Employment, Industrial Relations & Training
Are Short-Lived Jobs Stepping Stones to Long-Lasting Jobs?
CESifo
This 41-page paper assesses whether short-lived jobs (lasting one quarter or less and involuntarily ending in unemployment) are stepping stones to long-lasting jobs (enduring one year or more) for Belgian long-term unemployed school-leavers
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-05-05
Evaluating Labour Market Effects of Wage Subsidies for the Disabled: The Danish Flexjob Scheme
SFI
This 42-page Danish paper evaluates the employment and disability exit effects of a wage subsidy program for the disabled in a setting characterized by universal health insurance and little employment protection
Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-01-28
What is an Adequate Standard of Living during Retirement?
CESifo
A 36-page working paper addressing the question of what constitutes an adequate standard of living during retirement
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-02-04
Worker Adaptation and Workplace Accommodations after the Onset of an Illness
SFI
Workers who become work-incapacitated may either change employer or stay with their current employer in an accommodated job. This 24-page Danish paper studies the effect of these two adaptation strategies on long-term sick-listed workers’ employment durations
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2009-06-18
2006 E-learning Benchmark Project: Final Report
Australian Flexible Learning Framework
A 27-page report on e-learning by vocational training and education (VTE) students
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-10-31
21 Hours
NEF
This 40-page UK report argues that a range of social, environmental and economic pressures could see people adopting a much shorter working week
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-02-22
A Behavioral Account of the Labor Market: The Role of Fairness Concerns
IZA
This discussion paper argues that important labor market phenomena can be better understood if one takes (i) the inherent incompleteness and relational nature of most employment contracts and (ii) the existence of reference-dependent fairness concerns among a substantial share of the population into account
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-01-02
A Bit Rich?
NEF
This 44-page UK report uses new quantification techniques to calculate the value created for society by a range of different professions. For each, the authors measured the conventional economic returns, such as the number of jobs created, as well as key environmental impacts, including climate change effects, and social impacts, for example contribution to individual or community well-being
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-14
A Comparison of Australian and Canadian Immigration Policies and Labour Market Outcomes
Dept. of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs - Australia
A 52-page study examining differences in the labour market outcomes of immigrants to Australia and Canada
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-01-09
A Comparison of the Macroeconomic Consequences of Basic Income and Job Guarantee Schemes
Centre of Full Employment and Equity
A 23-page Australian working paper arguing that only ideological and political constraints prevent the achievement of full employment
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-08-10
A Cure for Discrimination? Affirmative Action and the Case of California Proposition 209
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 31-page discussion paper examines the labour market impacts of the ending of affirmative action programmes in California
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-07-20
A Good Time for Making Work Pay? Taking Stock of In-Work Benefits and Related Measures across the OECD
IZA
This 58-page policy paper discusses the rationale for in-work benefits (IWB), summarises the main design features of programmes operated in OECD countries, and provides an update of what is known about their effectiveness in terms of reducing inequalities and creating employment
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-07-05
A needle in a haystack. Do increases in minimum wage cause employment losses?
ACIRRT - University of Sydney
This working paper is a critical examination of a recent Australian study that appeared to establish a link between minimum wage imposition and employment loss
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-03-05
A Note on Measures of Human Capital for Immigrants: Examining the American Community Survey and New Immigrant Survey
IZA
This 24-page discussion paper examines whether where an immigrant acquires human capital matters in earnings regressions
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-12-29
A Review of Developments in the Job Network
Parliamentary Library - Australia
A 38-page Australian research paper examining the development of the national Job Network and how its capacity might be improved
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-01-19
A Review of Indigenous Employment Programs
NCVER
This 54-page Australian report examines the evaluation of employment programmes designed to assist indigenous people into employment
Indigenous Affairs, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-04-03
A Seasonal Guest-Worker Program for Australia?
Parliamentary Library - Australia
A 31-page research brief examining the issues and the arguments for and against a seasonal Pacific guest-worker programme for Australia, and what can be learned from overseas experience
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-05-24
A Stealthy Stimulus: How Boosting the Minimum Wage is Helping to Stimulate the Economy
EPI
This 4-page US issue brief argues that a three-step increase in the minimum wage is adding billions of dollars to consumer spending and stimulating the economy
Economic Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-06-15
Accelerating Growth and Job Creation in South Asia
World Bank
This 491-page report brings insight to the setting of priorities and strategies to accomplish the objective of sustained growth and poverty reduction in South Asia
Economic Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-11-04
Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey
IZA
A 21-page discussion paper reviewing the literature on the effects of active labour market policies for unemployed women in Europe
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2006-10-17
Adapting to Global Product and Labour Markets: New Models for Apprenticeship in Europe
Institute for Futures Studies
A 23-page Swedish paper studying how apprenticeship models in Europe might adapt to globalizing markets
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2007-12-05
Adult Education and Workforce Development Can be Key Assets in Local Economic Development
Urban Institute
A US report highlighting findings about the role of adult education in workforce development and the use of sector strategies to address needs at the local level
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-02-08
Age Biased Technical and Organisational Change, Training and Employment Prospects of Older Workers
IZA
This 34-page discussion paper analyses the role of training in mitigating the negative impact of technical and organizational changes on the employment prospects of older workers
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-03-21
Age Structure of the Workforce and Firm Performance
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 20-page paper examines the interrelation between corporate age structures and firm performance
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , AgeingPosted: 2005-10-31
Age, Wage and Productivity
CentER
This 49-page Dutch dicussion paper analyzes the relationship between age, wage and productivity using a matched worker-firm panel dataset from Dutch manufacturing covering the period 2000-2005
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-03
Age, Wage and Productivity
IZA
A 50-page discussion paper analyzing the relationship between age, wage and productivity using a matched worker-firm panel dataset from Dutch manufacturing covering the period 2000-2005
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-10
Ageing Workforces and Ageing Occupations
Department of Labour - New Zealand
A 56-page New Zealand discussion paper identifying emerging issues on research and policy relating to ageing workforces and ageing occupations
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-03-06
Ambition: Identifying Best Practice for Demand-Led Approaches
Department for Work and Pensions - U.K.
A 46-page U.K. study of a programme aiming to place disadvantaged jobseekers into types of employment not usually accessible to them
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-08-04
An Analysis of the Determinants of the Labour Market Activities of Housing Assistance Recipients
Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute
A 34-page positioning paper for an investigation into the effects of housing assistance on labour market activity in Australia
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2004-06-29
An Experimental Investigation of Age Discrimination in the Spanish Labour Market
IZA
A 17-page discussion paper providing the results of a field experiment conducted in Spain to measure the extent of age discrimination
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-03-11
An Immigration System Where Everybody Wins
EPI
A US article indicating that research makes a strong case that immigration brings economic benefits not just for individual immigrant workers and their families, but also for native-born workers
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-12
An Inquiry into the Theory, Causes and Consequences of Monitoring Indicators of Health and Safety at Work
IZA
This 40-page discussion paper engages in an interdisciplinary survey of the current state of knowledge related to the theory, determinants and consequences of occupational safety and health (OSH)
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2010-02-25
An International Comparative Study on the Working Conditions of School Personnel
NFER
A 6-page summary of a comparative study of England, Scotland and Finland’s working teachers practice prepared for the Japan Teachers' Union
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-07-29
Analysis of the Success and Failure in the Labour Markets of Selected EU Member-States
VKI
A 23-page Hungarian working paper identifying the economic factors and policies which influence the level of employment and unemployment in selected EU member states
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2007-12-08
Analyzing the Terms of Trade Effect on GDP and Employment in the Presence of Low Real Unit Labour Costs
Australian Bureau of Statistics
A 28-page Australian research paper reporting on modelling work aimed at better understanding the relationship between GDP and employment
Economic Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-07-18
Another Economic Miracle? The German Labor Market and the Great Recession
IZA
This discussion paper analyzes the mild response of the German labour market to the worst global recession in post-war history
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2012-01-17
Are Canada's Labour Standards Set in the Third World?
C.D. Howe Institute
This 32-page Canadian paper finds that globalization has not resulted in a lowering of labour standards
Globalisation & International Trade, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-03-02
Are Employers Willing to Hire Older Workers?
Urban Institute
A 6-page US fact sheet examining the current attitudes of employers towards older workers and the likely future demand for their services
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-12-13
Are Immigrants More Mobile than Natives? Evidence from Germany
IZA
A 46-page discussion paper comparing the labour mobility of immigrants to Germany with that of natives
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-12-30
Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? Evidence from a Workfare Reform in a Generous Welfare State
IZA
This 30-page discussion paper analyzes the consequences of a major Norwegian workfare reform of the generous welfare system for lone mothers
Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-11-04
Are Older Workers Worthy of Their Pay? An Empirical Investigation of Age-Productivity and Age-Wage Nexuses
IZA
A 23-page discussion paper comparing age-wage and age-productivity profiles
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-08-29
Are Short-Lived Jobs Stepping Stones to Long-Lasting Jobs?
IZA
This 38-page discussion paper assesses whether short-lived jobs (lasting one quarter or less and involuntarily ending in unemployment) are stepping stones to long-lasting jobs (enduring one year or more)
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-03-11
Are We Taking Full Advantage of Older Adults' Potential?
Urban Institute
An 8-page US study highlighting the benefits of engaging older people in work and voluntary activities
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-01-02
Assessing the Impact of a Wage Subsidy for Single Parents on Social Assistance in Canada
IZA
This 30-page discussion paper investigates the impact of a wage subsidy for single parents on social assistance
Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-04-26
Assessing the Lisbon Strategy a Year before Revision:
ETUI
This 105-page report provides an assessment of the Lisbon Strategy before its revision in 2010. It asks whether the EU is really moving in the direction of knowledge-based growth, examines whether the EU has witnessed the creation of more and better jobs and considers whether the Union is succeeding in attaining greater social cohesion
European Union, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-03-18
Banning Mandatory Retirement: Throwing Out the Baby With the Bathwater
C.D. Howe Institute
This 13-page Canadian backgrounder argues that mandatory retirement is a private contractual arrangement and should only be banned for explicit reasons
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , AgeingPosted: 2004-03-26
Benchmarking Working Europe 2010
ETUI
This 120-page report embarks upon a social stocktaking of the impact of and reactions to the financial, economic and social crisis as a means of feeding into the post-crisis and EU2020 debate
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2010-05-03
Benefit Duration, Unemployment Duration and Job Match Quality: A Regression-Discontinuity Approach
IZA
A 37-page discussion paper identifying the effect of extended benefit duration on unemployment duration and post-unemployment outcomes
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-15
Benefits That Work
NEF
This 48-page UK report sets out the case for a Community Allowance: an innovative scheme which will create paid work opportunities in trusted community organisations. The Community Allowance combines the objectives of bringing participants closer to employment with doing important work in the communities that they live in
Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-11-11
Better Conditions, Better Business
Australian Government Office for Women
A 60-page report on care and family-friendly provision in Australian small and medium enterprises
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-05-02
Better Protected, Better Paid
IZA
This 26-page paper illustrates how employment protection affects wages
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-02-28
Beyond Basic Skills
CLASP
This 17-page US report describes strategies that state policymakers can use to strengthen connections between basic skills education and postsecondary education to help lower-skilled adults and out-of-school youth attain the postsecondary credentials they need to advance in the labor market
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2011-03-24
Beyond Basic Skills
CLASP
This US report describes six state strategies to better connect basic skills education to postsecondary education and careers
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2011-03-15
Beyond Convergence versus Path Dependence: The Internationalization of Industrial Relations at Ford Germany and Britain (1967–1985)
MPIfG
This 35-page German working paper presents a historical case study of the impact of cross-border subsidiary integration on industrial relations at Ford Germany and Ford UK between 1967 and 1985
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2009-04-16
Beyond Home Ec: Vocational Programs Are a Good Investment
"National Review"
This US article highlights the benefits of occupational education
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-10-19
Bringing Employers into the Immigration Debate: Survey and Conference
Public Policy Forum
An 81-page report of a survey of the attitudes of Canadian employers to the employment of immigrants, and a follow-up conference discussing the survey's findings and related matters
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-01-04
Brokering Successful Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment Outcomes: Common Themes in Good-practice Models
NCVER
This Australian report and accompanying guide describe seven essential characteristics of employment service organisations that lead to successful employment outcomes for their Indigenous clients
Indigenous Affairs, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-03-26
Building Sustainable Adult Literacy Provision: A Review of International Trends in Adult Literacy Policy and Programs
National Centre for Vocational Education Research
A 59-page Australian report summarising a study of adult literacy policies and practices in Canada, New Zealand, U.S., Ireland, U.K. and Australia
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-10-25
Cambodia Blazes a New Path to Economic Growth and Job Creation
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
A 24-page paper describing a policy experiment in Cambodia that demonstrates how trade agreements can create jobs and improve working conditions, pay and labour rights
International Development, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-10-12
Can Low-Income Single Parents Move Up in the Labor Market?
MDRC
This 12-page US practitioner brief examines the work, education, and training patterns of single parents in an employment retention and advancement project
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Poverty & HungerPosted: 2011-03-04
Can Parents Afford to Work? Childcare Costs, Tax Benefit Policies and Work Incentives
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 69-page discussion paper quantifies the net cost of purchasing full-time centre-based childcare in OECD countries, and assesses the financial trade-offs between work and staying at home
Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-01-24
Can We Estimate the Impact of the Choices Package in Pathways to Work?
DWP
This 58-page UK working paper forms part of the independent evaluation of the Jobcentre Plus Pathways to Work programme, which provides extra support, obligations and incentives for people on incapacity benefits. It considers a variety of work and health-related services, known collectively as the choices package, which was available to customers to help them move back towards work or help them manage their health condition
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , DisabilityPosted: 2009-04-28
Career Paths of Part-Time Workers
U.K. Equal Opportunities Commission
This 98-page U.K. working paper studies the career paths of part-time workers over time
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-02-15
Carrot and Stick: How Reemployment Bonuses and Benefit Sanctions Affect Job Finding Rates
IZA
This 31-page discussion paper investigates how benefit sanctions and reemployment bonuses affect job finding rates of welfare recipients
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-07-30
Caught in the Trap? The Disincentive Effect of Social Assistance
IZA
A discussion paper investigating the disincentive effect of social assistance on single males
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2009-07-19
Change Begets Change: Employment Effects of Technological and Non-Technological Innovations – a Comparison across Countries
wiiw
This 23-page Austrian working paper attempts to shed new light on the effect innovation has on employment. Specifically, it identifies the net employment effects of technological product and process innovations as well as complementary non-technological organizational innovations which have so far mostly been bypassed in comparable analyses
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-02-21
Child Care Costs and the Employment Status of Married Australian Mothers
Centre for Economic Policy Research
A 27-page Australian discussion paper examining the implications of child care costs on maternal employment status
Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-04-25
Child Care, Maternal Employment and Persistence: A Natural Experiment from Spain
IZA
This discussion paper analyzes the effects of a large-scale provision of publicly subsidized child care in Spain in the early 1990s, addressing the impact on mothers’ short- and long-run employment outcomes (up to four years after the child was eligible to participate in the program)
Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-08-24
Child Labor
IZA
A 103-page discussion paper providing a detailed overview of the literature on why and how children work and the consequences of that work
Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-02-19
Child Poverty and Welfare Reform: Stay the Course
Manhattan Institute
A 36-page study assessing the impact of U.S. welfare reforms on welfare rolls and child poverty
Poverty & Hunger, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-02-04
Chronic Disease and Participation in Work
AIHW
A 48-page Australian report assessing the association between selected chronic diseases and workforce participation and absenteeism from work
Health, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-02-11
Climate Disturbances, the New Industrial Policies and Ways Out of the Crisis
ETUC
This 112-page European study aims to analyse the impact of policies to counter climate change on employment by 2030
Climate Change & Environment, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-10-13
Collective Bargaining Responses to the Economic Crisis in Europe
ETUI
This 7-page policy brief provides an overview of collective bargaining responses to the crisis in Europe
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2010-02-19
Communications for All: The Role of the National Disability Strategy
Australian Communications Consumer Action Network
This 32-page Australian report recommends that the National Disability Strategy includes six key areas of action to ensure the communications needs of people with a disability are a key part of the Strategy, now and in the future
Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-07-21
Comparing Approaches to Recognising the Skills and Credentials of Foreign-Trained Workers
Public Policy Forum
The 78-page report of a Canadian conference held to consider different approaches to foreign credential recognition
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-09-04
Comparing the Effectiveness of Employment Subsidies
IZA
This 34-page discussion paper analyzes how employment subsidies should be targeted
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2007-06-25
Competing for Skills: Migration Policies and Trends in New Zealand and Australia
Department of Labour - New Zealand
The aims of this 223-page New Zealand study were to compare skilled migration policies in New Zealand and Australia, look at the labour market outcomes of skilled migrants, assess recent trends in skilled migration policy, and suggest implications of these policy developments for the future of skilled migration in the two countries
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-08-10
Compulsion in Active Labour Market Programs
UVT
A 27-page Dutch discussion paper examining the compulsion and treatment effects in active labour market programmes
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2007-10-10
Counseling the Unemployed: Does it Lower Unemployment Duration and Recurrence?
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 39-page discussion paper evaluates the effects of intensive counseling schemes provided to a proportion of the employed population in France
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-10-17
Cream-Skimming, Parking and Other Intended and Unintended Effects of Performance-Based Contracting in Social Welfare Services
IZA
This 52-page dicussion paper analyzes the incentive effects of performance-based contracts, as well as their impacts on provider job placement rates, using unique data on cohorts of unemployed and disabled workers that were assigned to private social welfare providers
Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-28
Creating Jobs Through Public Subsidies
IZA
This 38-page discussion paper analyzes the impact of government grants on labour demand in Ireland
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2007-11-20
Creating Markets or Decent Jobs? Group Training and the Future of Work
National Centre for Vocational Education Research
This 107-page Australian study examines the role of group training organisations in the light of policy changes made during the past decade
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2004-04-07
Creating Pathways to Advancement: A Manual for Project Developers
Jobs For The Future
A 37-page U.S. manual offering a framework for providing publicly-funded employment and training services that meet the needs of employers, job seekers and incumbent workers, especially those in low-pay, low-skill jobs
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-11-18
Cross-Country Evidence on Teacher Performance Pay
IZA
By combining country-level performance-pay measures with rich PISA-2003 international achievement micro data, this 32-page discussion paper estimates student-level international education production functions
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-08-15
Current Directions in Australia's Vocational Education and Training System
National Centre for Vocational Education Research
A 13-page paper providing an overview of the factors which influence and drive Australia's technical and vocational education and training system
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-01-01
Deindustrialisation and the Fear of Relocations in (the) Industry
CEPII
A 38-page French paper examining the connection between outsourcing and deindustrialisation in OECD countries
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2006-03-21
Deja Vu? Short-Term Training in Germany 1980-1992 and 2000-2003
IZA
This 54-page discussion paper assesses the effectiveness of short-term training to promote employment in Germany
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-07-04
Demographic Alternatives for Aging Industrial Countries: Increased Total Fertility Rate, Labour Force Participation, or Immigration
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 33-page discussion paper investigates the demographic alternatives for dealing with projected population aging and low/negative labour force in the Northern hemisphere
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-12-20
Disability and Labour Market Participation
Economic and Social Research Institute & The Equality Authority
This 66-page report provides a detailed description of the labour market situation of people with disabilities in Ireland and analyses the factors associated with participation or non-participation in the labour market
Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-03-23
Disability and Multi-State Labour Force Choices with State Dependence
IZA
This working paper studies the impact of work-limiting disabilities on disaggregated labour choices
Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-01-18
Disability and Work
Tinbergen Institute
This 40-page Dutch discussion paper investigates the impact of health shocks on disability and work outcomes and the relationship of childhood circumstances to these outcomes in later life
Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-05-11
Disability Support Pension Recipients: Who Gets Off (and Stays Off) Payments?
Melbourne Institute
This 52-page Australian discussion paper shows the correspondence between disability benefit receipt and labour market outcomes
Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-10-09
Disincentives and Housing Assistance
Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute
A 73-page Australian report examining the role of housing assistance as a disincentive to employment or working longer hours
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2004-09-14
Disparities in Social Assistance Receipt between Immigrants and Natives in Sweden
IZA
This discussion paper investigates social assistance receipt among immigrants compared with receipt among natives in Sweden
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-12-09
Do Dropouts Benefit from Training Programs? Korean Evidence Employing Methods for Continuous Treatments
IZA
A 39-page discussion paper estimating the average employment effects of different lengths of exposure to a programme by dropouts in a Korean job training programme
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-11-14
Do Admission Criteria and Economic Recessions Affect Immigrant Earnings?
IRPP
A 40-page Canadian study comparing the outcomes of skills-assessed immigrants with those of immigrants who entered in other classes, and to examine the impact of economic cycles on immigrants’ earnings
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-11-15
Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States
IZA
A 49-page working paper studying the link between dismissal costs and productivity in the US
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-02-04
Do Financial Incentives Promote the Employment of the Disabled?
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 40-page study of the outcomes of a German measure that increased incentives for the severely disabled to enter work and for employers to hire such workers
Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-08-23
Do Longer Working Hours Lead to More Workplace Injuries? Evidence from Australian Industry-Linked Panel Data
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
A 20-page Australian working paper examines the relationship between weekly hours of work and frequency of injury compensation claims for full-time and part-time workers
Public Safety & Disaster Mitigation, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-05-23
Do Non-Standard Working Hours Cause Negative Health Effects?
Centre for Economic Policy Research
This 34-page Auustralian discussion paper examines the relationship between non-standard job schedules and workers' physical and mental health
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2006-04-25