The minimum wage in Ireland increased every year from 2016 to 2025. We investigate whether these minimum wage increases led to a higher likelihood of minimum wage employees becoming unemployed or inactive. To do this, we implement a difference-in-differences methodology that compares the changes...

Ageing populations and the resulting pressures on health and social care systems as well as social security systems are causing disability prevalence to be an increasingly salient issue in Northern Ireland (NI) and Ireland, as well as in many other developed societies. A greater understanding of...

International research has pointed to the longer-term impact of school absence on outcomes in early adulthood. This study uses Growing Up in Ireland data to document the consequences of absence in primary and post-primary education for a range of outcomes in (early) adulthood, including...

The current report presents findings of a research project that explored attitudes towards welfare and redistributive policies among Irish residents. Public support for the welfare state is an important foundation for democratic governments to pursue the policies needed to alleviate poverty in...

This report investigates how the Irish housing transaction system influences buyer and seller behaviour. Drawing on behavioural science, it explores how cognitive biases, including auction fever, loss aversion and ambiguity aversion, may be exacerbated by features of the Irish market. We...

School attendance has become a topic of international concern, particularly in light of the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to long-lasting challenges in attendance (Dee, 2024; Fuller et al., 2024; Lichand et al., 2024; Tomaszewski et al., 2023). Some evidence suggests that...

International and Irish studies have indicated negative trends in the mental health and wellbeing of young people over recent years. Indeed, the most recent wave of the Health Behaviour of School-Aged Children study shows that Ireland ranked 24 out of 36 countries on overall adolescent mental...

This report, funded by the Health Service Executive (HSE), uses the Economic and Social Research Institute's (ESRI) Hippocrates model to project regional workforce requirements to 2040 for a selection of staff providing HSE primary and community care services. The professions and grades under...

Discrimination, defined as the unfair treatment of groups based on intrinsic characteristics, has pervasive and long-lasting consequences for the individuals who experience it. Previous research has found that individuals who experience discrimination have worsened physical and mental health...

This study examines public perceptions of immigration in Ireland and their relationship to immigration attitudes. It was conducted against a backdrop of heightened salience of immigration in public discourse, marked by violent protests at buildings earmarked for asylum seekers, increases in...