In this week’s blog, NERI economist Chris Smart discusses his recent NERI Report Series on ‘ Mapping the Labour Market in Ireland’. When trying to understand the labour market in Ireland, it can be a challenge to separate out the anecdotal evidence from what we can objectively verify to create an...

In this blog, NERI senior economist, Dr. Lisa Wilson discusses the gender pay gap. This article was printed in March 2023 in the AgendaNI publication. The gender pay gap is an issues of continuing concern and debate. In this recent related Working Paper, Dr. Wilson discusses which factors reduce and...

In this blog, NERI Co-director Dr. Tom McDonnell discusses his joint NERI Working Paper on 'Resilient Economy - A policy framework for the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland'. How do we create a model of economic development that is more resilient to the vagaries of a globalised world and fit...

In this blog, Dr. Lisa Wilson, NERI senior economist summarises findings of NERI Working Paper ' How are we unequal? The adjusted gender pay gap in Northern Ireland' which provides evidence to show that Northern Ireland's gender pay gap performance is not as rosy as headline figures suggest. On...

In this NERI blog, NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell discusses the government's 'cost of living' intervention. The government's 'cost of living' intervention was somewhat difficult to understand from this humble economist’s perspective. In particular, the decision to retain the privileged 9% VAT...