NERI Labour Market Conference 2013 – May 1st

dublin | anti-capitalism | event notice Tuesday April 23, 2013 01:08 by Turing

NERI Labour Market Conference 2013 – May 1st

The inaugural NERI Labour Market Conference will take place on Wednesday 1st May 2013. The conference will run from 10:15am-3pm and will include 15 research papers on various aspects of the Irish labour market and Irish labour market policy. The NERI Labour Market Conference is intended to provide a forum for the presentation of research papers on labour market issues (North and South) and will occur at around this time of year from here on.

The conference is open to all who are interested and is free to attend. However, you must register your intention to attend the conference by contacting info@NERInstitute.net

The conference programme is attached and further details are below.

Date:
Wednesday 1st May 2013
Event:
NERI Labour Market Conference
Programme: available at www.NERInstitute.net/events and below.
Venue:
INTO Learning Centre, 38 Parnell Square, Dublin 1 (directions available at www.NERInstitute.net/events)
Time:
Registration from 10am, conference commences at 10:15am and runs to 3pm.

To register your interest in attending and for further details please e-mail info@NERInstitute.net

Please feel free to circulate this e-mail to others who may be interested in attending.

The NERI (Nevin Economic Research Institute) is a research company/think-tank on the Irish Economy launched in March 2012 and funded by a number of unions affiliated to the ICTU. It aims ‘to influence policy outcomes that have the greatest effect on the achievement of equity and fairness in the political economy on the Island of Ireland, to the benefit of working people, their families and communities and the enhancement of the quality of life of all people living on the island of Ireland, through the provision of high-quality macro and micro economic research and analyses, awareness raising and capacity building programmes’. The website of the institute is: www.NERInstitute.net

For further details contact info@NERInstitute.net

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME (DRAFT – April 11th 2013)

10:00 REGISTRATION
10:15 CONFERENCE OPENING
10:30-11:45 SESSION 1
Chair TBC

Jasmina Behan (FAS) ‘Vacancies in the Labour Market – details from the recent review of the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs’
Frank Walsh (UCD) ‘Measuring and Estimating the Union Pay Premium for Ireland’
Paul McFlynn (NERI) ‘Responding to Youth Unemployment in Northern Ireland’
11:45-12:00 TEA/COFFEE BREAK
12:00-13:15 2 PARRELL SESSIONS
SESSION 2a: Employment and Earnings
Chair TBC

Declan Jordan, Noirin McCarthy, Marie O’Connor and Meadhbh Sherman (UCC) ‘Employment Earning Inequality in Ireland, 2006-2010)’
Rory O’Farrell (NERI) ‘Casualisation in the Labour Market - A Polarisation of Working Hours’
Aedín Doris (NUIM)) ‘Wage Flexibility in the Irish Labour Market’
SESSION 2b : Unemployment, Minimum Wages and Growth
Chair TBC

Micheál Collins (NERI) ‘Reforming Community Employment: proposals and measuring effectiveness’
Tom McDonnell (TASC) ‘Minimum Wages: perspectives on their impact’
Cian McMahon and Terry McDonough (NUIG) ‘Employment Policy in a Sustainable Economy”
13:15-13:45 LUNCH
13:30-15:00 2 PARRELL SESSIONS
Session 3a: Transitions, Migration and Gender
Chair TBC

Philip O’Connell, Seamus McGuinness and Elish Kelly (UCD and ESRI) ‘Labour market transitions among young unemployed people in Ireland pre and post the recession’
Cormac O’Sullivan (PublicPolicy.ie) ‘Hidden Behind the Unemployment Rate: Recent Labour Market Developments’
Camile Loftus and Mary Murphy (UCD and NUIM) ‘A Precarious Ireland: Dual Labour Markets and Social Protection’

Session 3b Pensions and Pensions Policy
Chair TBC

Sanna Nivakoski (TCD) ‘Irish retirees' incomes, supplementary pensions and retirement income replacement rates: evidence from TILDA’
Gerry Hughes (TCD) ‘Have Voluntary Personal Pensions Achieved their Objectives in Ireland?’
Jim Stewart (TCD) ‘The World Bank and Pension Reform: Some Current Issues’
15:00-15:30 TEA/COFFEE AND CLOSE OF CONFERENCE (INFORMAL)

Tea, coffee and a light lunch will be provided to registered attendees. To register for the conference please email info@nerinstitute.net

Where possible, presentations will be available on the NERI website from Thursday afternoon (May 2nd): www.NERInstitute.net

For any further details contact info@nerinstitute.net

Venue
INTO Learning Centre, 38 Parnell Square, Dublin 1