Michael Scholes, Author at Research Matters

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Northern Ireland Gender Pay Gap: a 2021 update

8th March 20218th November 2021 Michael Scholes

Reading Time: 7 minutes By Michael Scholes & Aidan Stennett To highlight International Women’s Day, the following article updates our previous blog article examining

A graph comparing Northern Ireland median hourly pay by industry and gender for 2019

Employment & Labour Market Equality

Northern Ireland Gender Pay Gap – 2020 update

6th March 202029th June 2020 Michael Scholes Gender equality (including pay gap)

Reading Time: 7 minutes By Michael Scholes & Aidan Stennett To highlight International Women’s Day, the following article updates our previous blog article examining

Economy

Regional devolution for Northern Ireland: What’s the big deal?

4th April 201918th April 2019 Michael Scholes City Deals and Growth Deals

Reading Time: 5 minutes On 26 March 2019, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (NI) signed an agreement between the United Kingdom (UK)

A bar graph showing the gender pay gap in Northern Ireland since 1998

Employment & Labour Market Equality

What is the Gender Pay Gap in Northern Ireland in 2019?

8th March 201919th June 2019 Michael Scholes Gender equality (including pay gap)

Reading Time: 5 minutes By Michael Scholes & Aidan Stennett To highlight International Women’s Day, this blog article updates a previous one examining the

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Finance

What are rates and why do we pay them?

22nd March 201827th March 2018 Michael Scholes Business rates, Domestic rates

Reading Time: 5 minutes Rates are a property tax paid by households and businesses. There are two different types of rates in Northern Ireland,

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Employment & Labour Market Equality

What is the gender pay gap in Northern Ireland?

8th March 20188th April 2019 Michael Scholes Gender equality (including pay gap)

Reading Time: 6 minutes By Michael Scholes & Aidan Stennett Please note: we have posted a new version of this blog article using the

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