JSSISI: 2012 to 2013, Vol. XLII, 166th Session
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Identifying policy impacts in the crisis: Microsimulation evidence on tax and welfare
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2013)Ireland?s banking, property and fiscal crises, combined with a worldwide Great Recession have had severe implications for household incomes. Particular attention has focused on how incomes at various levels have been ... -
Effects of R&D spending on innovation by Irish and foreign-owned businesses
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2013)This paper estimates the private returns to four different kinds of R&D spending on the probability of Irish and foreign-owned businesses engaging in product, process and organizational innovation. By providing econometric ... -
The impact of changes in educational attainment on life expectancy in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2013)This article looks at scenarios quantifying the potential contribution of increasing educational attainment to the prospective improvement in life expectancy in Ireland over the next 50 years. This analysis uses recently ... -
Estimating the effects of land-use and catchment characteristics on lake water quality: Irish lakes 2004-2009
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2013)This paper attributes the variation in water quality across Irish lakes to a range of contributory factors such as human population, septic tanks, urban waste water treatment, phosphorous excreted by livestock, as well as ... -
Politicians, the bureaucracy and economic policymaking over two crises: the 1950s and today
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2013)Recent reports into the performance of the Central Bank, the Financial Regulator and the Department of Finance in the lead-up to the current crisis identify three key weaknesses: the pressures towards `group think? within ...