Events

Labour Market Transitions and Employment Trends Session 1A, Chair: Dr Tom Healy, NERI Dr Aedín Doris, Professor Donal O’Neill, Dr Olive Sweetman, Maynooth University Does reducing unemployment benefits during a recession reduce unemployment? Evidence from a 50% cut in unemployment assistance Dr...

Slides from NERI Seminar on ‘The Spirit level revisited: importance of relative income position for well-being’ , presentation by Dr Lisa Wilson, Economist, NERI on 15th March, 2017.

Slides from NERI Seminar on the Summary of Social Housing Assessments 2016, presentation by Daragh McCarthy, Researcher, Housing Agency on 22nd February, 2017. https://www.housingagency.ie/Housing/media/Media/Publications/Summary-of-Social-Housing-Assessment-Needs-2016.pdf Relevant publication from...

Slides from NERI Seminar on Investment and the Fiscal Rules presented by Eddie Casey, Chief Economist & Head of Secretariat, Irish Fiscal Advisory Council on 8th February, 2017.

Slides from NERI Seminar on Innovative Competence, How does the Republic of Ireland fare and does it matter? presented by Dr Tom McDonnell, NERI on 25 January, 2017

4th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference. University of Limerick - May, 2016. The following papers can be downloaded below: Productivity, Innovation and the Future Labour Market Dr Tom McDonnell, NERI Productivity, innovation and long-run growth Professor Jim Deegan, UL Artificial intelligence and...

Estimating Demographic Change and Expenditure Pressures in Ireland over the Medium-Term: Preliminary Analysis The Irish population, which currently ranks as Europe’s youngest, is expected to grow fast and become older. Increasing trends in resident’s life expectancy and the gradual stabilisation of...

Joseph Curtin, Research Fellow at the Institute of International and European Affairs on climate policy, provides an overview of Ireland’s climate change challenge within the context of the upcoming Paris COP 21 and EU climate 2030 negotiations. He reviews Ireland’s progress to date, and presents...

The latest NERI seminar looked at the Irish economy’s recent performance and considered its medium-and-long-term prospects for growth. Over the course of the presentation a range of policy reforms to increase the economy’s long-run potential output were identified and discussed. Dr McDonnell set out...