Blog The Earnings Distribution: the bottom, the middle, the top and the very top There has been lots of talk in recent months about ‘middle-earners’ – almost all of it without any basis in the various numbers available on the... By Micheál Collins
Blog Monday Blog: Wage repression - the new orthodoxy Wages have been falling since 2009 in the Republic of Ireland. This deterioration has been accompanied by (i) an erosion in purchasing power as the... By Tom Healy
Blog Taxing Questions, Taxing Answers Following the publication of the recent NERI working paper on total household tax contributions, there have been a number of issues raised by... By Micheál Collins
Blog Latest Data on the Vacancy Rate The ratio of unemployed people to job vacancies is a measure of the extent of labour market tightness—the higher the ratio, the less opportunity... By Daragh McCarthy
Blog Monday Blog: Youth labour market still in recession The week gone by brought some mixed news in regards to wages and employment trends in the Republic of Ireland. The recovery in total estimated... By Tom Healy
Blog How much tax do people really pay How much Tax do people really pay? Too often considerations of the taxation system are focused on income taxes, or income related taxes like social... By Micheál Collins
