JSSISI: Presidential Addresses
Recent Submissions
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Sustainable Development: ‘Still’ the Opportunity for Irish Economic Policymakers
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2022)Sustainable Development remains a concept easily ascribed to by populations but deceptively difficult to effectively operationalise in the context of modern economies and societies. This paper draws upon a Barrington lecture ... -
The Changing Patterns of Production and Consumption of Official Statistics in Ireland 1989-2019
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2019)This paper examines the major improvements in Ireland’s official statistics since 1989, a period of exceptional economic and social change in Ireland. The Irish Statistical System now produces statistics that are comprehensive ... -
A Hundred and Fifty Years of Vital Statistics: Documenting Demographic Change in Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2016)In December 2015 the CSO published the 150th annual Vital Statistics volume (for 2013) – a publication which has played a central role in documenting demographic change in Ireland since the first edition for 1864. This ... -
An inquiry into the declining labour share of national income and the consequences for economies and societies
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2013)For over three decades, the share of national income going to labour in most countries has been in decline. Conversely, capital?s share of national income has increased. The trend in the decline in labour?s share of income ... -
An Exploration of the Nordic Model
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2010)In this paper I examine the social and economic system which is generally known as the Nordic Model and compare this with the Irish case. The analysis is limited to Denmark, Finland and Sweden as Norway and Iceland may be ...