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The Family Support Agency Act 2001.
(Roundhall Sweet & Maxwell, 2001)The Family Support Agency Act 2001 was enacted with the purpose of rationalising and enhancing the main family support programmes in Ireland. Prior to the passing of the Act, numerous support services, most of them in ... -
Put Up and Shut Up: social mobilisation and employee attitudes in non-union firms
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An analysis of the Rural Environmental Protection Scheme
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)The Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) was introduced under Council Regulation 2078/92 in order to encourage farmers to carry out their activities in a more extensive and environmentally friendly manner. This paper ... -
The Generation Game: All Gain No Pain? Ageing, Intergenerational Equity and Generational Accounts
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)This paper tries to quantify the degree of intergenerational redistribution in Irish public expenditure. The development of a large public debt in the space of two decades, its rapid elimination and potential rise again ... -
On the Sustainability of Current Account Deficits: Evidence from Four ASEAN Countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)This paper examines the sustainability of the current account imbalance for four ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand) over the 1961-1999 period. To this end, we utilize the intertemporal ... -
Redistribution over the Lifetime in the Irish Tax-Benefit System: An Application of a Prototype Dynamic Microsimulation Model for Ireland
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)This paper examines the distribution of lifetime income in Ireland. To do this a new prototype dynamic microsimulation model for Ireland is used to generate lifetime income streams. Aggregating over the lifetime we can ... -
The Nice Treaty and the Irish Referendum: What Values are at Stake?
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)The purpose of this paper is primarily to highlight the issue of values in the European Union (EU) in terms of its practices as opposed to official rhetoric. The debate surrounding the Treaty of Nice, the context in which ... -
Nonmonotonic Reasoning and the Foundations of Rational Choice
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)The paper applies a technique developed in artificial intelligence to frame and analyze on the foundational level A. Sen's critique of internal consistency conditions in various choice situations. -
Are Economic Growth and the Variability of the Business Cycle Related? Evidence from Five European Countries
(National University of Ireland, Galway, 2002)We use a long series of annual data that span over 100 years to examine the relationship between output growth and output growth uncertainty in five European countries. Using the GARCH methodology to proxy output growth ... -
Official indifference and persistent procrastination: An analysis of Sinnott
(Judicial Studies Institute, 2002)The Supreme Court decision in Sinnott v. Minister for Education, 1 though predictable, resulted in widespread disappointment among disability groups and families of people with disabilities. By a majority of six to ... -
Sutherland v Hatton: A Solution to Ireland's Occupational Stress Question?
(2002)The Irish Courts have not dealt with the issue of occupational stress claims in any great detail. However, in a recent UK decision, Sutherland v Hatton1 , where four separate appeals were joined together, the Court of ... -
The use of web-based international surveys in information systems research
(2002)There has been much interest of late in the use of Web-based surveys. However, the methodological issues of Web-based surveys are poorly understood. While this new medium permits low-cost wide-scale access to international ... -
Perpetuities reform in Ireland?
(Jurist Publishing Co., 2002)The rule against perpetuities, in particular, often appears so arbitrary, capricious and contradictory that it is not uncommon even for experienced practitioners to be caught by the array of traps and pitfalls that await ... -
Israeli Action in Jenin far from a Proportionate Response
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Matrimonial property and Irish law: a case for community.
(Incorporated Law Society of Northern Ireland, 2002)Family property is a primary area of contention in property law. If spouses only have rights in relation to property to which they can show legal or beneficial title, they may be left unprotected in the event of marital ... -
Employer Hostility to Union Organising in the UK
(Industrial Relations Journal, 2002)This paper presents empirical evidence about the shape and pattern of non-union employer strategies to remain union free. The data are collected from seven case studies across different industrial sectors and organisational ... -
Web-Based Information Systems Development: An Empirical Study of Requirements Engineering Approaches
(2002)No system is perfect in so far as requirements are always the subject of ongoing negotiation, and there will generally be a subset of the requirements that get pushed aside. This is especially true of the volatile environments ... -
Selective Conscientious Objection in International Law: Refusing to Participate in a Specific Armed Conflict
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Reconsidering the "Software Crisis": A Study of Hypermedia Systems Development
(2003)With the advent and growth of the Web, hypermedia information systems have propagated within and beyond organizations. Much concern has been expressed about the quality of hypermedia systems being developed and the apparent ... -
Hypermedia systems development: a comparative study of software engineers and graphic designers
(AIS, 2003)Hypermedia systems development is, in many regards, different from ¿conventional¿ systems development, chief amongst these differences being its multidisciplinary nature. Foremost amongst the roles in hypermedia development ...