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Sunday 20 September 2020
However, new research has found that no sector is severely exposed to both the shocks of the pandemic and a hard Brexit.
We speak to Pete Lunn, a behavioural scientist from the ESRI.
The findings are based on a nationally representative survey of 1,000 adults in Ireland run in early July.
The report was compiled through data from the Labour Force Survey and the Healthy Ireland Survey.
Researchers examined whether soon-to-be pensioners will have adequate income in retirement.
The findings formed part of a study by the Economic and Social Research Institute.
The business lobbying group forecasts Irish unemployment to level off at 16% and GDP to contract by 11% for the year.
The ESRI study suggested that there was a significant gap in people’s knowledge of when to isolate.
The think-tank has sketched the likely impact of the virus across a range of Irish economic indicators.
Three different scenarios were analysed, going from best to worst.
The average number of daily ED attendances at the end of March was approximately half what it was at the beginning of March.
The ESRI warns that the challenges facing the construction industry may impact supply.
Seven in 10 people think we’ll have some form of social distancing in place until at least June 2021.
Behavioural expert Dr Shane Timmons says our internal bias can dictate our perception of shutdown compliance.
Retail, accommodation and food sectors employ half of all minimum wage workers in Ireland.
Why austerity is out and public spending is back on the menu for economists.
The figure is according to a new report from the ESRI.
The not-for-profit institute said that the labour market “is set to face the largest one quarter shock in living memory”.
The top 10% of households earn more than 2.6 times that of the middle household in 2017
The ESRI says that the commitment levels required for inter-county players could have a knock on effect on their education and careers.
Researchers say Ireland has held its own in the face of tensions between the UK and Europe, and China and the US.
Rents have increased once again despite 10% more rental properties coming onto the market, according to a Daft.ie report.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown in Dublin had the highest average house price for first-time buyers, costing €520,000.
Research from ESRI shows students find the system produces a heavy workload and pressure to “cover the course”.
Research has also revealed workers between the age of 55 and 64 are almost twice as likely than younger workers to experience a workplace fatality.
Minister Paschal Donohoe has framed October’s Budget on the presumption of a no-deal Brexit.
The ESRI has recommended a supplementary Budget in the new year if there’s a hard Brexit.
Calorie counters on menus caused a 37% drop in calories consumed, according to an ESRI study.
An ERSI report says that a 10% increase in the supply of home would increase hospital bed availability dramatically.
Longer default options leads people to sign up for longer loan terms and pay more interest.
A new report found Irish adults spend an average of 16 hours per week caring and 14.5 hours on housework.
The think tank says the economy is “now effectively operating at full capacity”.
The government is looking at two models to increase carbon tax and offset the cost to householders.
A new ESRI and Department of Finance report has examined what could happen in various scenarios.
Irish households are in a better position to withstand “adverse shocks” than it was in 2014.
Ireland’s minimum hourly wage is more than €2 less than the appropriate living wage recommended in a European Union report.
The Economic and Social Research has carried out an early analysis of the grading scheme.
New research has found that four in 10 children in Ireland own a mobile phone by the age of nine.
This group is also over two and a half times more likely to experience discrimination when in employment when compared to white Irish people.
The ESRI has been looking at the impact Budget 2019 will have.
MORE THAN THREE-quarters of people would support the government looking into the prospect of a four-day work week, according to a new survey.
This means doing the same job for the same salary, but over four days rather than five.
There have been calls for this idea to be explored already and the Four Day Week Ireland campaign today released details on its public attitude survey conducted last month.
Two out of three respondents said a four-day work week is “realistic and achievable” in the medium term.
67% of employers said they support the idea and 46% said it would be “feasible” to trial in their workplace.
“The four-day week, with no loss of pay, offers the potential of a genuinely better future for workers and employers alike,” said Joe O’Connor, director of campaigning with Fórsa trade union.
What may once have seemed like a radical concept is now, for many, a reasonable and rational ambition. The Covid-19 pandemic has further disrupted societal and workplace norms, while illustrating the potential for very different models of work.
So today we’re asking: Would you support a four-day work week?
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