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Introduction Introduction
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Work and Welfare: A Profile Work and Welfare: A Profile
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Ireland’s Changing Employment Structure Ireland’s Changing Employment Structure
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Ireland’s Welfare Model Ireland’s Welfare Model
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Composition, Expenditure, and Sustainability Composition, Expenditure, and Sustainability
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Reforming Welfare for Work Reforming Welfare for Work
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Problems and Puzzles Problems and Puzzles
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Low-Pay Puzzle: Traps or Stepping Stones? Low-Pay Puzzle: Traps or Stepping Stones?
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Activation Puzzle: Work First or Upskilling? Activation Puzzle: Work First or Upskilling?
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Gender Inequality Puzzle Gender Inequality Puzzle
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Discussion: Future Political Economy Choices Discussion: Future Political Economy Choices
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Notes Notes
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Bibliography Bibliography
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25 C25The Political Economy of Work and Welfare
Get accessDr Micheál L. Collins, Assistant Professor of Social Policy, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin
Dr Mary P. Murphy, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Maynooth University
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Published:11 August 2021
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Abstract
The political economy of Irish work and welfare has dramatically changed over recent decades. Since the 1980s, Ireland has experienced two periods of high unemployment followed by two periods of full employment. Alongside this, we see considerable shifts in both the sectoral composition of the workforce and in the institutional architecture underpinning the labour market. Focusing on the last decade, this chapter contextualizes the Irish labour market in the Irish growth model, highlighting issues including occupational upgrading, low pay, gender composition, and migration. The chapter then explores links between this employment structure and Ireland’s changing welfare regime. It considers recent institutional changes, as the welfare regime shifted to a work-first form of activation, and the long-term sustainability of the social protection system. The chapter concludes by highlighting what we see as the core challenges for the political economy of work and welfare in Ireland.
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