Browsing JSSISI: Symposia by Title
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Firms and Trade on the Island of Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2019)This paper documents the broad patterns of firm sales and participation in trade for Northern Ireland and Ireland. Looking across sectors and firm size groups, it examines the distribution of cross-border trade with a ... -
Fiscal Adjustment and Macroeconomic Re-balancing in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)In the five quarters from 2008 Q1 to 2009 Q2, Ireland.s real GNP, seasonally adjusted, has fallen by 13.5%. The unemployment rate has risen by eight points, labour force participation has fallen and emigration has resumed. ... -
The Future is Now: The Science-Policy Interface for Achieving Sustainable Development
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2020)Strengthening the Science Policy Interface, at all levels of governance, is a key means of implementation the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This short paper addresses our most recent and important reports ... -
Globalisation, Inequality and Populism
(SSISI, 2017)Inequality in the distribution of income and wealth among individuals has now come to the fore as a core concern across the industrialised world. In 2013 then President of the United States Barack Obama identified rising ... -
History of Queen’s College, Galway; University College Galway; and NUI Galway in Four Contrasting Images
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Income and Employment Impacts: Early Evidence from Administrative Data
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2020)This public policy brief uses newly available administrative data to examine the income and employment impacts of COVID-19 during the depths of the economy’s shutdown in 2020. It highlights the extent of labour market churn ... -
Income Inequality and Living Standards
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Inflation and Monetary Policy – What Next?
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2023)A combination of pandemic-related bottlenecks, strong demand and the war in Ukraine have contributed to record-high rates of inflation in the euro area and Ireland. Since the late-2022 inflation peak, headline inflation ... -
Institutional Design and Irish Political Reform
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)The financial and economic crisis that erupted in 2008 exposed significant weaknesses in Irish decision-making and policy implementing processes. In contrast with other European countries in the grip of crisis, the political ... -
International Trade and Investment Agreements: Fit for Future Purpose
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Investment in Education and Economic Growth on the Island of Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2019)Looking at the post-War years, this paper considers how investment in education developed using different models and following different trajectories in Ireland and Northern Ireland. The result has been a very different ... -
Ireland in 2040: Urbanization, demographics and housing
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2018)Ireland during the 20th century was a demographic outlier, rather than an economic one. With a swingtowards population growth, rather than away from it, during the 21st century, this outlier status will persist. However, ... -
The Irish statistical system – Preserving trust through quality standards
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Jurisprudence and its Impact Upon Public Policy - An Address
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Jurisprudence and its Impact Upon Public Policy – An Address
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Jurisprudence, Sovereignty and Judicial Independence – the Irish Example
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The Magnitude of the Problem
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)The Macroeconomic and Fiscal Framework document accompanying the April 2009 Supplementary Budget detailed the measures that had been taken since July 2009 to address the weakening public finances. -
Measuring the Economic Impact of Covid-19 in Real Time
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2020)COVID-19 pandemic is a one-in-a-hundred year event. The economic consequences are unlike anything we have seen in modern times, in terms of scale, speed and depth of the shock. Restrictions to prevent the spread of the ... -
Planning for Housing in Ireland: Historical Legacies and New Challenges
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Politicians, the bureaucracy and economic policymaking over two crises: the 1950s and today
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2013)Recent reports into the performance of the Central Bank, the Financial Regulator and the Department of Finance in the lead-up to the current crisis identify three key weaknesses: the pressures towards `group think? within ...
