12th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference - presentations

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:

Panel on promoting adequate minimum wages and collective bargaining: A comparative view of recent national developments in the EU

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, 2020-22Ger 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 DirectiveProfessor Michael Doherty, Maynooth University

Improving collective bargaining in the EU. Comparison of different industrial relations regimes - ImproCollBarKevin P. O’Kelly, Industrial Relations and EU Social Policy Researcher

 

Taxation and public spending - Session 1B

Public spending and Ireland’s mixed economyDr Nat O’Connor, Maynooth University & UCD

Corporation tax payments in 2023Yvonne Hayden, Revenue Commissioners

Ireland’s corporation tax gamesDr Nessa Ní Chasaide, Maynooth University

EVE: A model of indirect taxes using household micro-dataDr Mark Regan, Parliamentary Budget Office

Labour market inequalities - Session 1C

Gender and labour market inclusion on the island of IrelandGarance 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 marketAnousheh 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 prescriptionDr 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 changeAgnès 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 bargainingProfessor Frank Walsh, University College Dublin

Attitudes towards unions among the solo self-employed and willingness to organise. Evidence in the Czech RepublicDr Renata Kyzlinková, RILSA, Czechia

30 years of European works councilsPaul 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 transitionDr Alicja Bobek, TU Dublin

Just transition in agriculture and land useNiamh Garvey, NESC

Green jobs in IrelandNiccolò 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 strategyDr Damian Thomas, NESC

Equality, diversity and inclusion for the future of workSandra Nolan, SETU Waterford

 

Perspectives on care and the economy - Session 2D

Family leave and sectoral inequalities: Policy, take-up and wage bargainingDr 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 workersDr 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 complaintsDr Michelle O’Sullivan, University of Limerick

Wage bargaining and income inequality in CroatiaDr Predrag Bejakovic, University of Split, Croatia

 

Dimensions of productivity - Session 3B

Modern methods of construction: Barriers and benefits for Irish housingJoseph Kilroy, Chartered Institute of Building’s (CIOB)

Comparison of selected countries business innovation and R&D profiles using Eurostat dataNiall O’Donnellan, Independent Strategy Advisor

Charting Ireland’s poor productivity performanceMichael 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 statesCiarán Nugent, NERI

New digital horizons for public employment services: Income transparency to improve labour market signallingDr 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 premiaEnda 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