Community wealth building for the regions?

12 Feb 2020
Paul Goldrick-Kelly
In this week’s blog, Paul Goldrick-Kelly looks at the potential of a “community wealth building” model emphasising local development, living standards and democracy for regions across the island of Ireland. Both jurisdictions on the island of Ireland are characterised by substantial regional...

Precarious Work in Ireland: Evidence of a structural change

05 Feb 2020
Ciarán Nugent
This NERI inbrief looks at trends in indicators of precarious employment and suggests that recent improvements may belie hidden precarity. Nugent, Pembroke & Taft (2019) provide evidence of growth in various indicators of precarious employment in Ireland over recent years. This inBrief presents...

In-work poverty in the Republic of Ireland

28 Jan 2020
Louisa O’Brien
This inBrief shows that for all seven categories of worker set out in this analysis, deprivation rates are higher in 2017 than in the years leading up to the crisis, including for full-time, permanent staff. The Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) collects data on a selection of...

Tax policy, social payments and collective bargaining:

26 Jan 2020
Dr Tom McDonnell
Some perspectives on income inequality in the context of General Election 2020 A core purpose of the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) is to articulate an evidence-based vision of the achievement of a better, fairer (i.e. more equal) society. Lower inequality is associated with a range of...

Matching skills needs with skills reserves inBrief

23 Jan 2020
Paul Goldrick-Kelly
In this research inBrief, we summarise a recent NERI working paper: Matching skills needs with skills reserves:Protecting workers & communities for a Just Transition. The Republic of Ireland remains a laggard regarding necessary policy to reduce carbon emissions associated with climate change. Just...
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