The future of the UK economy: Navigating a route to a fairer and more prosperous Northern Ireland, and beyond
The Resolution Foundation in partnership with the NERI is hosting an event exploring the future of the UK economy & examining routes to a fairer and more prosperous Northern Ireland, and beyond The whole of the United Kingdom is facing a decisive decade of huge economic change, from restructuring...
The Living Wage estimate is based on living costs. It should stay that way.
This weeks blog is by NERI economist, Ciarán Nugent. He discusses the 'at-risk-of-poverty' indicator and the Living Wage. Poverty is a wide and abstract concept that does not lend itself easily to measurement. Finding ways to quantify phenomena which are not easy to simply ‘slap a number on’ is part...
10th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference - presentations
The 10th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference took place in the Quinn Building, UCD on Tuesday 14th June in association with UCD and the Geary Institute. The conference included research papers on various aspects of the labour market and labour market policy. Professor John Geary, UCD presented...
Presentations from the 10th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference
The 10th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference was held in the Quinn Building, UCD on Tuesday 14th June, 2022 in association with UCD and the Geary Institute. The conference included research papers on various aspects of the labour market and labour market policy. The research papers are below...
Is the Work Placement Experience Programme just a new version of JobBridge?
In this guest blog, Dr Jonathan Arlow asks whether the current Work Placement Experience Programme represents a revamped Jobs Bridge scheme. Concerningly, Dr. Arlow argues that - despite some improvements - the new programme has repeated many of the former scheme's mistakes. The JobBridge internship...
NERI Discussion Series ep. 15 - As the dust begins to settle - Labour market and cost of living 2022
Economic and Social analyst with Social Justiice Ireland, Colette Bennett discusses what the data is telling us about the current state of the labour market, inflation and housing affordability with...
Call for Papers - 10th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference
We face multiple challenges in Ireland and globally from a range of issues not limited to inequality, economic development, public health and ecological breakdown. These issues require responses on the part of government at many levels. To ensure these responses are at the sufficient scale and...
NERI submission to the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality
Submission by NERI Co-director, Paul Mac Flynn regarding the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality. The NERI welcomes the report of the Citizen’s Assembly on Gender Equality and the recommendations that it has issued. Several of the recommendations encompass policy areas where the NERI...
NERI Comments to the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Comments from NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell on 'Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System' to yesterday's Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight.
Some thoughts on a wealth tax
In this weeks blog by NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell he discusses an Oxfam report in regards to a wealth tax. A recent report by Oxfam has gotten significant attention this week. The report points to rising inequality globally and the supernormal gains of billionaires during the pandemic...