Covid-19 and the Future of Social Welfare
In this weeks blog, NERI Co-director Paul Mac Flynn explores some of the key findings from his NERI Long-Read Series 'Covid-19 and the Future of Social Welfare'. In describing the events of the last 12 months, it is possible that the word ‘unprecedented’ has been somewhat over-used. However, given...
Economic Trends and Outlook: April 2021 update
In this week's blog, Dr Tom McDonnell NERI Co-director summarises some of the key findings from his Report Series paper 'Economic Trends and Outlook: April 2021 update'. The NERI's most recent economic report can be found here. We are now one year into the worst global pandemic in a century. Almost...
The anatomy of employment in Ireland: How has the structure of the labour market changed from crisis to crisis?
In this week’s blog, NERI economist Paul Goldrick-Kelly summarises some key findings from the NERI's co-authored paper examining the effects of automation and the green transition on employment between 2008 and 2019. While the most gloomy predictions of mass job losses haven’t come to pass, workers...
The Gender Pay Gap in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland
NERI Senior Economist, Dr Lisa Wilson wrote two NERI Report series documents last week on The Gender Pay Gap in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland. The two NERI Reports provide an overview of the extent of The Gender Pay Gap in the Republic of Ireland and The Gender Pay Gap in Northern...
NERI webinar - The Future of the Irish Social Welfare System
The NERI webinar on The Future of the Irish Social Welfare System took place on Wednesday 24th March, 2021 at 15:00. Abstract: The talk was based on a recently completed NESC study on 'The Future of...
We must not go back to business as usual
NERI Co-directors, Dr Tom McDonnell & Paul Mac Flynn wrote this op ed last week. It is about not going back to business as usual in Ireland after the Covid-19 pandemic ends. The vaccination campaign will be the decisive factor for economic recovery, albeit a recovery that is going to vary in its...
Presentations & Video from Low Pay and the Living Wage: Investigating the Issues webinar
The NERI webinar 'Low Pay and the Living Wage: Investigating the Issues' took place on Wednesday 23rd June, 2021 at 11:00. Fran Bennett, Honorary Researcher, Oxford University and member of the Policy Advisory Group & Women's Budget Group was the presenter and Dr Micheál Collins, Assistant Professor...
Covid-19 and the labour market: one year on
One year on from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic: What can be said about our labour market? We take a look over the year at the labour market, highlighting the good, the bad and the ugly. The start of 2021 brought with it a surging third wave of Covid-19 and as we know, this resurgence of the...
Presentations from the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference - webinar
The 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference took place on Tuesday 6th July, 2021 from 09:20 - 15:40 as a Zoom webinar. The webinar included research papers on various aspects of the labour market and labour market policy. Please find Programme for the Labour Market Conference webinar here. The...
Presentations & Video from Employment composition in small & large firms in Ireland: skills & quality of employment
The NERI webinar 'Employment composition in small & large firms in Ireland: skills & quality of employment' took place on Wednesday 19th May, 2021 at 14:00. Cathal McDermott, IGEES & Department of Public Expenditure & Reform was the presenter and NERI Senior Economist, Dr Lisa Wilson was the...