardliness has been constrasted, ... -
Social expenditure of public authorities and economic growth 1947-66
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)Social expenditure in this context refers to the consolidated expenditure of public authorities on education, health, housing and income maintenance. Public authorities comprise the Central Government (including extra-budgetary ... -
Method of evaluating company employment policies based on national preferences
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 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 ... -
Using absolute deviations to compute lines of best fit
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)There is some renewed interest among agricultural economists and others in the old technique of using minimized absolute deviations in computing lines of best fit. H. B. Jones and J. C. Thompson, in a recent article in ... -
Regional development in ireland - problems of goal formulation and objective specification
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)The establishment of a consistent set of goals and objectives is fundamental to the planning process since planning is concerned with attempting to realise predetermined results. Although specification of objectives is a ... -
Aspects of intercommunity population balance in Northern Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)The population of Northern Ireland is probably unique in that it is composed of two groups of people each of which can be characterized as a 'minority'. Conventional wisdom has it that at present there is a dominant ... -
Quantitative estimates of trade liberalisation - methods and results
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)The economic benefits of trade liberalisation are conventionally divided into two parts: static gains and dynamic gains. Static gains refer to the advantages of increased specialisation arising from easier access to ... -
Economic aspects of alcohol consumption in Republic of Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)Considerable difficulties beset international comparisons of the incidence and prevalence of 'alcoholism'. This reflects the absence of a universally accepted definition of the illness and of a yardstick by which its ... -
Beginnings of state care for mentally ill in ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)The purpose in this paper is to examine the background and development of state care for the mentally ill in Ireland. Today, with a rapidly growing awareness of the needs of people with psychiatric problems, many agencies, ... -
3rd sinn fein party - 1923-1926
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1970)The Republican party that was organized under the name 'Sinn Fein' after the end of the civil war, while initially relatively successful, failed to obtain the majority support essential, not only for the implementation of ...
