Northern Ireland's gender pay gap performance: not as rosy as it looks
In this blog, Dr. Lisa Wilson, NERI senior economist summarises findings of NERI Working Paper ' How are we unequal? The adjusted gender pay gap in Northern Ireland' which provides evidence to show that Northern Ireland's gender pay gap performance is not as rosy as headline figures suggest. On...
NERI Seminar Series - 2023 - Understanding the Gender Gap in Northern Ireland: Drivers and Protective factors
The seminar titled 'Understanding the Gender Gap in Northern Ireland: Drivers and Protective factors' was presented by Dr. Lisa Wilson, Senior economist, NERI. It took place on Thursday 23 February...
A strange cost of living package
In this NERI blog, NERI Co-director, Dr. Tom McDonnell discusses the government's 'cost of living' intervention. The government's 'cost of living' intervention was somewhat difficult to understand from this humble economist’s perspective. In particular, the decision to retain the privileged 9% VAT...
The Cost of Living Crisis: A generation in the making
These slides are those used by Dr Lisa Wilson in the delivery of her presentation to the Workers Demand Better campaign meetings.
The Cost of living crisis in Northern Ireland: A generation in the making
In this blog by NERI Senior economist, Dr. Lisa Wilson she discusses the cost of living crisis in Northern Ireland. When we look at the approach that has been taken by Governments to deal with the impacts of the cost-of-living crisis on households and businesses. The response to the Covid pandemic...
Measuring Poverty and Inequality presentation
Presentation on Measuring Poverty and Inequality made by NERI economist, Ciarán Nugent in Trinity College on Thursday 9th February 2023.
Environmental Investment spending: A comparison across three states
In this weeks blog NERI economist, Paul Goldrick-Kelly discusses his recent Research InBrief on 'Environmental Investment spending: A comparison across three states'. Scientists and activists have been sounding warnings about a series of distinct but connected ecological crises across a number of...
NERI Seminar Series-2023-Over qualification of third level graduates in Ireland- Ciarán Nugent
The 'Overqualified third-level graduates in the Irish labour market' seminar took place in the Fórsa offices on Wednesday 11 January 2023 from 15:30 - 16:30. It was also run as a live streamed event...
11th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference - presentations and videos
The 11th Annual NERI Labour Market Conference in association with Queen’s Management School at Queen’s University Belfast provided a forum for the presentation of research papers on labour market issues (North & South of Ireland & international). It took place in Queen’s Management School at Queen’s...
Presentation from the NERI Seminar - Job quality and new data from the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey (EWCTS) 2021
The 'Job quality and new data from the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey (EWCTS) 2021' seminar took place in the Fórsa offices on Wednesday 29 March 2023 from 15:30 - 16:30. Details of seminar: Agnès Parent-Thirion, Senior Research Manager in the Working Life unit at Eurofound presented...