Blog
 May 
7,
 2015
  By Daragh McCarthy

The third annual NERI labour market conference was held on 1 May in Riddel Hall, Queen's University Belfast. The event was held in conjunction with the Queen's Management School   and featured presentations on a wide range of areas. Details on the topics covered, including links to the slides, are available below. All at the NERI would like to thank everyone who attended the conference, particularly those who gave a presentation. The conference will be held south of the border next year and we will keep you up to date with the arrangements.

Presentations from the Labour Market Conference 2015

Session 1:

  • Michael Taft  Promoting the Social Wage 
  • Paul MacFlynn Earnings and Income In Northern Ireland
  • Cormac Staunton Cherishing All Equally: Economic Inequlity in Ireland
  • Jason Loughrey Household Income Volatility and Economic Security

Session 2:

  • Paul Teague The Eurozone Crisis, German Hegemony and Labour Market Reform in the GIPS countries
  • Daragh Flannery/ Thomas Turner Assessing the Wage Gap between Public and Private Sector for Managerial, Professional and Clerical Male and Female Employees
  • Bill Roche  Workplaces in Recession & Recovery
  • Aoife Ní Lochlainn & Tom Healy Public Sector Pay in the Republic of Ireland
  • Tom Mc Donnell  Internal Devaluation and Unemployment: Evidence from Ireland
  • Micheal Collins Earnings and Low Pay in the Republic of Ireland: A Profile and Some Policy Issues

Session 3:

  • Maureen O'Reilly & Philip Mc Donagh  Profiling labour markets in the Northern Ireland's new super councils
  • John Turner & Gerry Hughes  Longevity Insurance Annuities for Public Pension Reform:  International Lessons
  • Gareth Hetherington  Northern Ireland Skills Barometer
  • Duncan McVicar  Work-related training and the probability of transitioning from non-standard to permanent employment
     

Daragh McCarthy

Daragh McCarthy, former NERI administrator and is now Policy Analyst/Economist at the Courts Service.