Was a tax increase necessary? Analysis of the UK Governments decision to increase National Insurance Contributions
Authors: Paul Mac Flynn & Lisa Wilson The Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a significant hike in National Insurance Contributions on Tuesday. One of the more surprising claims to have surfaced from the commentary of many policy analysts is that this tax hike, alongside those announced earlier...
NERI comment - UK Government proposals fall short of significant changes needed
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...
9th NERI Annual Dónal Nevin Lecture - Options for Fiscal Devolution in Northern Ireland
The 9th Annual NERI Dónal Nevin Lecture was hosted in association with Queens Management School, Queen's University Belfast. Title: Options for Fiscal Devolution in Northern Ireland Keynote Speaker: Paul Johnson, Director of Institute for Fiscal Studies & Chair of Independent Fiscal Commission...
The recovery is coming but there can be no going back to the old economic model
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 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...
9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 - Session 4A - Alternatives at work and in public provision
Find the video from Session 4A, Alternatives at work and in public provision at the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 webinar held on 6th July, 2021 as a Zoom webinar. Paul Goldrick-Kelly...
9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 - Session 4B - Precarity and exclusion
Find the video from Session 4B, Precarity and exclusion at the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 webinar held on 6th July, 2021 as a Zoom webinar. Mr Ciarán Nugent, NERI economist chaired...
No one should use the Covid budget deficit to invent a crisis
This weeks NERI blog by Co-directors, Paul Mac Flynn and Dr Tom McDonnell is an article that they wrote for the Irish Examiner on 24 May 2021. Employment and strong wages, not tax hikes, are the key to restoring the public finances. The financial crash of 2008 and the subsequent recession were...
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...
