Browsing JSSISI: Journal of The Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1847- by Title
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Wage bill change in Ireland during recession - how have employers reacted to the downturn
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2012)The Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey (EHECS) captures information each quarter on total earnings, paid hours and level of employment from a large representative sample of employers. Responses received typically ... -
Wage inflation and structural unemployment in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2008)In this paper we represent structural unemployment by relating observed unemployment to wage inflation. An estimated series for the non-accelerating wage rate of unemployment (NAWRU) shows that the unemployment gap between ... -
The want of industrial and practical education in Irish national schools.
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1896)There is no doubt that the Irish people are behind the rest of the world in industries, and there is a concensus of opinion that the reason is the unindustrial and impractical character of our primary education. With ... -
Was the early food the late poison? Foreign banks and the retail credit market during Ireland's financial crisis
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Statistical Society of Ireland, 2015)Ireland's banking system is among the most open in the world, with a significant amount of the industry headquartered in other countries. In this paper we examine the development of the industry in the run up to the recent ... -
Wealthier and healthier: Ireland's demographic catch-up
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2008)In the first half of this paper I summarise the trend in Irish deaths rates over the period 1973-2006. In the second half I discuss some possible explanations of these trends. -
Weights and measures after the war
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1917)In my judgment the United Kingdom will be successful in the present awful struggle, but the country will suffer great injury to many trades and manufactures. We shall also be liable for enormous debts contracted in ... -
Well-being under conditions of abundance: Ireland from 1990-2007
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2009)This paper examines the health and well-being of the Irish population in the late 20th century, the period popularly referred to as the Celtic Tiger. This period saw unprecedented increases in economic activity in Ireland. ... -
What a perfect income tax of ten per cent would produce
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1855)It is the plain duty of every subject of this great empire to contribute any information or suggestion that he may deem of use towards sustaining the contest in which we are now engaged. In discharging this duty, I do ... -
What are the causes of the distressed state of the Highlands of Scotland?
(Belfast Social Inquiry Society, 1852)It will not be necessary for me to occupy much of your time in adducing evidence of the nature and extent of the distressed state of the poorer classes in the Highlands of Scotland. To account for this distress, many of ... -
What are the causes of the prosperous agriculture in the Lothians of Scotland?
(Belfast Social Inquiry Society, 1852)The subject to which I propose to direct your attention in this paper is expressed in the following question :? What are the causes of the prosperous agriculture in the Lothians of Scotland ? You have all, no doubt, heard ... -
What are the duties of the public with respect to charitable savings banks?
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1852)Here are two kinds of savings' bank, a joint stock savings' bank, and a government savings' bank. But the sort of institution to which I am about to direct your attention, is quite distinct from these in some essential ... -
What is the best measure of employment and unemployment in Ireland?
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1988)The paper develops a framework to be applied in the Labour Force Surveys for the measurement of labour force aggregates according to international recommendations. While applying the international recommendations ... -
What the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland has effected (1847-1880)
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1881)Without referring to the dissemination of sound statistical knowledge and a knowledge of Political Economy, and the correction of erroneous impressions, and the saving of waste of capital by discouraging such enterprises ... -
What the worker should know
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1923)A belief in the extension of education for the multitude in new ways and in subjects hitherto untouched by the masses is manifest. Three important schemes are in operation. -
When Worse is Better: Economic Policy Making in the Two Irelands of the mid 1950s
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2023)Economic Development (1958) remains a document associated with T.K. Whitaker’s role in Ireland’s shift away from protectionist economics. Whatever the report’s exact role in changing the direction of Irish economic strategy, ... -
Whether the union or the county should be taken as the district for local registers of land
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)In the discussions which have arisen from the suggestions I have made as to local registers for small holders of land, one of the questions raised is the suggestion of making the county the district for local registration, ... -
White Paper on Educational Development
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1981)The Confederation of Irish Industry has made a detailed response to the "White Paper on Educational Development" which was presented by the Government before each House of the Oireachtas in December 1980. In general terms, ... -
Who is the Populist Irish Voter?
(SSISI, 2017)Across the EU, the Great Recession begot economic and political crisis heralding a renewed march towards populism and party system fragmentation. Much commentary about Ireland remarked on the absence of a populist surge ... -
The Wine Duties and their effects on the commercial relations between the British Dominions and France
(Dublin Statistical Society, 1853)In the following paper I propose to lay before you a summary of the history of the wine duties, and of the present condition of the trade, chiefly with reference to our commercial relations with France. Although these ... -
The wine duties, with reference to their effects on the commercial relations between the British dominions and France
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1853)In the following paper I propose to lay before you a summary of the history of the wine duties, and of the present condition of the trade, chiefly with reference to our commercial relations with France. Although these ...