The 11th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference in association with Queen’s Management School at Queen’s University Belfast provided a forum for the presentation of research papers on labour market issues (North & South of Ireland & international). It took place in Queen’s Management School at Queen’s University Belfast, 185 Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5EE on Tuesday 23 May 2023 from 10:20 - 17:00.
The research papers are below:
Morning Plenary
Professor John FitzGerald, Trinity College Dublin - ‘One Island, Two Labour Markets: a look at the history of the Republic of Ireland & Northern Ireland labour markets over the last 100 years’.
Response: Dr Tom McDonnell, Co-director, NERI - ‘Different Labour Markets, the Same Policy Goals: A Response To 'One Island, Two Labour Markets'.
Human Capital, Job Types and Labour Market Outcomes - Session 1A
Mr Ciarán Nugent, NERI - Overqualified third-level graduates in the Irish labour market.
Dr Neil Rowland, Queen’s Management School at Queen’s University Belfast - Family and Neighbourhood Origins of Joblessness and Education Outcomes.
Mr Harry Williamson, Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment - Labour Market Dynamics and the Rising Prevalence of Multiple Jobs.
Mr Kevin P O’Kelly, Project Researcher for SIPTU, Irish Project Partner - The application of Digitalisation in European Union Employment.
Understanding our labour market & labour market inequalities - Session 1B
Mr Chris Smart, NERI - Mapping the Labour Market in Ireland.
Mr Andrew Gillespie, Queen’s Management School at Queen’s University Belfast - Examining the Catholic-Protestant Wage Gap in Northern Ireland: Evidence from the Earnings and Employment Survey.
Dr Micheál Collins, University College Dublin (Paper authored with Dr Catherine Elliott-O’Dare, Trinity College Dublin) - Low Paid Older Workers: Who, Where and Why?
Ms Laura Boyd, Central Bank of Ireland (Joint paper with Mr Enda Keenan and Ms Tara McIndoe-Calder, Central Bank of Ireland) - Wage dynamics and high inflation: lessons from Irish data.
Job Quality, Worker well-being & Living standards - Session 1C
Professor John Geary, UCD (Joint paper with Dr Lisa Wilson, NERI).
Dr Luke McGrath, Western Development Commission - Some Missing Links in Ireland's National Well-Being Framework.
Mr Paul Mac Flynn, NERI & Dr Maria Belizón, UCD - Essential workers & employee well-being during the Covid pandemic.
Cllr Dave Quinn, Social Democrats & Professor John Baker, UCD and Basic Income Ireland - A new model of basic income for Ireland.
Afternoon Plenary
Mr John Mullane, CSO and Mr Gerard Colgan, NISRA - Labour Market Statistics in Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland. Similarities & Differences in Concepts, Measurements & Data and video of afternoon plenary.
Worker empowerment, Workers’ Rights, Trade Unions & Statutory protections - Session 2A
Ms Hannah Slaughter, Resolution Foundation (Joint paper with Ms Lindsay Judge, Resolution Foundation) - Strengthening enforcement of workers' rights in the UK labour market.
Mr Michael Taft, SIPTU - Democratising Productivity.
Labour market challenges: Participation & Inclusion - Session 2B
Dr Stephan Köppe, UCD (Joint paper with Mr Diego Muñoz-Higueras, University of Valencia & Mr Rafael Granell Perez, University of Valencia and Amadeo Fuenmayor Fernandez, University of Valencia) - Non-take-up of in-work benefits: The labour market, indexing and automatic-enrolment.
Dr Jonathan Arlow, Dublin City University -Trading Labour for Experience: The role of unpaid internships in shaping Active Labour Market Policies in Ireland since the Great Recession.
Ms Natasha Black, Ulster University - The Nexus of Labour market participation & Social Citizenship: the integration of refugees.
Productivity, Enterprise & Business Performance - Session 2C
Ms Yvonne Hayden, CSO, Mr Michael Connolly, CSO and Mr Seán O’Boyle, CSO - Productivity in Ireland: Before, During and After Covid.
Dr Helen Johnston, National Economic and Social Council - The Potential of Social Enterprise on the Island of Ireland.
Mr Niall O’Donnellan, Independent Strategy Advisor - Analysis of Ireland's Enterprise Churn Rate.
Pathways to work, Self-employment, Employment & Activation Policy - Session 3A
Dr Ray Griffin, South East Technological University, Waterford - The lived experience of marketised public employment services: activation through ignorance.
Mr James Shaw, Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform & IGEES - The Structure and Usage of the Public Employment Service.
Mr Patrick O’Brien, Department of Finance (Joint paper with Ms Martina Lawless, ESRI and Mr Luke Rehill, Department of Finance) - Flows in and out of self-employment.
Exploring the Dynamics of Economic Growth and Risk - Session 3B
Mr Enda Keenan, Central Bank of Ireland (Joint paper with Mr Thomas Conefrey, Mr Michael O’Grady and Mr David Staunton, Central Bank of Ireland) - The Role of the ICT Services Sector in the Irish Economy.
Mr Eoin Flaherty, UCD - MNE experience and start-up firms.
Dr Jim Stewart, Trinity College Dublin (Joint paper with Dr Bridget McNally, Maynooth University) - Pension Funds: Marks and Risks.
Tackling the climate crisis & Building Resilience - Session 3C
Mr Paul Goldrick-Kelly, NERI - Carbon lock-in and institutions – outlines of a political economic approach to emissions reduction inertia.
Mr Jonas Poulsen, UCD and NERI intern - A “Spatially Just” Transition in the electricity sector on the island of Ireland: mapping regional risk.
Dr Micheál Collins, UCD - Assessing Household's Living Standards and Income Resilience at the outset of the Cost-of-Living crisis.