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Wages and Incomes

This section brings together evidence-based research and analysis focused on household income and wages.

It explores trends in wages, forecasts for future developments, and the broader economic forces shaping income and income inequality. Additionally, this section features in-depth think pieces on topical issues such as basic income, universal basic services, and minimum income guarantees. Our goal is to provide comprehensive insights that inform policy discussions and contribute to a more equitable and inclusive approach to income and wage distribution.

  • 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
  • Welder
    31 Jul 2025
    Research
    Labour market Observer: A year in review - 2024
    In this Report Series No. 39, NERI Co-director Paul Mac Flynn summarises and analyses the main results from labour market statistics in 2024 and puts...
    Report Series
  • New Economic Model
    10 Jul 2025
    Blog
    We need a New Economic Model – North and South
    The global economy is entering into an era of instability and uncertainty and our economic policies (both North and South) are going to have to adjust...
    By Dr Tom McDonnell
  • charts
    10 Jul 2025
    Research
    New Economic Model: - A Framework for Economic Progress in the 21st Century
    In this NERI Working Paper Series No. 76, Tom McDonnell and Paul Mac Flynn, NERI Co-directors and Michael Taft, SIPTU and Seán Ó Riain, Maynooth...
    Working Paper Series
  • Sterling
    18 Jun 2025
    Blog
    UK spending review - a missed opportunity for Northern Ireland
    The announcement of the UK Spending Review last week should have been one of the most significant fiscal events of this Labour government. It was to...
    By Paul Mac Flynn
  • regulation
    29 Apr 2025
    Blog
    A Balanced Approach to Labour Reform: Minister Archibald’s Vision for the Good Jobs Bill in Northern Ireland
    The policy position announcement by Minister Caoimhe Archibald on the Good Jobs Bill is a significant and pragmatic step toward addressing some of...
    By Dr Lisa Wilson
  • 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
  • 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...
  • The Budget 2027: NERI Post Budget Analysis


    Upcoming
    Thu, Oct 8 2026, 3:30 - 4:30pm
    The Budget 2027: NERI Post Budget Analysis seminar will be presented by Ms. Susanne Rogers (Social Justice Ireland) & Mr. Michael Taft (SIPTU). It will take place on Thursday 8 October, 2026 from 15:30 - 16:30 as an online Zoom event. Seminar details: Presenters: Ms. Susanne Rogers (Social Justice...
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The recovery is coming but there can be no going back to the old economic model

15 Jul 2021
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Dr Tom McDonnell
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 1A - Inequality and Earnings

Find the video from Session 1A, Inequality and Earnings at the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 webinar held on 6th July, 2021 as a Zoom webinar. Dr Lisa Wilson, Senior Economist, NERI...

9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 - Session 2A - In job precarity

Find the video from Session 2A, In job precarity at the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 webinar held on 6th July, 2021 as a Zoom webinar. Mr Paul Mac Flynn, NERI Co-director chaired this...

9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 - Session 2B - The pandemic and the labour market

Find the video from Session 2B, The pandemic and the labour market at the 9th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference 2021 webinar held on 6th July, 2021 as a Zoom webinar. Mr Ciarán Nugent, NERI...

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...

Wages in Ireland are more unequally distributed than in any other high-income EU country

24 Jun 2021
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Ciarán Nugent
This weeks blog is by the NERI economist Ciarán Nugent. The evidence suggests that inequality in Irish wages between the bottom (the 10th percentile) and the top (the 90th percentile) is higher than in any other high-income European country by some margin. The worker at the 90th percentile earned...

NERI Webinar: Low Pay and the Living Wage: Investigating the Issues

The NERI webinar 'Low Pay and the Living Wage: Investigating the Issues' took place on Wednesday 23rd June, 2021 at 11:00. Fran Bennett, Honorary Researcher, Oxford University and member of the Policy...

NERI Discussion Series: Active Labour Market Policies and the Great Recession, Lessons for 2021

Dr Nuala Whelan and Dr Michael McGann of Maynooth University discuss their research on active labour market policies in the aftermath of the financial crisis and what a High-Road approach would look...

No one should use the Covid budget deficit to invent a crisis

26 May 2021
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Paul Mac Flynn
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...

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