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...

In this blog by NERI Senior economist, Dr. Lisa Wilson she discusses the cost of living crisis in Northern Ireland. When we look at the approach that has been taken by Governments to deal with the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis on households and businesses. The response to the Covid pandemic...