Research InBrief

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

05 Dec 2019

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Job displacement and the polarisation of the labour market in Northern Ireland

Rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, robotics and other forms of automation technologies have unsurprisingly led to a re-emergence of...

Research InBrief
10 Oct 2019

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Young Workers and Employment: The extent, structure and security of employment for young workers in Northern Ireland

This Research InBrief looks in detail at how young workers have been faring in the labour market in Northern Ireland since the 2007-2008 Global...

Research InBrief
30 Aug 2019

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Reforming the Property Tax

Residential property is a major component of wealth and the introduction in the Republic of Ireland of the Local Property Tax (LPT) in 2013 was a...

Research InBrief
25 Jun 2019

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Trade unions, collective bargaining and economic performance

A main goal of workers and unions is to achieve wage growth that outstrips increasing costs of living. We call this ‘real’ wage growth and it is...

Research InBrief
14 Jun 2019

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Employee earnings in the Northern Ireland labour market

This Research InBrief provides an overview of the latest data on employee earnings in Northern Ireland - on an hourly, weekly and annual basis. It...

Research InBrief
10 Jun 2019

Research

Economic inactivity in Northern Ireland: A focus on why male economic inactivity is rising

In recent times the Northern Ireland labour market has been performing strongly. This is evidenced by continued and sustained increases in the rate of...

Research InBrief