Temporary contracts: what we (might not) know from survey data
Changes to the labour market over recent decades and changes to come due to technological advancement and globalisation are of ongoing interest to economists and the public alike. The growth of non-standard or atypical working contracts as a share of employment is well documented across the majority...
Towards ‘better jobs’ for all: Why we need to listen to the women's movement
Recently we have seen increased attention being given to the nature of employment and in particular to the quality of employment. There is hardly a day that passes that when we pick up the newspaper or turn on the radio that we do not hear talk of ‘precarious work’, ‘insecure jobs’, ‘zero hours...
NERI Seminar Dublin: The gendered nature of insecure employment
The gendered nature of employment & insecure employment in Northern Ireland:A story of continuity and change. This is a NERI Seminar Series event, held on 17th January 2018 in Dublin presented by Dr Lisa Wilson.
NERI Seminar Dublin: A time-series analysis of precarious work in the elementary professions in Ireland
Presentation slides by Ciarán Nugent at the NERI Monthly Seminar on 27th September, 2017 titled 'A time- series analysis of precarious work in the elementary professions in Ireland'
5th Annual NERI Dónal Nevin Lecture
Presentation by Professor Jeremias Prassl, Fellow of Magdalen College, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford. Title of the Lecture 'Humans as a Service - the Promise...
Monday Blog: Much ado about little
The draft budget for 2018 to be yet approved by the European Commission has arrived. Still, some working out of detail in the Finance Act and various other legal measures remains. The build-up, the leaks, the drama, the instant analysis, the soundbites and the slowly emerging aftermath is part of...
Monday Blog: A Budget for the many and not just the few
Much progress has been made in regards to the state of Irish public finances, due in large part, to the recovery in economic activity in recent times. Taxes are flowing under many headings as unemployment continues to inch downwards and there is a broad-based recovery. Yet, many people are scarcely...
The future of work in Northern Ireland: the key challenge of bad jobs
External event contribution Dr Lisa Wilson presentation slides from her contribution to conference looking at 'The Regional Dimensions of Industrial Strategy'. This conference was hosted by the Urban & Regional Economics Seminar Group, Open University, Belfast
Job insecurity is not a necessary trade-off to job flexibility
In the Autumn of 2016 Prime Minister Theresa May commissioned Matthew Taylor to undertake a review to consider how employment practices need to change in order to keep pace with modern business models. One of the central aims of the review was to consider the extent that emerging business practices...
Presentation slides from Joint Women’s Committee Seminar - Women in work
External event contribution Women in work presentation to Joint Women’s Committee Seminar