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  • Wages and Incomes
  • Employment and Job Quality
  • Climate and the Just Transition
  • Taxes and the Welfare State
  • Understanding our Labour Market

Employment and Job Quality

This section provides research and resources on both the quantity and quality of employment across Ireland. 

The section also includes research from the "Working in Ireland" survey and analysis of working conditions, aiming to produce evidence that informs both policy development and a deeper understanding of employment trends, job quality, and sustainable employment in the current and future labour markets.
It also covers key topics such as the effects of AI, automation, and technological change on job availability, the transition to a more sustainable economy as well as the impacts of these on quality of work, including wages and working conditions.

  • job quality
    19 May 2026
    Blog
    It’s wrong to assume that job quality is the enemy of job creation
    A number of business organisations recently wrote to the Economy Minister calling for a delay to the proposed Good Jobs Bill, citing concerns about...
    By Dr Lisa Wilson
  • Man and savings
    01 May 2026
    Research
    New Labour Market Entrants, earnings, housing costs and living standards in 2024
    This Research InBrief by NERI economist, Ciarán Nugent examines trends in earnings, employment and minimum essential living standards in the context...
    Research InBrief
  • money
    31 Mar 2026
    Blog
    Progress in Pay, But Not in Participation or Progression
    Some of the results move in the right direction, but overall the picture is one of modest improvement alongside a good deal of inertia. If you focus...
    By Dr Lisa Wilson
  • job quality joyless jobs
    02 Feb 2026
    Blog
    The Joyless Jobs Recovery: Work, Risk and Voice since the 2010s
    At the Dónal Nevin Lecture in Belfast, policymakers, academics, students, business representatives, trade unionists and members of civic society...
    By Dr Lisa Wilson
  • Jobs
    22 Dec 2025
    Research
    Trade Union Voice as a Lever for Good Jobs: Evidence, Policy, and Practice in Northern Ireland
    This NERI Working Paper no 77 was written by Dr. Lisa Wilson, Senior Economist, NERI for the Department for the Economy Northern Ireland. An...
    Working Paper Series
  • calculator and money
    09 Oct 2025
    Blog
    Budget 2026 - An enterprise budget but not a wise one
    A lot has been said about Budget 2026 but it’s worth emphasising some key points. The budget is clearly expansionary and inflationary. The net...
    By Dr Tom McDonnell
  • Jun 25, 2026

    The Pink-Collar Trap: Occupational Segregation and Gendered Vulnerability to AI

    Louisa O’Brien
  • Jun 03, 2026

    "Silent assassins" & "slick HR". A Stdy of Anti-union Tactics in Ireland

    Louisa O’Brien
  • Jun 03, 2026

    Just & Equitable in all the circumstances? Remedies at the Workplace Relations Commission & Labour Court

    Louisa O’Brien
  • Of level playing fields and moving goalposts: workers' rights in EU trade policy


    Upcoming
    Wed, Dec 9 2026, 3:30 - 4:30pm
    The NERI seminar titled ' Of level playing fields and moving goalposts: workers' rights in EU trade policy' will be presented by Dr. Alan Eustace, Assistant Professor of Private Law, Trinity College Dublin. It will take place on Wednesday 9 December, 2026 at 15:30 as an online Zoom event. Seminar...
  • European Attitudes to Basic Income: exploring women's perspectives


    Upcoming
    Wed, Nov 11 2026, 3:30 - 4:30pm
    The NERI seminar titled ' European Attitudes to Basic Income: exploring women's perspectives' will be presented by Dr. Micheál Collins, Assistant Professor of Social Policy, and Head of Social Policy at University College Dublin. The paper he presents on was co-written with Ms Olga Li, UCD. The...
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NERI Video series ep 12 - The Living Wage in Ireland

Christopher Barry, Senior Policy & Project Officer at Greater London Authority speaks to Robert Thornton of the VPSJ and Living Wage Technical Group on how the Living Wage is calculated and the...

NERI comment - UK Government proposals fall short of significant changes needed

07 Sep 2021
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Dr Lisa Wilson
national insurance
The proposals announced by the UK government today will see national insurance contributions for employers and employees rise by 1.25% each. It is proposed that the revenue from these changes will provide a short-term funding boost for the NHS and a longer-term funding commitment to social care...

The pandemic and the Irish labour market: What we know so far

10 Aug 2021
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Ciarán Nugent
The evidence suggests that young people, especially young women, those with lower levels of education, those working in occupations with relatively low skills requirements and those working in sectors shutdown by decree (Accommodation and Food, Wholesale/ Retail & Construction) have been most likely...

The recovery is coming but there can be no going back to the old economic model

15 Jul 2021
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Dr Tom McDonnell
This weeks blog is by NERI Co-director, Dr Tom McDonnell, it is an article that he wrote for the Irish Examiner on 12 July 2021. The pandemic has changed the future direction of the economy with the speeding up of remote working and digitalisation. The economy is on the cusp of a rapid and sustained...

9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 - Plenary presentation - CSO Labour Market and Earning Division

Find the video from the plenary presentation by the Central Statistics Office at the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 webinar held on 6th July, 2021 as a Zoom webinar. Paul Mac Flynn, Co...

9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 - Session 1A - Inequality and Earnings

Find the video from Session 1A, Inequality and Earnings at the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 webinar held on 6th July, 2021 as a Zoom webinar. Dr Lisa Wilson, Senior Economist, NERI...

9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 - Session 1B - Building a sustainable economy

Find the video from Session 1B, Building a sustainable economy at the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 webinar held on 6th July, 2021 as a Zoom webinar. Dr Aoife Ní Lochlainn, Irish...

9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 - Session 2A - In job precarity

Find the video from Session 2A, In job precarity at the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 webinar held on 6th July, 2021 as a Zoom webinar. Mr Paul Mac Flynn, NERI Co-director chaired this...

9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 - Session 2B - The pandemic and the labour market

Find the video from Session 2B, The pandemic and the labour market at the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 webinar held on 6th July, 2021 as a Zoom webinar. Mr Ciarán Nugent, NERI...

9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 - Session 3A - Labour Markets and Ageing

Find the video from Session 3A, Labour markets and Ageing at the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 webinar held on 6th July, 2021 as a Zoom webinar. Dr Lisa Wilson, NERI Senior economist...

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