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This is the first in a series of papers that aim to give an overview of some of ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has changed Ireland. This paper examines some the key statistics that illustrate the impact of COVID-19 on Irish society since Ireland’s first confirmed case on 29th February 2020 and it focuses on healthcare, social care, and the labour market
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The impact of the 2016 minimum wage increase on average labour costs, hours worked and employment in Irish firms is now available from the ESRI HERE
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LFS Agency Worker Employment Estimates are now available from the CSO HERE
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Labour Force Survey Employment Series, Q1 2019 is now available from the CSO HERE
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Labour Force Survey Quarter 1, 2019 now available from the CSO HERE
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Elish Kelly and Alan Barrett The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to policy debates that have already been published by the identified authors in cited outlets. Introduction This paper looks at developments in the incidence of “atypical work” in Ireland. The OECD (2015) notes that “traditional” permanent, full-time work is being […]
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At the end of 2018 employment had increased to over 2,281,300, its highest level ever, and the unemployment is the lowest recorded in a decade. However, recovery in the labour market remains incomplete: the employment rate is lower than before the Great Recession, youth employment remains low while youth unemployment is more than twice the adult rate.
