NERI Seminar Dublin: Whose on the Minimum Wage?
This presentation was delivered to an NERI seminar on July 1st 2015. The seminar links to an NERI working paper available here.
NERI Seminar Dublin: Examining the relationship between health and wealth
Sanna Nivakoski's presentation on wealth and the effect of subjective survival probability. The seminar took place in the INTO Learning Centre on 19 May 2015. Sanna is based in at the UCD Geary Institute
NERI Seminar Dublin: Long-term effects of population change on the European income distribution
Karina Doorley's presentation on the long-term effects of population change on the European income distribution. The seminar took place in the INTO Learning Centre on 3 June 2015. Karina currently works at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research.
NERI Seminar Dublin: The financial position of Irish households
This presentation introduces a novel dataset on households’ income, assets and debts in Ireland: the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). The HFCS is an invaluable resource for policy makers, allowing for household-level analysis of the composition of wealth and debt, leverage and the...
Vision for the Irish economy
Director of the NERI, Tom Healy sets out the parameters for a clear, long-term vision for the Irish economy to emerge. The seminar is based on a recent working paper, "The Better is yet to Come." Over the course of the presentation, Dr Healy reviewed the key economic and social challenges facing the...
NERI Seminar: Outsourcing in the Public Sector
The presentation examines the evidence on outsourcing through the framework of Value for Money (VFM). This approach allows for the consideration and analysis of evidence through focusing on three main criteria, economy, efficiency and effectiveness. It highlights the complexity of decision-making on...
NERI Seminar: Funding Models for Water Services Provision
Presentation given by Dr Tom McDonnell at the November NERI seminar. Based on a recent working paper, available here, Dr McDonnell presented findings suggesting that combining a volume based pricing structure with a system of income related water credits may best reconcile the main policy objectives...
NERI Seminar: Budget 2015
Dr Tom McDonnell's presentation on the impact of some of the main measures contained in Budget 2015