Economy & Finance
Economy
Northern Ireland trade in goods, 2017
This blog post uses the most recent annual data from the HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) Regional Trade Statistics [Download: Excel file] to provide an overview of Northern Ireland’s (NI) current position with regard to
Women’s economic transition to retirement
While women are increasingly better educated than men, they earn less, feel less financially secure, provide the bulk of unpaid care, have smaller pensions, face greater hardship in later life and struggle to pay for
What goods does Northern Ireland export, how much are they worth and where do they go?
Please note: we have posted an updated version of this blog article using the most recent HMRC annual trade data, see here. This blog post uses annual data from the HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC)
Employment & Labour Market
What is the gender pay gap in Northern Ireland?
By Michael Scholes & Aidan Stennett To highlight International Women’s Day, the following article updates our previous blog article examining the gender pay gap in Northern Ireland, by presenting the latest available data. The UK
How big is the gender pay gap in NI’s public and private sectors?
By Aidan Stennett & Eóin Murphy This article examines the gender pay gap in Northern Ireland: what is it, how is it measured and what is the scale across different sectors?
Economic impact of cuts to the Higher Education sector
Education and training are key factors in economic progress, acting as a means of raising productivity. Whilst other factors can result in short-run economic improvements, education and training are critical to embedding long-term growth. As
Energy
Is the sun setting on Northern Ireland renewable electricity?
There was considerable growth in the development of renewable electricity over the previous Northern Ireland Assembly mandate. Changes to renewable electricity support may impact the ability to achieve similar levels of growth in the future.
Finance
We don’t need no education!
The finances of Northern Ireland’s schools have been in the spotlight for some time. For example, the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster is currently holding an Inquiry into Education funding. In June 2018, Northern
Public Finances in Northern Ireland: Key recent developments and how they may affect you
This article unpicks key recent developments relating to public finance in Northern Ireland (NI), while there is no functioning Executive or Assembly and there is no direct rule from the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament. Those
What are rates and why do we pay them?
Rates are a property tax paid by households and businesses. There are two different types of rates in Northern Ireland, domestic rates for residential properties and non-domestic rates for businesses and other non-residential properties, such