Browsing JSSISI: 1947 to 1952, Vol. XVIII, Sessions 101st to 105th by Title
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Scope and method of econometrics: illustrated by applications to American agriculture
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1949)Econometrics is the application of a specific method in the general field of economic science in an effort to achieve numerical results and to verify economic theorems. It consists in the application of mathematical economic ... -
State enterprises
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1950)Twenty-five years ago there was in existence only a single company which might be regarded as similar to the very large number of semi- state bodies which are now in existence. During the intervening twenty five years while ... -
Statistical notes on the economic history of Irish agriculture, 1847-1913
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1951)The present paper is an attempt at an economic interpretation of the development of Irish agriculture, from the potato famine to the First World War, roughly 1847-1913, on the basis of the vast, and indeed unique, body of ... -
A study of Catholic, ecclesiastical and religious statistics
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1951)The purpose of this paper, introducing to the Society the subject of Catholic ecclesiastical and religion statistics, is to suggest some lines of inquiry, while also giving a general account of contemporary studies in ... -
A summary of the figures of expenditure and revenue presented in the finance accounts for the years 1929-30, 1939-40 and 1949-50
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1951)This paper is not an examination of the field of public finance? it deals with the figures in the Finance Accounts. It would require a student, which I am not, to cover the wider ground. I have even left aside the expenditure ... -
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 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 ... -
Theories of adjustment of the balance of payments under fixed exchanges
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1948)Any system of stable exchange rates is one in which the quantity of money in each country is determined primarily by the balance of payments. Discrepancies in the balance of payments may be settled temporarily by movements ... -
Theory and policy in Anglo-Irish trade relations, 1775-1800
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1950)The manner in which economic theory affects economic policy, and vice-versa, is a question which has been the subject of much generalisation, but little detailed research. Obvious instances can be found in which policy ... -
Total civilian income in Northern Ireland
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1951)In recent years a good deal of the attention of economists has been devoted to regional problems. This has been largely due to the realisation that the mobility of factors of production (particularly labour) has been far ... -
Tuberculosis: a social survey
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1948)Tuberculosis is essentially a disease of civilization, which dates back to the earliest days of history. We see five great historical facts about the disease, (i) its antiquity, (ii) its recognition as a separate disease, ... -
The Universities - III
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1950)The limitations of this paper should be made clear at the start. It represents an attempt to bring together the statistics relating to university education in this part of the country and to examine how far they have changed ...
