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LIST OF TABLESTable 1.1: Annual Percentage Change in GNP, Employment andGNP per worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Table 1.2: Output and Income Measures, Annual PercentageChange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Table 1.3: Employment Growth by Sector, Annual PercentageChange. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Table 1.4: Annual Change in Full- and Part-Time Employment,by Gender, 1994 to 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Table 1.5: Components of Gross Savings as Percentage ofGross National Disposable Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Table 1.6: Savings and Investment as a Percentage of GrossNational Disposable Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Table 1.7: Estimates/Forecasts of GNP, GDP, Inflation,Unemployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Table 1.8: Irish Export Performance, Annual PercentageGrowth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Table 1.9: Employment in Manufacturing and Internationally-Traded Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Table 2.1: Composition of Average Weekly HouseholdExpenditure (%) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59Table 2.2: Percentage of Households with Household Facilities . 60Table 2.3: Income and Price Elasticities of Demand . . . . . . . . . . 61Table 2.4: Indices of Growth in Gross Average IndustrialEarnings, Take-Home Pay, and Selected Social WelfarePayments, in Real Terms, 1987– 2001 (1987 =100). . . . . . . 62Table 2.5: Distribution of Earnings, Ireland 1987, 1994and 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Table 2.6: Summary Measures of Earnings Dispersion inOECD countries, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Table 2.7: Decile Shares in Total Market Income ofHouseholds ranked by income, 1994, 1997 and 1998. . . . . . 66Table 2.8: Average Weekly Disposable Household Income byGross Household Income Decile, 1987, 1994-95 and1999-2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67v