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3rd-sinn fein party - 1923-1926
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 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 StudiesDUBLIN, 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 ... -
Regional study of relative prosperity of irish farms of different sizes
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 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 ... -
Establishing of irish pound - backward glance
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 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 ... -
Science of econometrics any use for short-term forecasting - enquiry based mainly on irish educational statistics 1947-1967
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 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 ... -
Note on smoking among dublin school children
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 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 ... -
Status inequalities within families in relation to their structural differences
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1970)The nuclear family, not the individual, is regarded as the basic unit of social stratification systems: a nuclear family being usually defined as a man and wife, with their dependent children, sharing a common domicile. ... -
Economic aspects of alcohol consumption in Republic of Ireland
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 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 StudiesDUBLIN, 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, ... -
Study of non-economic factors in irish economic development
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 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, ... -
Wages and labour mobility - inter-industry study
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 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 ... -
Determinants of personal savings in ireland - econometric inquiry
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 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 ... -
3rd sinn fein party - 1923-1926
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 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 ... -
Method of evaluating company employment policies based on national preferences
(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 ... -
Further analysis of Irish expenditure functions, 1965-1966
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1970)This paper is concerned with a closer examination of the interaction between household size and composition and household expenditures, using, as in the previous study, data collected by the Central Statistics Office and ... -
Labour and irish political party system - a suggested approach to analysis
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1970)In the politics of the Irish state only three parties have been able to maintain substantial electoral support for more than a decade. Two - Fianna Fail and Fine Gael - stem from the same Sinn Fein party which in the years ... -
Social expenditure of public authorities and economic growth 1947-66
(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 ... -
Method of evaluating company employment policies based on national preferences
(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 ... -
Changing regional pattern in ireland
(Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 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 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 ...
