A Financial Transactions Tax:
External event contribution Presentation to the 5th annual ICTU Global Solidarity Summer School, Dublin August 24th 2013
A broader view of labour market statistics in Northern Ireland
The unemployment rate in Northern Ireland fell below that of the UK for the 3 months to the end of June this year. This is welcome news, but as with all economic and labour market data, a quick glance never reveals the true story. While the numbers unemployed fell by 6,000, the numbers employed only...
Income Distribution, Pre-Distribution and Re-Distribution:
The latest income distribution data for Ireland comes from the 2011 CSO Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), released in 2013. This Research inBrief uses that data to examine the distribution of income pre and post redistribution. While policy tends to focus on the level of post...
New Report on Republic’s Income Distribution
The latest NERI Research inBrief, entitled Income Distribution, Pre-distribution and Re-distribution: latest data for the Republic of Ireland, provides the latest information on income distribution in the Republic of Ireland. Pre-distribution, the direct income distribution reflects a large...
Reforming Tax Credits in Budget 2014
Taxation options are a key context for the forthcoming Budget (October). However, given the distortionary effect of any taxation change, and the fragility of the domestic economy, any choices around raising additional tax revenues are challenging. These challenges are magnified given the notable...
Modelling the Withdrawal of Personal Tax Credits from High Income Earners
Abstract Since 2008, the Irish Government has implemented a total of €27.8 billion in fiscal adjustments in an attempt to close the gap between government expenditure and revenue. The adjustment to date is equivalent to almost 18% of GDP. While the composition and effectiveness of these adjustments...
Positive growth, but no cause for celebration
The UK economy posted its second quarter of positive growth yesterday, and many have heralded the beginning of a long awaited recovery. However, while some growth is better than none, some perspective is needed before one starts popping champagne corks. Firstly, 0.6% can hardly be describes as...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Can the Rehn-Meidner model be a guiding star for EU countries like Ireland?
Presentation slides for this seminar.
Over thirty unemployed people for each vacancy
In 2012 there were 32.1 people available for work for each vacancy. Though there are some shortages for specific skills (Forfás has recently released a report on the issue), the main cause of unemployment is not a lack of people willing to work, but simply a lack of jobs. In contrast, in Germany...
Budget 2014: Some Tax Options
On Saturday last, July 13th, Claiming Our Future held a conference in Corke Park to consider the options and policy choices for Budget 2014. As part of the conference, I presented some options on taxation - my slides are available here. In it I argued that the Budget should focus on growth and...