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.

26 Aug 2013

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Time for Tobin: Ireland and the European FTT Proposal

In the context of the recent international financial crisis, one principally derived from the reckless speculative behaviour of numerous banking and...

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07 Aug 2013

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Income Distribution, Pre-Distribution and Re-Distribution:

The latest income distribution data for Ireland comes from the 2011 CSO Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC), released in 2013. This Research...

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10 Jun 2013

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The Productivity Puzzle and Northern Ireland

Since late 2010, the UK economy has experienced a period of stagnating output coupled with improvements in the levels of employment. This...

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03 May 2013

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Impact on the Government Deficit of a Reduction in the Public Sector Pay Bill

A further cut in the public sector paybill in addition to what was already planned and implemented under the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 (...

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29 Apr 2013

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Reforming Community Employment

Five years into Ireland's unemployment crisis the nature of our policy response has been slow. In general attention has been focused on employment...

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30 Jan 2013

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Are Earnings Higher in the Public Sector?

There has been much media focus in Ireland on what workers earn in the 'public sector' and the 'private sector'. Earnings of employees are higher in...

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