http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61996 2017-11-03T02:37:52Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/61918 Efficiency in Northern Ireland hospitals: a non-parametric analysis McKillop, Donal G.; Glass, J. Colin; Kerr, Christine A.; McCallion, Gillian The study examines the technical, scale and size efficiency of acute hospitals in Northern Ireland over the six-year period, 1986-1992. The efficiency estimates are used to investigate whether the empirical evidence supports the subsequent current rationalisation policy for hospital provision in Northern Ireland. Non-parametric analysis is used to measure the efficiency of larger and smaller hospitals relative to best practice. The results cautiously support the current policy of expanding larger hospitals and restructuring/closing smaller hospitals, but also indicate that the expansion of large hospitals may not yield substantial efficiency gains. 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/60176 Change in the rate and pattern of religious intermarriage in the Republic of Ireland O'Leary, Richard Earlier attempts to estimate the rate and to establish the patterns of religious intermarriage in the Republic of Ireland have been limited by a lack of data. This paper presents new findings on intermarriage using previously unavailable Census of Population and survey data. In addition, it is argued that post-Vatican II changes in Roman Catholic Church teaching on intermarriage have had an observable impact on intermarriages with respect to the types of wedding ceremony and conversions. 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/60132 Social mobility in Ireland in the 1990s: evidence from the 1994 Living in Ireland Survey Whelan, Christopher T. In this paper we seek to update findings relating to class mobility outcomes and processes in the Republic of Ireland employing data from the Living in Ireland Survey which was carried out in 1994. We also provide an evaluation of a measured variable model of the mobility process developed on an earlier data set. Our findings confirm that transformation of the class structure has been associated with substantial levels of social mobility. At the same time inequalities of opportunity as reflected in the underlying patterns of social fluidity remain substantial and are constant across cohorts. Gender differences are almost entirely a consequence of occupational segregation and there is no evidence that the underlying processes of class disadvantage operate differently for men and women. 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z