NERI Video Series Episode 2: An Ireland Worth Working For
Guest presenter Sarah Harte, ISSU President speaks to Tom Healy, NERI about his book An Ireland Worth Working For - Towards a New Democratic Programme. He discusses how his book is relavent to young...
NERI Video Series Episode 1: Banded Hours & Precarious Work
Guest presenter David Gibney, Communications Officer, MANDATE discusses the Banded Hours Legislation with SIPTU researcher Michael Taft and activist and MANDATE member Muireann Dalton. Listen only...
Presentation to Private Sector Commitee: Prospects for Private Sector Wages 2018/2019
External event contribution The Republic of Ireland's labour market is tightening, albeit not yet overheating. As such, the prospects for real wage growth for workers continue to improve. In this presentation we assess the state of the Republic of Ireland's labour market and look ahead to the potential for real wage growth in...
NI Economic Conference 2018 - The Quality of Employment in Northern Ireland
External event contribution Dr Lisa Wilson presentation to the Agenda NI Northern Ireland Economics Conference 2018
Immigration and low pay
Over the last number of weeks there has been increasing discussion over what the United Kingdom’s immigration policy will be once it leaves the European Union. Despite playing a disproportionately large role in the debate at the time of the referendum, the issue of immigration has since taken a back...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Healthcare - Time for a New Deal
Slides from NERI Seminar: 'Healthcare - Time for a New Deal' presented by Dr Tom Healy, Director, NERI and Paul Goldrick-Kelly, Economist, NERI on 12th September, 2018. Slides NERI Seminar - PGK & TH - 12 Sept 18 from NevinInstitute
The effect of the financial crisis and recession on wages by age group
As the dust settles in the aftermath of the financial crisis and the economy continues on the road to full employment, economists and policymakers can make better judgements as to the nature and extent of the structural changes (if any) to the Irish labour market brought about by the subsequent...
Is low pay the reason for the working poor? Low pay and in-work poverty in Ireland today.
There has long been an assumption that work is the best and most effective route out of poverty. This maxim however has been questioned recently by a report published by Social Justice Ireland who posit that there is over 104,000 people in employment in Ireland who are living in households with an...
Monday Blog: Much ado about little
The draft budget for 2018 to be yet approved by the European Commission has arrived. Still, some working out of detail in the Finance Act and various other legal measures remains. The build-up, the leaks, the drama, the instant analysis, the soundbites and the slowly emerging aftermath is part of...