Browsing The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 42, No. 4, Winter, 2011 by Title
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Denis Conniffe – An Obituary
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Determinants of Vegetarianism and Meat Consumption Frequency in Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2011)Vegetarianism is increasing in the western world. This trend can be attributed to heightened health, environmental and animal welfare concerns. In this paper we investigate the factors associated with vegetarianism and ... -
Exploring the Steady-State Relationship Between Credit and GDP for a Small Open Economy–The Case Of Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2011)The rapid increase in credit in an economy is now commonly perceived to be one of the leading indicators of financial instability. This view has been reinforced by the aftermath of the international financial crisis, which ... -
Exploring Trends in the Rate of Caesarean Section in Ireland 1999-2007
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2011)This paper explores levels and trends in the prevalence of Caesarean section delivery in Ireland between 1999 and 2007. Over this period the Caesarean section rate for singleton births in Ireland increased by over one ... -
Informal Cost of Dementia Care – A Proxy-Good Valuation in Ireland
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2011)This paper values the informal costs of dementia care in Ireland based on recently agreed national costing framework. Drawing on a survey of 270 Irish dementia caregivers, the hours of informal care per day are estimated ... -
Linguistic Elitism: the Advantage of Speaking Irish Rather than the Irish-speaker Advantage
(Economic & Social Studies, Dublin, 2011)This paper contributes to the discussion of linguistic elitism in this journal (Borooah et al., 2009). Two main questions are addressed. First, most “census Irish speakers” are not in fact Irish speakers and the majority ...