Life on low pay – new insights

02 Dec 2015
Micheál Collins
The latest NERI Research inBrief looks at those who are on low pay in the Republic of Ireland. Its key points are Low pay is more common among: - female workers; - younger workers; - those in the retail, hotel and security sectors; - single parents; and - those on temporary contracts. At the...

Monday Blog: What is a prudent fiscal space?

29 Nov 2015
Tom Healy
One of the impacts of the recent economic crisis is that new expressions have been added to the English language, as spoken here. One such example is ‘fiscal space’. When the economy is growing there is, at one and the same time, more demand for public services (more school pupils and more demand...

The Flawed currency union

27 Nov 2015
Dr Tom McDonnell
In the NERI's Quarterly Economic Facts we often compare Irish performance against that of other EU or Euro area countries, for example in areas like the general government balance. While an interesting exercise in itself it is sometimes more useful to sit back and reflect on the bigger picture. The...

UK Autumn Statement and Spending Review

25 Nov 2015
Paul Mac Flynn
The Autumn Statement delivered today by Chancellor of The Exchequer George Osborne will in all likelihood be remembered for one significant U-turn. The dramatic reversal on planned changes to tax credits represents a big win for opponents of the policy in Westminster and beyond. The total proposed...

NERI Seminar Dublin: Fiscal Priorities for Long-Run Growth

Past event
The latest NERI seminar looked at the Irish economy’s recent performance and considered its medium-and-long-term prospects for growth. Over the course of the presentation a range of policy reforms to increase the economy’s long-run potential output were identified and discussed. Dr McDonnell set out...

Trends in Health Spending

18 Nov 2015
infobo
Health and its attendant costs is the subject of considerable attention in public policy across the world. The provision of healthcare and who pays animates political discussion almost everywhere. After the social protection budget, health is the single largest component of public expenditure in the...

Monday Blog: Why Northern Ireland needs a real fresh economic start

18 Nov 2015
Tom Healy
While economic recovery is evident in both jurisdictions there has been a worrying acceleration in job losses in Northern Ireland with some very significant losses expected in JTI Galagher and Michelin Tyres, both in Ballymena as well as 100 job losses in the US Engineering company, Caterpillar...

Monday Blog: Economic uncertainty

13 Nov 2015
Tom Healy
(this blog was composed prior to the recent tragic events in Paris. My thoughts and prayer are with the people of France and all nations suffering from acts of war and terror). Best of Times? was the title of a book published by researchers at the ESRI in the summer of 2007. The book followed on...

What do we really mean by ‘middle earners’?

12 Nov 2015
Micheál Collins
The recent Budget, and much of the commentary which accompanied it, contained recurring references to ‘middle-earners’ – almost all of it without any basis in the various numbers available on the Irish income and earnings distribution. New data from the Revenue Commissioners, published following...

Trends in Education Spending

10 Nov 2015
infobo
Education is widely recognised to be a crucial factor in social and economic wellbeing. In recent times, however, educational funding has come under increased pressure as public expenditures have seen substantial reductions. This Research inBrief is divided into two main sections. The first section...
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