Working Papers

• Energy Guarantee
  Research Note
  Issued: September 2024
• The cost of adequately heating the home
  MESL Working Paper
  Issued: November 2023
• Estimating the MESL costs for families in Direct Provision
  Working Paper
  Issued: May 2023
• Examining the accuracy of inflation adjustment and...
  MESL Working Paper
  Issued: February 2021
• The Minimum Income Standard and equivalisation
  Reassessing relative costs of singles and couples and of adults and children
  Issued: February 2020
• Minimum Income Needs for People with a Vision Impairment
  MESL Working Paper
  Issued: December 2017
• MESL 2016 & SILC 2015 Comparison
  Research Note
  Issued: February 2017
• When The Living Wage is Not Enough
  Issued: December 2016
• Living Wage 2016 Update
  Issued: July 2016
• Low Hour Work & Income Adequacy
  MESL Working Paper
  Issued: March 2016
• MESL & SILC 2014 Comparison
  Research Note
  Issued: December 2015
• Impact of the Differential Rent System on the Cost of an MESL
  MESL Working Paper
  Issued: November 2015
• Living Wage 2015 Update
  Issued: July 2015
• From Welfare to Work
  Examining the impact of retaining benefits when returning to work
  Issued: May 2015
• The Minimum Income Standard & The Cost of Childcare
  MESL Working Paper
  Issued: March 2015
• Minimum Household Energy Need
  MESL Technical Paper
  Issued: December 2014
• Addition of a cohabiting couple without children to the MESL dataset
  Briefing Paper
  Issued: July 2014
• Housing Tenure & its impact on the cost of a MESL
  MESL Working Paper
  Issued: April 2014
• Comparing the Cost of an MESL between Ireland and the UK for One Household Type
  Issued: April 2014
• A 'Living Wage' in Ireland
  Examining the process & potential result of calculating a ‘Living Wage’ for working age households in Ireland
  Issued: January 2014
• Changes in the cost of a MESL in comparison to CPI Inflation
  Research Note
  Issued: June 2013
• Comparison of the 2012 Poverty Line and the MESL Data
  MESL Working Paper
  Issued: April 2013
• Comparison of the Household Budget Survey to MIS/MESL Data
  MESL Working Paper
  Issued: April 2013
• Review of the MESL Baskets And Addition of 3rd & 4th Child to Household
  Briefing Note
  Issued: August 2012
• Minimum Essential Budget Standards in Ireland
  Issued: June 2009