Research InBrief | Nevin Economic Research Institute

The NERI Research In-Brief series takes issues raised within NERI working papers and puts them in the form a concise and accessible document.

16 Sep 2015

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Employee and Self-Employed Earnings

Despite its relevance to broad areas of public policy, detailed assessments of the structure and distribution of the income of workers in the Republic...

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26 Aug 2015

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The Distribution of Market Income

The latest income distribution data for the Republic of Ireland comes from the 2013 CSO S urvey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), released in...

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11 Jun 2015

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The Social Wage as a Mechanism for a Widespread Recovery in Living Standards

Recovery is underway. However, the economic collapse and years of considerable reductions in government spending mean the recovery is starting from a...

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29 Apr 2015

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Employment Impacts and the New Minimum Wage Research

The minimum wage was introduced in Ireland in 2000 and currently stands at €8.65 an hour. Legal national minimum wages now exist in most countries...

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05 Mar 2015

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Public Sector Employment in Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Executive is set to commence a voluntary redundancy scheme in the public sector in January 2015. Whether or not such a scheme is...

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03 Mar 2015

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Outsourcing and Value for Money

Public sector outsourcing is the process of contracting out a service or a function to another body, such as street cleaning or internal IT services...

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