The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 17, No. 4, July, 1986http://hdl.handle.net/2262/685242024-03-29T13:53:09Z2024-03-29T13:53:09ZDenial, polarization and massacre - a comparative-analysis of Northern Ireland and ZanzibarThompson, J.L.P.http://hdl.handle.net/2262/687862018-08-10T14:10:57Z1986-01-01T00:00:00ZDenial, polarization and massacre - a comparative-analysis of Northern Ireland and Zanzibar
Thompson, J.L.P.
The Zanzibar Revolution of l964 and the Northern Ireland conflict since 1968 are compared. They are similar in their polarisation processes, but differ in the level of killing, which is much higher in Zanzibar. Northern Ireland has, however, experienced the tinge of massacre. Denial of the severity of the ethnic conflict is documented in both cases, and its impact on polarisation and the level of killing explored. It promotes polarisation by precluding the application and development of the ability to negotiate and regulate conflict; and it facilitates massacre by preventing its control by the public or the security
1986-01-01T00:00:00ZInflation, taxation, capital-markets and the demand for housing in IrelandIrvine, Ianhttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/687852018-08-10T14:10:56Z1986-01-01T00:00:00ZInflation, taxation, capital-markets and the demand for housing in Ireland
Irvine, Ian
The objective of this paper is to examine the effect of inflation on the quantity of housing demanded where mortgage interest payments are tax deductable and where capital markets set a limit upon the amount which can be borrowed to purchase a house. It is illustrated theoretically that the answer to this question depends upon the potential housebuyer's marginal tax rate. A micro simulation model is then constructed to examine the likely numerical effects on demand of different rates of inflation. The results indicate that demand, on the part of a typical potential buyer, should increase in response to a lowering of the inflation rate. The simulation model also indicates that the real value of lax savings increase in response to a lower inflation rate. These conclusions differ substantially from what would be obtained in other economies whose tax laws are similar in intent. The difference is attributable to the ceiling on tax deductible interest payments in Ireland. A subsidiary objective of the paper is to examine the tax cost of current government measures designed to encourage house purchase. It is illustrated that the tax rate at which households may deduct interest payments could be reduced with only a minor effect on housing demand.
1986-01-01T00:00:00ZEducation of farm childrenConway, A.G.O'Hara, P.http://hdl.handle.net/2262/687842018-08-10T14:10:56Z1986-01-01T00:00:00ZEducation of farm children
Conway, A.G.; O'Hara, P.
In this paper we examined educational participation by farm children, from two small areas in the West of Ireland. There has been a dramatic increase in participation, especially since the introduction of free post-primary education in 1967. This reflects the changing ability of parents to afford education for their children. Participation on smaller farms was lower than on larger farms up to 1967, but since that time it has almost equalised. Differences between those from smaller as compared to larger farms up to 1967 reflected the relative ability of parents to afford education. The pattern since 1967 shows how public policy can bring about equalisation of opportunities between families. Differences associated with children's occupations still persist. Non-farming daughters had more education than non-farming sons, who are more concentrated in manual occupations which have lower formal education requirements. In attempting to ensure access to occupations parents give daughters more education. Sons entering farming had least education but their access to farming is assured by gift or inheritance. The differential allocation of education reflects the efforts of parents to equalise occupational opportunities among their children.
1986-01-01T00:00:00ZThe sociodemographic spatial structure of Dublin in 1981Brady, J.E.Parker, A.J.http://hdl.handle.net/2262/687832018-08-10T14:10:55Z1986-01-01T00:00:00ZThe sociodemographic spatial structure of Dublin in 1981
Brady, J.E.; Parker, A.J.
The small area statistics of the 1981 Census of Population are analysed with a view to identifying the spatial patterns associated with the socio-demographic structure of Dublin. Factors identify the Socio-Economic Status structure; the Family Status (on stage in the life cycle) structure; the New Residential Areas (which result from post-1971 planned growth) and the Rented Sector. The factors are described and mapped, indicating the varied spatial structures of these differentiating characteristics of the city. The policy implications of these patterns are discussed. The problems of infrastructural resource allocation are commented upon, particularly in the context of Dublin's highly segmented geography of family status.
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