economics, psychology, policy

A paper in the current edition of the Economic and Social Review by Iarfhlaith Watson and Máire Nic Ghiolla Phádraig from UCD (I wonder if...

Further to Martin's post below, here is a comparison of labor economics with labour economics . It seems both are in decline. The blue ...

The Columbia Economics website has an interesting research section on Employment, Health, Education and Welfare : "Columbia's appl...

I mentioned the details of the Work Placement Programme (and pilot Short Time Working Training Programme) last month. And further informati...

Further to the post below, the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in Kalamazoo, MI produces lots of useful work on employment, u...

I heard about the The Centre of Full Employment and Equity (at Newcastle, Australia) via Colm's Twitter page (linked at the top left h...

In advance of Susan Dynarski's visit to UCD on December 3rd, it is worth looking at her research publications ( here and here ). Some r...

A topical debate in Ireland now also link here

The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan, together with the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Mar...

Labour market policy in Ireland is conducted by the Labour Force Development Division of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employmen...

"In Michigan, where the unemployment rate in May was 14.1 percent, the nation’s highest, 78,000 people are enrolled in the state’s No W...

February 17th 2009 1pm. Frank Walsh (University College Dublin). "Supervision and Wages" at the Geary Institute Seminar Room.

I'm just after finishing reading David Card's recent paper on immigration and wage inequality in the US between 1980 and 2000. Card...

In the current edition of Princeton Weekly, there is an article about Professor Orley Ashenfelter , from the Department of Economics and In...

Edward Glaeser, the Harvard Professor whose innovations in urban economics has made him a leading figure in economics, talks below (From Bos...

I have blogged before about some papers that examine the role of intrinsic motivation in public services delivery. This is examined in the c...

Cognitive Skills Explain Economic Preferences, Strategic Behavior, and Job Attachment Date: 2008-07 By: Burks, Stephen V. (University of Min...