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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 Post Budget 2021 Commentary webinar

The NERI Post Budget 2021 Commentary took place as a Zoom webinar on Wednesday 21st October, 2020 at 15:00. The presentations were made by Michael Taft (SIPTU), Dr Tricia Keilthy (St Vincent de Paul)...

A firefighting budget

15 Oct 2020
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Dr Tom McDonnell
In this weeks blog, NERI Co-director, Dr Tom McDonnell gives the NERI's response to Budget 2021. Budget 2021 was a firefighting budget against the twin threats of Covid and Brexit. It was designed to preserve as much of the economy’s productive capacity as possible by enabling a menu of wage...

NERI comment - Northern Ireland ASHE data

12 Oct 2020
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Dr Lisa Wilson
Belfast
ASHE data published today show median hourly pay across the economy to have fallen by 2.0 per cent in the year to April. This is most remarkable because it shows starkly the nature of how the Covid public health crisis turned very quickly into a labour market and living standards crisis. Today’s...

Working conditions for childcare workers 2008-2018

This infographic looks at childcare workers in the Republic of Ireland. All the data is sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), collected by the...
childcare workers

Working conditions for construction labourers 2008-2018

This infographic looks at construction labourers in the Republic of Ireland. All the data is sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), collected by...
Building Construction Labourers

Working conditions for shop sales assistants 2008-2018

This infographic looks at shop sales assistants in the Republic of Ireland. All the data is sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), collected by...
Shop Sales Assistants

Working conditions for bartenders 2008-2018

This infographic looks at Bartenders in the Republic of Ireland. All the data is sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), collected by the Central...
Bartenders

Working conditions for building & housekeeping supervisors 2008-2018

This infographic looks at Building and Housekeeping Supervisors in the Republic of Ireland. All the data is sourced from the Labour Force Survey (LFS)...
Building & Housekeeping Supervisors

Working conditions for building frame & related trades workers 2008-2018

This infographic looks at Building Frame and Related Trades Workers in the Republic of Ireland. All the data is sourced from the Labour Force Survey...
Building Frame and Related Trades Workers

Working conditions for domestic, hotel & office cleaners 2008-2018

This infographic looks at Domestic, Hotel and Office Cleaners and Helpers in the Republic of Ireland. All the data is sourced from the Labour Force...
Domestic, Hotel and Office Cleaners and Helpers

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