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  • Method of evaluating company employment policies based on national preferences 

    Mulvey, C (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 

    Mulvey, C (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 ...
  • Alternative techniques of estimating import demand elasticities 

    Mcaleese, D (Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 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 ...
  • Social expenditure of public authorities and economic growth 1947-66 

    Kennedy, F (Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 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 ...
  • Irish agriculture and associated industries 1964 - effects of various cereal policies 

    Henry, Ew; Oconnor, R (Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1970)
    In the 1964 structure of Irish Agriculture and associated industries, as published in Paper Number 44 of the Economic and Social Research Institute, the exercises described below investigate the effects on the economy of ...
  • Recent price trend in Ireland 

    Geary, R.C.; Pratschke, J.L.; Henry, E.W. (Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1970)
    In the first section we set out the major price trends since 1958 and indicate the principal cause of price inflation. In later sections we examine the effects of productivity, wage and profit rates, prices of imports and ...