Income Distribution

100,000 people trapped in underemployment – headline employment figures mask worrying trends

Over 100,000 people are currently working part-time hours, but would take full-time employment if they could find it.  This figure has increased by 25 per cent since 2008 and points to a worrying employment trend in Ireland.  This is one of the key findings from Social Justice Ireland's latest Employment Monitor. Some of this part-time work gives rise to increased dependency on state income supports.

A New Social Contract for a New Century - Executive Summary

The executive summary of Social Justice Ireland's Socio-Economic Review 2017 'A New Social Contract for a New Century' is available below.

Costing a Basic Income for Ireland

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This paper examines the costing of a Basic Income for Ireland.

Basic Income - Radical Utopia or Practical Solution?

Our Social Policy Book 2016 examines the topic of basic income. It addresses questions such as:

Citizenship and Basic Income

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This paper explores citizenship and basic income.

Citizen's Basic Income - is it feasible?

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This paper examines the feasibility of a citizen’s income.

Basic Income - Radical Utopia or Practical Solution?

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This paper explores whether basic income is a radical utopia or a practical solution and on policy in practice.

Basic Income - Finnish Pilot

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This paper examines the basic income pilot in Finland.

Municipal Basic Income experiments - Netherlands

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This paper details basic income related experiments in the Netherlands.

Basic Income and Transformative Strategies

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This paper explores a partial basic income as part of a suite of transformative strategies.