Part-time working a problem for Northern Ireland

24 Sep 2012
Paul Mac Flynn
Recent data has indicated that the level of unemployment in Northern Ireland has surpassed that of the UK as a whole. This is worrying news, but it is also not a full picture of the labour market in Northern Ireland. The unemployment rate does not count those who are underemployed, those who are in...

Proportion that are long-term unemployed continues to increase

18 Sep 2012
Rory O'Farrell
While in the rest of Europe the share of unemployed who have been searching for work for over a year is stabilising, in Ireland it continues to increase. As total unemployment rates have increased across Europe the proportion of total unemployed who are long-term unemployed has increased especially...

Three-quarters of earners have incomes below €50,000

10 Sep 2012
Micheál Collins
Despite its relevance to various public policy issues, information on the levels and distribution of earnings in the Republic of Ireland is limited. Over the next year the NERI plans to address this deficit with research examining incomes and earnings in Ireland based on data from the CSO's Survey...

Article highlights income in Ireland

06 Sep 2012
Micheál Collins
An article in the current edition of the CPSU's Aontas Magazine by Dr Micheál Collins (NERI) highlights the most recent CSO data on income in Ireland. In particular, the article notes the CSO's findings on the distribution of disposable income - the money households have in their pocket to spend...

Income in Ireland - an insight

06 Sep 2012
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Article by M Collins in CPSU's Aontas Magazine A recent paper by Dr Micheál Collins of the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI), the new trade union supported all island think-tank, presented an insight into the most recent information on incomes and income distribution in Ireland.

Presentation to trade union women's seminar

External event contribution
Presentation to ICTU Trade Union Skillnet 30 Aug 2012 - 'The Role of Women in the Irish Economy - 2012 trends and beyond' - Tom Healy, Director NERI

Average household incomes fall to 2006 levels

03 Aug 2012
Micheál Collins
The impact of the recession has been pronounced on the domestic economy. An insight into its impact on households can be established using the latest income data from the CSO's Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). In the latest edition of the NERI's Quarterly Economic Facts, indicator 4.3a...

Implementing a Site Value Tax for Ireland

External event contribution
Abstract Ireland's Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the EU/IMF requires government to introduce a recurring annual property tax from 2012. While the MoU has not specified the precise form this new taxation measure will adopt, commitments in the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014 and Fine Gael...
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