On 1st May 2014 the NERI held a labour market conference in association with the UCC School of Economics. The conference included presentations from labour market experts working in academia, public institutions, and the trade unions. The NERI would like to thank all those who took part, and those...

Eurostat – the official Statistical Agency of the European Union measures low pay as ‘ those employees earning two thirds or less of the national median earning ’. In 2010, at 20.7% Ireland (Republic) had the 10thhighest rate of low pay as measured by Eurostat. By contrast, Sweden had a rate of 2.5%...

Long-term unemployment has remained largely stable as a percentage of total unemployment over the past year. As total unemployment has been declining this means the number of long-term unemployed is also decreasing. As the proportion is largely stable it means that the long-term unemployed are not...

The topic of pensions is not the most exciting matter to consider on a bright spring Monday morning. If you are below a certain age you are more likely to be preoccupied about other matters including getting employment that pays an adequate and sustainable income in the near-term. If you are above a...