Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 20, No. 3, April 1989 by Title
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Taxation and the choice of employment policy
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 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 ... -
Tests for macroeconomic feedback from large-scale migration based on the Irish experience, 1948-87 - a note
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 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. ... -
Tests for the macroeconomic effects of large-scale migration based on the Irish experience, 1948-87 - a comment
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 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 ... -
Tests for the macroeconomic effects of large-scale migration based on the Irish experience, 1948-87 - a rejoinder
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 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 ... -
The leisure factor in entrepreneurial success - a lesson from the robber baron era
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 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 StudiesDublin, 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 ...