Browsing Archive JSSISI: 1847- Complete Collection by Title
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A symposium on inflation
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1975)Inflation is widely regarded as the major problem facing the world economy. After more than a decade of relatively slow growth in wage and price levels, following the inflation associated with the Korean war, wages and ... -
Symposium on Investment in Education
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1966)The recent publication of Investment in Education, prepared under joint Irish and O.E.C.D. auspices, has been an event of major importance in Irish education. The members of the survey team would, I feel sure, be amongst ... -
Symposium on national income and social accounts
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1952)The series of tables and notes which form the kernel of this contribution to the Society's symposium on National Income are designed as an appendix to the recent White Paper,1 which contained the official estimates of ... -
Symposium on science and Irish economic development
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1967)None of us, I suppose, would deny the basic assumption that greater efforts in research and technology would strengthen the economy, whether through improved agriculture or improved and diversified industrial output. If ... -
Symposium on social security
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1950)When I was asked to make some comments upon the White Paper entitled ?Social Security? no indication was given as to the particular aspect with which I was expected to deal. The paper is of importance because it summarises ... -
Symposium on the Buchanan Report
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1970)The aim of the regional development studies was to work out a strategy for regional development which would offer the best possible prospects of achieving the aim of a full employment society, equated in the National ... -
Symposium on the economic outlook for 1954
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1954)We are proceeding in this symposium from the general to the particular; and my task is to discuss in the broadest terms the general economic outlook for the United Kingdom in 1954. This seems to me to involve two questions, ... -
Symposium on the economic returns to education
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1998)The Second Programme for Economic Expansion, published in 1963, was the first public acknowledgement by the Irish government that expenditure on education was an investment in the nation?s future. It was to be many years ... -
Symposium on the economic returns to education
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1998)In my contribution to this Symposium I wish to explore two main themes. The first deals with the contribution of education to economic growth at the macro level. In this part I shall discuss the evidence of the importance ... -
Symposium on the Idea of a University in the 1990s
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1990)In the centenary year of Cardinal Newman's death and when universities and higher education are under widespread and critical appraisal it is fitting and timely that the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland ... -
Symposium on the Idea of a University in the 1990s
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1990)I should like to begin by expressing to SSISI the honour conferred on me in asking me to contribute some personal throughts on 'The idea of a University in the 1990s' and especially because this seminar comemorates the ... -
Symposium on the Interim Report on Equal Pay of the Commission on the Status of Women - a trade union viewpoint
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Symposium on the present and future of inland transport
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1957)The Statistical Society of Ireland is nearly 110 years old, and it has discussed the problems of Irish transport on some twenty-five occasions: for instance, over 90 years ago it was discussing the nationalisation of the ... -
Symposium on the privatisation of state assets and state commercial companies
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1988)In a recent article in the Irish Times (November 5 1987) Political Editor Dick Walsh pointed out that "calling for privatisation now sounds like a singularly ill-timed appeal to give capitalism another chance. It sounds ... -
Symposium on the Report of the Commission on Emigration and other population problems
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1956)My comments are limited to two points, one demographic and one economic. In matters demographic Ireland is obviously out of step with the rest of the world, and it is difficult to avoid the sense of guilt which comes ... -
Symposium on the report of the Commission on Social Welfare
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1987)In a paper of this nature it is not possible to consider all the main issues and recommendations in the Report of the Commission on Social Welfare. Of necessity, therefore, I have to be selective in the points highlighted, ... -
Symposium on the report of the Commission on Social Welfare
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1987)The Report of the Commission on Social Welfare represents a philosophical and economic view of Irish society that since independence has failed to command more than a fraction of popular support. More important, perhaps, ... -
Symposium on the report of the Commission on Social Welfare
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1987)The Report of the Commission on Social Welfare (CSW) together with the three Background Papers comprise the first ever comprehensive review of the entire Social Welfare System.Expenditure on Social Welfare is at a record ... -
Symposium on traffic congestion in Dublin: policy options
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2003)This paper presents background information on traffic and the transportation needs of Dublin, reviews the positive developments in transportation policy in Dublin in recent years, and offers reflections on the Platform ... -
Symposum on the Idea of a University in the 1990s : 29% increase in student demand at UCG
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1990)Ireland's demographic structure is such that demand for university places from 18-year-olds will continue to grow for at least a decade. In this we differ from other EC countries. CAO figures for 1990 support this ...
