The 12th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference in association with the Sociology Department, Maynooth University provided a forum for the presentation of research papers on labour market issues (North and south of Ireland and international).
It was held in The Iontas Building, Maynooth University on Thursday 16 May 2024 from 09:15 - 17:10.
Find the programme for the conference.
The research papers are below:
Speakers:
Soňa Veverková, Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs (RILSA) (Czechia),
Frédéric Turlan, IR Share (France),
Alessandro Smilari, Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini (Italy),
Dr Éva Palócz, Kopint-Tárki Institute for Economic Research Ltd, and Kopint Foundation for Economic Research (Hungary)
Dr Christine Aumayr-Pintar, Eurofound
Perspectives on the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive - Session 1A
The negotiations on collective bargaining in the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive, 2020-22 - Ger Gibbons, ICTU
Not just the minimum, better than adequate: cautious optimism about the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive - Dr Alan Eustace, Trinity College Dublin
Make me good…just not yet? Ireland and the Adequate Minimum Wage Directive - Professor Michael Doherty, Maynooth University
Improving collective bargaining in the EU. Comparison of different industrial relations regimes - ImproCollBar - Kevin P. O’Kelly, Industrial Relations and EU Social Policy Researcher
Taxation and public spending - Session 1B
Public spending and Ireland’s mixed economy - Dr Nat O’Connor, Maynooth University & UCD
Corporation tax payments in 2023 - Yvonne Hayden, Revenue Commissioners
Ireland’s corporation tax games - Dr Nessa Ní Chasaide, Maynooth University
EVE: A model of indirect taxes using household micro-data - Dr Mark Regan, Parliamentary Budget Office
Labour market inequalities - Session 1C
Gender and labour market inclusion on the island of Ireland - Garance Hingre, ESRI
An examination of occupational gender segregation, its interactions with hours of work and its potential effect on supply of skills in Ireland - Joan McNaboe, SOLAS
The equality impact of the COVID pandemic on the Irish labour market - Anousheh Almir, ESRI
Activation policy - Session 1D
‘In our cities we have metros’. Ukrainian refugees and the deficiencies of Irish employment policy' - Professor James Wickham, Trinity College Dublin
Re-opening scarring – How an economic diagnosis shapes social policy prescription - Dr Tom Boland, University College Cork
Keeping older workers working in the EU - Jessye Muller & Franz Eiffe, Eurofound
(in) Accuracy in algorithmic profiling of the unemployed – An exploratory review of reporting standards - Dr Patrick Gallagher, SETU Waterford
Afternoon Plenary
Title: The job quality side of climate change - Agnès Parent-Thirion, Eurofound
Industrial relations and wage bargaining - Session 2A
The Transformation of Pay Determination in Ireland since the Global Financial Crisis - Dr Valentina Paolucci, Maynooth University & Professor William K. Roche, UCD
Trade union membership in Ireland and the implications for collective bargaining - Professor Frank Walsh, University College Dublin
Attitudes towards unions among the solo self-employed and willingness to organise. Evidence in the Czech Republic - Dr Renata Kyzlinková, RILSA, Czechia
30 years of European works councils - Paul Dillon, University of Limerick & Syndex
Managing the twin transitions - Session 2B
Combining the “green” with “digital”: conceptualisation of the just transition in the context of the Irish twin transition - Dr Alicja Bobek, TU Dublin
Just transition in agriculture and land use - Niamh Garvey, NESC
Green jobs in Ireland - Niccolò De Vita and Seamus McCaul, NERI/UCD
The effects of institutional configuration on national greenhouse gas emissions - Paul Goldrick Kelly, NERI
Better jobs and future of work - Session 2C
Distribution of job quality within a liberal employment regime: The case of Ireland - Dr Lisa Wilson, NERI, and Professor John Geary, University College Dublin
Making work better: A sustained collaborative and co-ordinated policy strategy - Dr Damian Thomas, NESC
Equality, diversity and inclusion for the future of work - Sandra Nolan, SETU Waterford
Perspectives on care and the economy - Session 2D
Family leave and sectoral inequalities: Policy, take-up and wage bargaining - Dr Stephan Köppe, University College Dublin
Care in just transitions - Deirdre Carolan, TASC
Low Pay in Europe - Session 3A
Eurofound’s database of collective agreements for low-paid workers - Dr Christine Aumayr-Pintar, Eurofound
What explains differing rates of low pay in Europe? - Professor Seán Ó Riain, Maynooth University
Wage theft: An assessment of minimum wage and working time complaints - Dr Michelle O’Sullivan, University of Limerick
Wage bargaining and income inequality in Croatia - Dr Predrag Bejakovic, University of Split, Croatia
Dimensions of productivity - Session 3B
Modern methods of construction: Barriers and benefits for Irish housing - Joseph Kilroy, Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB)
Comparison of selected countries business innovation and R&D profiles using Eurostat data - Niall O’Donnellan, Independent Strategy Advisor
Charting Ireland’s poor productivity performance - Michael Taft, SIPTU & Chris Smart, NERI
Exploratory study of literacy needs in the community and voluntary sector - Mairead O’Connor, The Wheel
Labour market mismatch, demand and signalling - Session 3C
Skill requirements for emerging technologies in Ireland - Elisa Staffa, ESRI
Third level attainment and labour market outcomes of graduates by social class of origin in high-income EU member states - Ciarán Nugent, NERI
New digital horizons for public employment services: Income transparency to improve labour market signalling - Dr Ray Griffin, SETU Waterford
What can online job adverts tell us about the demand for transversal skills in Ireland’s labour market? - Dr Nora Condon, SOLAS
Wage premiums - Session 3D
Job-switching wage premia - Enda Keenan, Central Bank of Ireland
The probability of women out earning men - Dr Rory O’Farrell, TU Dublin
Unveiling the public sector wage premium in Kosovo: Insights from a re-weighted decomposition approach - Albian Krasniqi, TU Dublin
Does cultural capital and social capital explain the social origin pay gap? - Dr Michael Vallely, ESRI