New labour market figures: Employment and average wages up, but many left behind
In this week's blog, Ciarán Nugent looks at the new labour market figures from the final quarter of the 2019 Labour Force Survey (LFS) and the Earnings, Hours and Employment Costs Survey (EHECS) that were releases by the Central Statistics Office over the past week. Quarterly results from the Labour...
Press Release: The CSO Earnings Hours & Employment Costs Survey: Quarter 4, 2019
Press Release The CSO Earnings Hours and Employment Costs Survey: Quarter 4, 2019 The latest Earnings Hours and Employment Costs Survey results for the final quarter of 2019 show a number of welcome trends for Irish employees. Average hourly earnings were up 3.6% and average weekly earnings were up...
NERI Outputs and Prospects for Private Sector Wage Growth in 2020
One of the NERI’s goals for 2020 and beyond is to make our outputs more accessible to a wider audience. We launched our new website in early December and we will be launching new types of output in early 2020. NERI Outputs One of the new output types is an essay or ‘long-read’ series where NERI...
Employee earnings in Northern Ireland: How do you compare?
This infographic looks at employee earnings in Northern Ireland.
Dispelling the myths around pay scales and what we really earn
Have you ever thought about how rich or how poor you are and how your earnings compare to everyone else? When you think about how much you are paid for working, do you feel rich, poor, or just plain average? Following BBC’s Question Time last week, a lively online discussion ensued online about what...
Economics Made Simple' - week 5 - 'Universal Basic Income - Context & Debate'
Dr Tom McDonnell, NERI Co-director presented at week 5 of the 'Economics Made Simple' series of lectures in conjunction with The People's College. Tom presented on 'Universal Basic Income - Context & Debate' on 18th November, 2019 in The Teacher's Club from 18:00 - 19:30.
An unlikely end to low pay
The latest round of pay statistics for Northern Ireland, the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings was published yesterday. Looking at the headline statistics there are some positives, full-time weekly earnings were up 3.2% from 2018 or 1.2% when adjusted for inflation. On both counts this was...
"Economics Made Simple" week 2 - "Understanding Poverty and Inequality"
Paul Mac Flynn, Acting Co-Director at the NERI presented at week 2 of the "Economics made Simple" series of lectures in conjunction with The People's College. Paul presented on "Understanding Poverty and Inequality". The lecture took place on 28th October, 2019 in The Teacher's Club from 18:00 - 19...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Budget 2020: Reflections and Analysis
Slides from NERI Seminar: Budget 2020: Reflections and Analysis held in the Fórsa offices on 16th October, 2019. The three speakers each made a brief presentation responding to aspects of Budget 2020. The presentations were delivered by Robert Sweeney (TASC), Michelle Murphy (Social Justice Ireland)...
NERI Video Series Episode 4: We need to tax wealth
On NERI's Video Series ep 4 - Éilis Ryan, Policy & Outreach Officer, Financial Justice Ireland, Workers Party representative and SIPTU member speaks with Dr Tom McDonnell, Senior Economist, NERI about...
