Category: Labour market
IMF Study of Downward Share of Labour Income is Recognition of the Major Economic Issue of our Time
Paul Sweeney 15/05/2017
A new IMF study of the downward share of labour income is some more recognition by the elite of a major economic and social issue of our time. With …
New CSO report on historical earnings
TASC 03/05/2017
A new report from the CSO on historical earnings shows that the real earnings of workers grew by an average of 2% per annum from 1938 to 2015. The …
Security of hours for part-time retail workers
Sinead Pembroke 17/04/2017
For decades now, the retail sector has become synonymous with part-time, low-paid and insecure contracts. However, this has not always been the case; …
Who’s going to take care of our carers?
Sinead Pembroke 14/02/2017
As anyone who has a family-member in need of homecare knows, private homecare is very expensive. But like childcare, what do we really know about the …
Women at Work in Ireland
Paul Sweeney 03/01/2017
Did you know that until 1973 if a woman got married in the Irish civil service, she had to resign so that a man or single woman could take her job? …
Precarious work in Ireland
Alicja Bobek 15/12/2016
Precarious work has become a very fashionable term in recent years. We hear about it in the media and public discourse; it is also a subject of much …
The Massive Impact of Driverless Cars, Blog 1.
Paul Sweeney 20/10/2016
Paul Sweeney: A few weeks ago, Uber introduced the first driverless cars on the road: a self-driving taxi fleet in Pittsburgh. Uber, partnered with …
The “Sharing” Economy is based on a Fissured Workplace
Paul Sweeney 10/08/2016
Paul Sweeney: Uber and Airbnb are not the Sharing Economy. Instead, they represent a rapid increase in the “Fissured Workplace”. This …
Brexit threats to rights of migrant workers and students
Roland Erne 28/06/2016
Roland Erne: All European citizens have just been stripped of their European citizenship rights in Northern Ireland and Britain. Hence, no European …
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Vic Duggan
Vic Duggan is an independent consultant, economist and public policy specialist catering …
Paul Sweeney
Paul Sweeney is former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. He was a …
Jim Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart is Adjunct Associate Professor at Trinity College Dublin. His research …