Proportion that are long-term unemployed continues to increase
While in the rest of Europe the share of unemployed who have been searching for work for over a year is stabilising, in Ireland it continues to increase. As total unemployment rates have increased across Europe the proportion of total unemployed who are long-term unemployed has increased especially...
Three-quarters of earners have incomes below €50,000
Despite its relevance to various public policy issues, information on the levels and distribution of earnings in the Republic of Ireland is limited. Over the next year the NERI plans to address this deficit with research examining incomes and earnings in Ireland based on data from the CSO's Survey...
Article highlights income in Ireland
An article in the current edition of the CPSU's Aontas Magazine by Dr Micheál Collins (NERI) highlights the most recent CSO data on income in Ireland. In particular, the article notes the CSO's findings on the distribution of disposable income - the money households have in their pocket to spend...
Income in Ireland - an insight
Article by M Collins in CPSU's Aontas Magazine A recent paper by Dr Micheál Collins of the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI), the new trade union supported all island think-tank, presented an insight into the most recent information on incomes and income distribution in Ireland.
Average household incomes fall to 2006 levels
The impact of the recession has been pronounced on the domestic economy. An insight into its impact on households can be established using the latest income data from the CSO's Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). In the latest edition of the NERI's Quarterly Economic Facts, indicator 4.3a...
NERI Seminar Dublin: Low Income in Ireland - A profile and the Case for a Basic Income
Seminar presentation as part of the ICTU's May Day Festival 2012.
Towards a Basic Income
External event contribution Towards a Basic Income - Dr Micheál Collins NERI Over the past four decades, despite economic booms and busts, Ireland's income distribution has remained remarkably static. Engrained in this income distribution structure is a high and sustained level of income inequality relative to our fellow EU...
The effects of an investment stimulus
The idea of an investment stimulus got a boost last week. Though people may disagree over the extent to which this is 'new money', it shows that at the very least, the government want to be seen to be pro-investment stimulus. Coincidentally, this week I presented a working paper which uses the...
How much does working cost?
Being in work, or taking up work, incurs additional costs on households and individuals. Depending on circumstances, additional needs arise regarding travel, fuel, personal costs and childcare among others. While the existence of these additional costs is regularly cited, it is rarely quantified and...