Underemployment in Northern Ireland
In June of this year the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency released a paper on the subject of underemploymentent in Northern Ireland. Underemploymnet has become a key policy issue of late due to improving conditions in the labour market. As the paper sets out, underemployment is...
The impact of precarious work on wages, productivity and economic growth
Temporary, short-term forms of employment in the early stages of an economic recovery are a well-established feature of the labour market; however, recent research by the OECD has raised the concern that this practice has become a more deeply ingrained, lasting characteristic in the world of work...
The economic impact of precarious work
External event contribution Slides on the extent of precarious work in the Republic of Ireland and evidence on the impact this type of work has on workers and the economy. Presentation made at UNITE's conference, Strategies to End Precariousness: The Case for Decent Work. Charts based on recent data from the OECD.
Monday Blog - Review of 2013
This week's blog looks back at articles from 2013: Title Date Main Keyword Other Keywords Economic Development with a purpose 23-Dec Vision Taxation, Public spending, Jobs Where to now (Post-Troika)? 16-Dec Domestic economy Taxation, Vision, Jobs A Modest Proposal 09-Dec Investment Jobs, Domestic...
Monday Blog - Review of 2014
This week's blog looks back at articles from 2014: Ageing well 22-Dec Demographics Pensions, Social wage The Wages Elephant is in the Domestic Parlour 15-Dec Wages Macro economy, Social wage Imagining a different society 08-Dec Vision Investment, Social wage Things you always wanted to know about...
Working, yet living below the poverty line: ‘The Working Poor’
One in every seven of the Irish population (15.2%) lives on an income which is less than the official poverty line – about €202 per adult per week. Given a population of approximately 4.61 million people this implies that just over 700,000 people live at risk of poverty. In the latest edition of the...
Monday Blog—Review of 2015 so far
I am on leave for the next few weeks, so this Monday blog recaps on the topics covered over the opening half of the year. An economy that works for the people 13 July Vision Taxation, Social wage, Investment Emigration has taken its toll 6 July Emigration Demography, Young workers, Social capital...
Monday Blog: Emigration has taken its toll
Significant progress has been made in reducing the overall rate of unemployment in the Republic of Ireland since 2012 when it peaked at one in seven in the workforce. Still, the overall rate remains close to one in ten and is double that in the case of persons under the age of 26. As in previous...
Whose on the Minimum Wage?
A new NERI research paper estimates the number of workers on the minimum wage and further profiles these workers by gender, by the sector they work in and by their employment status (full-time, part-time, permanent, temporary etc). The data also allows an examination of the household/family...
Monday Blog: TTIP in trouble
Last week an unprecedented even took place in the European Parliament. Following months of complex negotiation between the European Commission – on behalf of European Union Member States – and the United States of America a resolution to the Parliament to be discussed and voted upon last Wednesday...