http://hdl.handle.net/2262/4757 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:28:08 GMT 2013-05-21T13:28:08Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6401 Title: Structural change in the Northern Ireland economy Author: Luke, Arthur E. Abstract: The notion that Northern Ireland's economic problems reflect, to a substantial degree, an adverse mix of industry — with too great an emphasis on declining or slow growing sectors — is now a commonplace, if partial, explanation of persistently high unemployment and low income levels. It is possible to recognise such features in the Northern Ireland economy since at least the 1920s although it was not until 'the Isles and Cuthbert Report' that a detailed articulation was presented of the relevance of industrial structure in explaining economic circumstances. The view that structural problems were one of the root causes of Northern Ireland's economic ills was firmly endorsed by the Wilson Report of 1965. There are, perhaps, three main issues that are posed in attempting, by analysis, to gauge the significance of the structural dimension: (i) What is the "quality" of the industrial structure? (ii) Has structure changed in a favourable or adverse fashion? (iii) What are the mechanisms of structural change? This paper attempts to address these issues using the shift-share technique supplemented with additional analyses. Description: Read before the Society, 18 April 1977 Sat, 01 Jan 1977 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6401 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6081 Title: Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Session -1975/76 Author: SSISI Description: One Hundred and Twenty-Ninth Session -1975/76 Thu, 01 Jan 1976 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6081 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6038 Title: An analysis of land potential for grazing in Ireland with particular reference to farm size relationships Author: Lee, J. Abstract: While much research has been carried out on the role of soil survey in the application of agricultural technology to farming, its possible utility as a basis for systematizing statistics on farm size has not been investigated. Against the above background, the objectives of the present study are to (1) examine the extent of major land units in Ireland with particular reference to regional variation (2) evaluate the productivity of the lowland soils for livestock production, (3) examine the relationship (if any) between holding size and soil association, (4) investigate the number of holdings on each soil association that have a capacity to support selected stocking targets, (5) investigate the reduction in holdings which would be necessary on each soil association to create units capable of suppoitmg the selected stocking target, assuming that holdings below the stocking target were restructured to bring them up to the selected target while those above it were assumed to remain unchanged. Description: Read before the Society, 17 May 1974 Tue, 01 Jan 1974 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6038 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6018 Title: Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: one hundred and twenty-eighth session -1974/75 Author: SSISI Wed, 01 Jan 1975 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/6018 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5959 Title: Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: one hundred and twenty-seventh session -1973/74 Author: SSISI Tue, 01 Jan 1974 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5959 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5958 Title: Industrial relations reform in Northern Ireland Author: Robertson, N.; Sams, K. I. Abstract: In 1971 the Northern Ireland government set up a Review Body. The Report of the Review Body was published in April 1974. This paper contains a discussion of the circumstances leading to the publication of the Report and an analysis of the Review Body's proposals for reform; a brief survey of the industrial relations system in Northern Ireland is first presented. Description: Read before the Society, 20 May 1975 Wed, 01 Jan 1975 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5958 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5930 Title: Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland: One Hundred and Thirtieth Session -1976/77 Author: SSISI Description: One Hundred and Thirtieth Session -1976/77 Sat, 01 Jan 1977 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5930 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5927 Title: The development of the financial sector in Ireland, 1949-72 Author: Dowling, Brendan R. Abstract: In the past decade or so there has been a considerable growth of interest in monetary economics. Part of this growth in interest can be attributed to the publication of important official enquiries in the US and the UK - the Commission on Money and Credit and the Radcliffe Report. Another important factor was, perhaps, an inevitable swing back from the excesses of the post-Keynsians who relegated money to a very minor role in the macro-economic process. In recent years also the problems of monetary policy in open economies have been the attention of considerable research and, in a world of internationally mobile capital, balance of payments positions are examined from a monetary, rather than a purely tradeoriented, standpoint. Description: Read before the Society, 28 March 1974 Tue, 01 Jan 1974 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5927 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5194 Title: The economic evaluation of road investment in the Republic of Ireland Author: Barrett, Sean D. Abstract: This paper addresses the question "How much money should be spent on road improvement over the next twenty years?". It examines the factors that influence the answers to the question as it applies to the national primary route network in the Republic of Ireland. Description: Read before the Society, 23 October 1975 Thu, 01 Jan 1976 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5194 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5185 Title: Towards a definition of full employment in Ireland Author: Slattery, D. G. Abstract: The purposes of the present paper are first to examine the nature of the inflation - pressure of demand trade-off in the Irish economy and second to use the trade-off to essay a constrained definition of full employment in terms of the maximum pressure of demand consistent with reasonable wage/price stability. Description: Read before the Society, 8 November 1976 Sat, 01 Jan 1977 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2262/5185 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z