Category: Labour market
Why wage cuts are not a good thing
23/07/2009
This post was written by Professor Terrence McDonough of the Department of Economics in NUIG in May. Given the current debate on pay levels (whether …
A more helpful starting point
Michael Taft 22/07/2009
Michael Taft: There are few subjects that can create dispute and contention quite like public-private pay differentials (Manus O’Riordan’s …
Sarah Carey looks at economic inequality
22/07/2009
Sarah Carey has been mentioned in dispatches on PE before but, leaving aside her slightly problematical historical analysis, today she’s on the …
ICTU clarifies on employment support
Slí Eile 02/07/2009
Slí Eile: Following Sarah Carey's article yesterday on jobs subsidies, David Begg has provided a very important clarification in today's Irish Times …
Class and Employment Decline
Sean Ó Riain 30/06/2009
Sean O Riain: It is worth taking a closer look at the Quarterly National Household Survey results from last week. The difference between the public …
"The only show in town?"
Slí Eile 25/06/2009
Slí Eile: In recent days, there has been a rush of reports (including EMU Public Finances 2009, IMF Report on Irish Economy, OECD Economic Outlook …
Bloated public sector wages?: Mythbusters 101 sequel
Slí Eile 11/06/2009
Sli Eile: In a previous post, Mythbusters 101: Wages in the Irish Public Sector, I examined the available evidence in regard to public sector wages …
Mythbusters 101: Wages in the Irish public sector
Slí Eile 05/06/2009
Sli Eile: Are incomes, on average, higher in the public sector than in the private sector? Note the reference to ‘incomes’ and not ‘wages’ in …
Will a Domestic Stimulus work in a Small Open Economy like Ireland?
Slí Eile 19/05/2009
Sli Eile: Taoiseach Brian Cowen commented over the last weekend that the main opposition parties wants the Government to cut more while the other …
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