The Myth of Unintended Consequences: The Case for the Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill
As discussions around the Good Jobs Employment Rights Bill gain renewed momentum in the New Year, one term has entered into the lexicon of discussion: unintended consequences. It evokes caution but often without solid evidence to support it. What if improving employment rights makes businesses less...
Ireland is an outlier in wage inequality among high income European economies and it's getting worse
In this blog, NERI economist Ciarán Nugent discusses the Structure of Earnings Survey and the new data that was published this week for the year 2022. The Structure of Earnings Survey is a large-scale enterprise sample survey conducted every four years across EU members and several other European...
The ERI's Early Research has important lessons for economic policy in Ireland today
In this NERI blog and its associated Long-Read no. 10, Michael Nevin, author of Edward Nevin: An impression of his life, times and legacy, reviews Edward Nevin’s published research on the Irish economy when he worked as a Senior Research Officer at the Economic Research Institute (ERI) in Dublin...
Presentation & video from the NERI seminar - Exploring Working Hours Disparities in Europe
The NERI seminar titled ' Exploring Working Hours Disparities in Europe' was presented by Albian Krasniqi, PhD researcher and lecturer at TU Dublin. It took place on Wednesday 12 February 2025 at 15.30 as an online Zoom event. Please find the presentation and video from the NERI seminar. Lecture...
Do Cultural Capital and Social Capital Explain the Social Origin Pay Gap?
The seminar titled 'Do Cultural Capital and Social Capital Explain the Social Origin Pay Gap?' was presented by Michael Vallely, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ESRI. It took place on Thursday 24...
Ireland Should Define Its Spending Programmes
In this blog by Dr. Nat O'Connor, Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Social Policy at UCD he presents on his report 'Ireland's Public Spending Explained 2024'. Find his presentation and video from the NERI seminar that took place on Wednesday 4 September 2024. Ireland’s Public Spending Explained 2024...
NERI Seminar Series 2024: Ireland's Public Spending
The seminar titled 'Ireland's Public Spending' was presented by Dr. Nat O'Connor, Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Social Policy at UCD. It took place on Wednesday 4 September 2024. Please find the...
Presentation & video from the NERI seminar -'Do Cultural Capital and Social Capital Explain the Social Origin Pay Gap?'
The seminar titled 'Do Cultural Capital and Social Capital Explain the Social Origin Pay Gap?' was presented by Michael Vallely, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ESRI. It took place on Thursday 24 October 2024 at 15.30 remotely. Please find the presentation and video from the NERI seminar. Details of...
Ireland is a domestic productivity laggard, and we're all paying the price
In this blog and its associated NERI Report Series no. 35 written by NERI economist, Chris Smart and SIPTU researcher, Michael Taft. Chris Smart discusses their research on domestic productivity. Productivity is something we should all be worried about. Productivity growth determines our growth in...
Presentations & video from The Budget 2025: NERI Post Budget analysis seminar
The Budget 2025: NERI Post Budget analysis seminar took place in the ICTU offices, 31/32 Parnell Square, Dublin 1, D01 YR92 on Wednesday 9 October 2024 from 15:30 - 16:45. Please find the presentations from Dr. Rory O'Farrell (TU Dublin), Ms. Susanne Rogers (Social Justice Ireland) and Mr. Michael...