Economic Security Series: Part 3 - Collective Bargaining

04 Apr 2024
Dr Tom McDonnell
In this NERI Research InBrief No. 88, NERI Co-director Dr. Tom McDonnell considers the economic case for wider collective bargaining. The majority of income for the majority of households comes from wages. Decent wages are therefore critical to living standards, to economic security and well-being...

The economic case for collective bargaining

04 Apr 2024
Dr Tom McDonnell
In this blog and its associated NERI Research InBrief No. 88, NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell considers the economic case for wider collective bargaining. NERI Research InBrief No. 88 is the 3rd in the NERI’s economic security series. This time the focus is on the economic case for collective...

Security for a disruptive world

28 Mar 2024
Paul Mac Flynn
In this blog, NERI Co-director, Paul Mac Flynn looks at his new NERI InBrief which sets out how the Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland match up compared to our European peers regarding Unemployment Insurance. As the last number of years have shown, we live in very disruptive times. Beyond...

Economic Security Series: Part 2 - Unemployment Insurance

27 Mar 2024
Paul Mac Flynn
In this NERI Research InBrief No. 87, NERI Co-director, Paul Mac Flynn looks at the current unemployment programmes that operate in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The world of work has become more unstable and disruptive. Jobs have become less secure. The current system of...

Economic Security Series: Part 1 - Pursuing income adequacy

22 Mar 2024
Dr Tom McDonnell
In this NERI Research InBrief No. 86, NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell calls for radical reform of welfare policy. Income adequacy is fundamental to economic security. Labour market inequalities and barriers are such that welfare support will always be a key component of income policy. This...

Decent incomes

22 Mar 2024
Dr Tom McDonnell
In this blog and its associated NERI inBrief ( see here) NERI Co-director Tom McDonnell calls for radical reform of welfare policy in order to deliver decent incomes for all. Last week I set out NERI’s view on the urgent need for reform in the areas of productivity and employment. This was in the...

"Green" jobs in the Republic of Ireland

20 Mar 2024
Chris Smart
In this blog, NERI economist Chris Smart summarises the main points from NERI Report no. 30 - 'Measuring "green" jobs in the Republic of Ireland' and NERI Report no. 31 - 'Characteristics of Worker's in Green Jobs'. The two Reports were written by Paul Goldrick-Kelly (NERI economist) and Niccolò De...
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