Poverty, Inequality & The Cost of Living crisis

05 Oct 2022
Dr Lisa Wilson
As part of NIC-ICTU Education programme Dr Lisa Wilson presented a seminar on 'Poverty, Inequality and the Cost of Living Crisis'. What is poverty? What is inequality? How do we measure poverty & inequality? What data do we have available to do that? How many people are poor in Northern Ireland? How...

Overqualified third-level graduates in the Irish labour market

03 Oct 2022
Ciarán Nugent
The latest NERI Report Series paper no. 19 was written by NERI economist, Ciarán Nugent. Using Labour Force Survey data, NERI’s latest report presents the evidence of trends in the share of tertiary graduates among the adult population, the working population, by gender and for younger people as...

Overqualified third-level graduates in the Irish labour market

03 Oct 2022
Ciarán Nugent
In this blog, NERI economist, Ciarán Nugent discusses his NERI Report Series no. 19, on 'Overqualified third-level graduates in the Irish labour market'. Using Labour Force Survey data, NERI’s latest report presents the evidence of trends in the share of tertiary graduates among the adult population...

Budget 2023 gives us a shot at keeping recession at bay

29 Sep 2022
Dr Tom McDonnell
In this blog, NERI Co-director Dr. Tom McDonnell discusses the outcomes of Budget 2023. While almost everyone will benefit in cash terms from this budget it won’t be enough to compensate for the projected cumulative inflation of 16% over 2022 and 2023. In particular, the lump sums and once-off...

Priorities for Budget 2023

20 Sep 2022
Dr Tom McDonnell
In this blog by NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell he asks 'What should the government do in Budget 2023?' Budget 2023 will take place next week in the context of declining real incomes and living standards for households and spiralling costs for business. Inflation this year will average close to...
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