Browsing by Author "Walsh, BM"
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Economic aspects of alcohol consumption in Republic of Ireland
Walsh, BM; Walsh, D (Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1970)Considerable difficulties beset international comparisons of the incidence and prevalence of 'alcoholism'. This reflects the absence of a universally accepted definition of the illness and of a yardstick by which its ... -
Health-education and the demand for tobacco in ireland, 1953-76 - note
Walsh, BM (Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1980)THE publication of the report by the Royal College of Physicians in 1962 linking cigarette smoking and lung cancer led throughout the western world to mounting pressure to curb the smoking habit. In Ireland the cancer scare ... -
Income maintenance payments in Ireland, 1953-1971 - cyclical variations and long-term growth
Walsh, BM (Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1974)Three contributions have appeared in recent issues of this Review on the topic of Ireland's social security payments viewed in relation to the growth of national income. The original Note by Geary clearly raised some very ... -
Irelands demographic transformation, 1958-70
Walsh, BM (Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1972)In the early 1960's Ireland's marriage, rate was very low and marriage fertility very high by European standards. The marriage rate had, however, been rising since the 1940's, especially when expressed in terms of the ... -
Price-change calculations based on 3 forms of input-output model - illustration from estimates of impact of equal pay on Irish industry
Henry, EW; Walsh, BM (Economic & Social StudiesDUBLIN, 1971)The official Input-Output (I-O) Tables for 1964 provide us with a 17 sector model in Appendix Tables A1, A2 and A3. In this version of the model, similar imports are distributed along the rows of the transactions matrix ... -
Ricardian Equivalence and the Irish consumption function - a comment
Walsh, BM (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1988) -
Tests for macroeconomic feedback from large-scale migration based on the Irish experience, 1948-87 - a note
Walsh, BM (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1989)This short paper explores the relationship between the rate of migration and the rate of economic growth. A review of the literature shows that there is no unanimity regarding the net effect of migration on economic growth. ... -
Tests for the macroeconomic effects of large-scale migration based on the Irish experience, 1948-87 - a rejoinder
Walsh, BM (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1989)These two Comments use similar methodologies and the dataset that was employed in my paper to explore the nature of the relationship between migration and economic growth in Ireland. Intensive investigation of this important ... -
The influence of turnout on the results of the referendum to amend the constitution to include a clause on the rights of the unborn - reply
Walsh, BM (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1984)O'Donnell and Brannick (ODB ) believe that it is invalid to attempt to assign a preference to those who did not vote in the Referendum. They claim that those who abstain in a Referendum are expressing a strongly felt ...