JSSISI: 2010 to 2011, Vol. XL, 164th Session
Recent Submissions
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Proceedings of the Statistical and Social Inquiry of Ireland One Hundred and Sixty-Fourth Session: 2010/2011
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The demography of ageing and future policy impacts: a Northern Ireland perspective
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)The Northern Ireland population is ageing as a result of long-term falls in fertility rates and long-term improvements in mortality rates. This will create changes in the make-up of the Northern Ireland population. Most ... -
Constructing a national house price index for Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)The Central Statistics Office will publish the first results of its national House Price Index on May 13th 2011. This hedonic index is constructed using data on mortgage drawdowns by eight lending institutions under Section ... -
Research and policy-making ? strengthening the link
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)This paper reviews the current relationship between research and evidence based policy-making in Ireland. It reviews the role of the State in its broadest sense and considers relevant research required to underpin policy ... -
Building research capacity in the social sciences ? alternatives approaches
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)In contrast to previous decades, the past decade has seen major investments by the Irish government in the national research capacity. As part of this investment, there has been a significant investment in the social ... -
Terrorism, tourism and FDI: Estimating a lower bound on the peace dividend in Northern Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)In this article we estimate the economic cost of terrorism with regard to foreign direct investment and tourism in Northern Ireland during periods extending from 1970 through to 2007. Previous studies which have estimated ... -
A study of the NUTS 2 administrative regions using Input-Output analysis
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)In 1966 Roy Geary, Director of the ESRI, noted ?the absence of any kind of import and export statistics for regions is a grave lacuna? and further noted that if regional analyses were to be developed then regional Input-Output ... -
The economic and fiscal contribution of US investment in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)Multinational companies from the United States of America are important sources of foreign investment in Ireland. The role of these companies in the Irish economy has been previously documented and is reviewed briefly. The ... -
Predicting turning points in the rent cycle using the Natural Vacancy Rate ? An applied study of the Dublin office market
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)All property markets have a natural vacancy rate (NVR). Theory suggests that when the actual vacancy rate exceeds this NVR the market will be unbalanced. Then, rents will fall to restore equilibrium. Conversely, when ... -
From data to policy analysis: Tax-benefit modelling using SILC 2008
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2011)Tax-benefit models are used to explore alternative policy reforms, providing evidence which can guide policy choices. A database representing the national situation in terms of the income tax base and beneficiaries of ...