Browsing by Subject "Economic growth"

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    • Book review: The growth illusion / by Richard Douthwaite. Dublin: Lilliput Press, 1992." 

      Jacobson, David (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1993)

    • Changes in Irish exports during twelve years 

      Oldham, C.H. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1919)
      The Statistical Branch of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland has been publishing now for twelve years an annual estimate of the "Trade in Imports and Exports at Irish Ports." I propose ...

    • Contraception and the Celtic Tiger 

      Bloom, David E.; Canning, David (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2003)
      New cross-country evidence for 1965 to 1995 is presented on the link that runs from population change to economic growth. The estimates indicate that demographic change is a powerful determinant of income growth, operating ...

    • Driving Export Growth: Statement on Sectoral Competitiveness, December 2009 

      National Competitiveness Council (Ireland); Forfás, Ireland (National Competitiveness CouncilIE, 2009-12-07)

    • Dynamic factor demands in a changing economy: an Irish application 

      McQuinn, Kieran (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)
      In this paper a model of dynamic factor demands is presented for the Irish economy. Total costs, labour and capital are modelled on a two-stage basis. First, a static, long-run cost function is specified which allows for ...

    • The economic implications of peace in Ireland 

      Casey, Michael (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1995)
      This symposium is concerned with the possible effects of peace between the two parts of Ireland on the economies of both and on the island of Ireland as a whole. It goes without saying that the greatest and overwhelming ...

    • Education and economic performance in the OECD countries: an elusive relationship? 

      Martin, John P. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1998)
      One of the most common political mantras to-day is that education is the handmaiden of economic growth and prosperity. Politicians like Bill Clinton and Tony Blair constantly trumpet the need to invest in education and ...

    • Elections and macroeconomic outcomes in Ireland, 1948-91 

      Annett, Anthony M. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1993)
      This paper tests the main politico-economic theories of the relationships between elections and macroeconomic outcomes using Irish data over the period 1948-91. The results suggest that Fianna Fail governments have been ...

    • Free trade and Irish manufactures 

      Cherry, Richard R. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1883)
      The movement which is at present on foot for the encouragement of native manufacturing industry in Ireland has been condemned by many economists as opposed to what are called free trade principles. It has been said that ...

    • Growth, migration and causality - a comment on tests for macroeconomic feedback from large-scale migration based on the Irish experience, 1948-87 

      Fell, John P.C. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1989)
      The plan of this paper is as follows. In Section II , a description of the general procedure used by Sims (1972) and Walsh (1989) to test for causality is provided along with some of the problems that may be encountered ...

    • Human Capital and Growth of Information and Communication Technology-intensive Industries: Empirical Evidence from Open Economies 

      SIEDSCHLAG, IULIA (2013)
      This paper examines the effect of human capital on the growth of ICT-intensive industries using data from a sample of open economies over the period 1980-1999. Our econometric analysis suggest that value added and employment ...

    • The impact of EEC financial assistance on Irish economic development since 1973 

      McNamara, Brendan (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1984)
      Ireland became a member of the European Economic Community on January 1 1973. The decision to join an enlarged EEC had many motives, political and economic. Among the most important was the belief that membership ...

    • The impact of macro-economic growth on the income distribution in Ireland 1987-2004 

      O'Donoghue, Cathal (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2006)
      The Republic of Ireland has been the fastest growing economy in the OECD over the latter half of the 1990?s, an expansion known as the Celtic Tiger. Some commentators have commented on the gains from the boom being ...

    • The manufactures of the United States 

      Eason, Charles (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1884)
      The census of the United States is of a much more comprehensive character than that of the United Kingdom. In addition to the collection of facts regarding the people, it includes an inquiry into the wealth of the nation. ...

    • Measuring the economy: problems and prospects 

      Keating, William (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2001)
      This paper discusses the statistical measurement of economic growth and examines some issues arising in that context. It looks at the treatment of productivity and quality improvements, especially as regards non-market ...

    • Northern Ireland and EEC membership - an economic perspective 

      McGurnaghan, Michael (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1984)
      The question to be asked about the impact of EEC membership for Northern Ireland is: how has a small peripheral regional economy, with an already difficult economic problem and having the lowest income level nationally and ...

    • On and off the frontier: the impact of taxes on growth 

      Boyle, G. E.; McCarthy, Thomas G. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1996)
      In the context of explaining inter-country growth rates, empirical work to date finds a negligible role for the parameters of a country's taxation system. In our opinion, part of the explanation for this result is that ...

    • On the cultivation of tobacco in Ireland 

      Walker, John A. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1885)
      Some years ago the cultivation of tobacco in Ireland was advocated in the press and in parliament, and the question: What was the hindrance to the cultivation of the plant in this country? was put to the Chancellor of the ...

    • Population age structure and secular stagnation: Evidence from long run data 

      Kopecky, Joseph (2023)
      A large literature has reopened the secular stagnation hypothesis, first proposed near the end of the great depression as a warning for anemic growth resulting from long run trends in population aging. In this paper, I ...

    • Problems in measuring the growth rate 

      Broderick, J. B. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1968)
      In this paper, therefore, I propose to describe how G.N.P. at constant prices is derived and to indicate some of the difficulties experienced in what is called "deflating G.N.P. to constant prices". Such information ...