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A new set of consumer demand estimates for Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1993)This paper provides a new set of consumer demand estimates for Ireland, incorporating a variety of different consumer demand models. Own-price and expenditure elasticities are presented and tests of the propositions implied ... -
A note on a proposed census-based irish social-class scale for epidemiological health research
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1982)Precis: The social class/prestige scales currently used in Irish research are examained and considered unsuitable for epidemiological research as they are not census-based. The historical development of Socio-Economic ... -
A note on demand elasticities for energy imports
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1986)Annual Irish data on fuel imports are used to estimate inter-fuel substitution models. Both a four- and a three-input classification are employed in the estimation of a translog cost function. Restrictions implied by ... -
A note on the sectoral employment pattern
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1981)The theory proposed by Cogan (1978) that the sectoral employment pattern is likely to reach a "steady state" is re-examined. It is suggested that there is no theoretical basis for such a state and that there is a considerable ... -
A note upon localism and party solidarity - the transfer of votes in the udaras-na-gaeltachta election of 1979
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1984)Two important features of the Irish electoral system are localism and party solidarity. The electorate, particularly in rural areas, expect their representatives to look after their specific local interests and are therefore ... -
A plea for trade theory in economic history
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1998)This paper discusses the applicability of the small-scale general equilibrium models of trade theory to the problems of economic history. The examples are drawn from the experience of the Atlantic economy from its emergence ... -
A portfolio balance approach to monetary and fiscal-policies in a small open-economy
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1980)Monetary and fiscal policies are examined in a steady-state small open economy model. Complete price taking behaviour implies that domestic output is supply determined and invariant to domestic shocks. Balanced budget ... -
A preliminary econometric investigation of the irish housing-market, 1969-1976
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1982)Precis: Recent modelling developments in the housing economics literature are reviewed and drawn on to construct a national housing model for Ireland. The model is estimated on quarterly data over the' period 1969-1976. ... -
A quality adjusted measure of labour services for Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2010)This paper presents annual indices of labour input adjusted for the age, education and gender distributions of the Irish workforce for the period 1999-2008. Growth in labour services is divided between the increase in ... -
A rationale for repealing the 1987 Groceries Order
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1999)A ban on pricing below cost was implemented under the 1987 Groceries Order based on the premise that loss leading used in multi-product retail pricing distorts competition and exploits consumers in the short run, while ... -
A Reduced-form Equation for the Unemployment Rate Estimated from a Panel of Nineteen OECD Countries
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2015)Using a dynamic fixed-effects model for a panel of nineteen OECD countries and annual aggregate data, 1970-2008, we estimate a reduced-form equation for the observed unemployment rate. We find that wage-push factors, such ... -
A relative impact ranking of political studies in Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2009)Against a background of the Irish government?s concerns with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the British government?s wishes for a more quantitative Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), our study conducts a relative ... -
A study of replacement ratios among a sample of unemployed workers
(Economic & Social Studies, DUBLIN, 1983)Abstract: This study reports the findings of an examination of the actual benefits to earnings (replacement) ratio experience among a sample of unemployed workers. Previous Irish studies in this area have been at the ... -
A symmetric alternative to geary and john expression of product changes
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A systems-approach to modeling the EMS exchange-rate mechanism
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1989)This paper examines the extent to which the EMS has succeeded in stablising intra-European exchange rates from external influences. It generalises earlier results by developing a systems approach to the problem which enables ... -
A theoretical growth model for Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2006)Ireland is distinguished by the high degree of openness of its labour market and the importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the economy. We develop a neo-classical growth model to explore the consequence of these ... -
A tie that blinds: family and ideology in Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1991)This paper examines the origins of the role of the family as a social symbol in Irish society. The source, it argues, is in the nature of the inequalities that were present in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century ... -
A time series analysis of farmland price behaviour in Ireland, 1901-1986
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1993)This paper examines the dynamic link between land prices and a proxy for agricultural returns, conacre rents, in Ireland. The data pertain to the Limerick region and span the period 1901 to 1986. Initial results suggest ... -
A visual test for a unit root: Geary's count of sign changes revisited
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1996)Prompted by Geary's (1970) suggestion in a different context, the stationarity of a plotted time series can be assessed by simply counting the number of times the plot crosses the trend line linking the first and last ... -
Absenteeism at national school - educational, medical and social aspects
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 1975)This study of a small sample of national school absentees suggests that such absentees are characterised by high levels of economic and emotional insecurity, and by educational retardation. It thus supports the control ...
