Employment, Industrial Relations & Training

Innovation, Employment and Skills in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature

IZA

This 45-page discussion paper critically discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the quantitative and qualitative employment impact of technological change, compares the relative explanatory power of the competing theories, and explains in detail the macro and micro evidence on the issue, with reference both to advanced economies and developing countries

Science & Technology, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-02-12

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

Labor Market Policy: A Comparative View on the Costs and Benefits of Labor Market Flexibility

IZA

A 36-page discussion paper reviewing theories and evidence on wage-setting institutions and labor market policies in an international comparative context. These include collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated parental leave, and active labor market policies

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-08-15

Fighting Youth Unemployment: The Effects of Active Labor Market Policies

IZA

This 54-page discussion paper analyzes the short- and long-term impacts for a variety of different programmes designed to assist the young unemployed into employment or further education

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-01-09

What Explains the Gender Earnings Gap in Self-Employment? A Decomposition Analysis with German Data

IZA

This 32-page discussion paper analyses the gender earnings gap in self-employment

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-04-18

What Have We Learned? Assessing Labor Market Institutions and Indicators

IZA

This 40-page discussion paper examines the effect of institutional variables on labour market performance

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-06-12

Outsourcing of Unionized Firms and the Impact of Labor Market Policy Reforms

IZA

This 39-page discussion paper examines the impact of outsourcing in unionized companies

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2008-07-04

This Time It's Different? Youth Labour Markets During 'The Great Recession'

IZA

This 24-page discussion paper looks at the effects of the 'Great Recession' on young people's labour market experiences in the European Union

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-04-19

Skill Based Immigrant Selection and Labor Market Outcomes by Visa Category

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This 50-page discussion paper reviews the evidence on labour market outcomes of immigrants by visa category that portrays the experiences of countries with different selection mechanisms and underlines the challenges for realizing aimed benefits of a skill based immigrant selection policy

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-04-18

Do Targeted Hiring Subsidies and Profiling Techniques Reduce Unemployment?

IZA

This 43-page discussion paper examines the effect of targeted hiring subsidies on employment and wages

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2008-10-29

How Working Time Reduction Affects Employment and Earnings

IZA

This 20-page discussion paper studies the impact of a mandatory reduction in working hours in Portugal

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-10-28

Flexible Outsourcing and the Impacts of Labour Taxation in European Welfare States

IZA

An 87-page discussion paper analyzing how outsourcing and labour taxation affect employment and welfare

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-09-16

Minimum Wage Increases Under Straightened Circumstances

IZA

This 44-page discussion paper studies whether apparently large minimum wage increases in an environment of recession produce clearer evidence of disemployment effects than is typically observed

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2011-11-02

Training, Job Satisfaction and Workplace Performance in Britain

IZA

This 45-page paper analyzes the relationship between training, job satisfaction and workplace performance in Britain

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-09-16

Experimental Evidence on the Nature of the Danish Employment Miracle

IZA

A 53-page discussion paper assessing the nature of Danish labour market policy effectiveness

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2008-08-18

New Estimates of the Effects of Minimum Wages in the U.S. Retail Trade Sector

IZA

This paper examines the impact of minimum wages on earnings and employment in selected branches of the US retail-trade sector, 1990-2005

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-08-05

Services Offshoring and Wages

IZA

A 17-page discussion paper investigating the effects of sevices outsourcing on wages

Globalisation & International Trade, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-07-25

Do Unemployment Benefits Increase Unemployment?

IZA

This 39-page discussion paper examines the relationship between unemployment benefits and unemployment, using Swedish regional data

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-07-10

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

Job Protection Legislation and Productivity Growth in OECD Countries

IZA

This 68-page discussion paper examines the impact of employment protection legislation on productivity in the OECD

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-07-04

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

Policies to Create and Destroy Human Capital in Europe

IZA

This 112-page discussion paper examines different policies capable of creating or diminishing human capital

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-29

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

Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed: Long-Term Evidence and Effect Heterogeneity

IZA

This 37-page discussion paper uses administrative and survey data from a large sample of participants in two distinct start-up programs and a control group of unemployed individuals. It finds that over 80% of participants are integrated in the labor market and have relatively high labor income five years after start-up

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-03-18

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

The Design of Unemployment Transfers: Evidence from a Dynamic Structural Life-Cycle Model

IZA

A 41-page discussion paper analyzing the employment, fiscal and welfare effects induced by unemployment insurance

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-03-18

Is the Minimum Wage a Pull Factor for Immigrants?

IZA

This 25-page discussion paper studies the impact of the minimum wage on immigration

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-01-17

Unions, Dynamism, and Economic Performance

IZA

This 48-page discussion paper explores the relationship between economic performance and US unionism

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-12-06

Two-Tier Labor Markets in the Great Recession: France vs. Spain

IZA

This 55-page discussion paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2010-12-06

Employee Training and Wage Dispersion: White and Blue Collar Workers in Britain

IZA

This 29-page discussion paper explores the wage returns associated with training incidence and intensity (duration) for British employees

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-25

The Added Worker Effect and the Discouraged Worker Effect for Married Women in Australia

IZA

This 26-page discussion paper investigates both the added worker effect (the labour supply responses of women to their partners' job losses) and the discouraged worker effect (workers withdrawing from the labour market because of failed searches) for married women in Australia, with the emphasis on the former

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-25

Mental Health and Working Conditions in European Countries

IZA

This 38-page discussion paper investigates the links between contractual arrangements, working conditions and mental health for 15 European countries

Health, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-04

Retire Later or Work Harder?

IZA

This 35-page discussion paper reviews the theory, models the trade-off between later retirement versus increased work intensity, produces relevant background facts, and provides estimates of the policy trade-offs

Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-04

The Job Creation Effect of R&D Expenditures

IZA

This 22-page discussion paper uses a unique database covering 25 manufacturing and service sectors for 16 European countries and applies panel estimations of a demand-for-labour equation augmented with technology

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-02-26

Retirement and Subjective Well-Being

IZA

This 40-page discussion paper provides an explanation for the common finding that the effect of retirement on life satisfaction is negligible

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-03-10

Youth Unemployment: Déjà Vu?

IZA

This 58-page paper reviews current issues in youth labour markets in developed countries

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-02-04

Minimum Wages, Labor Market Institutions, and Female Employment and Unemployment: A Cross-Country Analysis

IZA

This 32-page discussion paper estimates the effect of minimum wage regulation in 16 OECD countries, 1970-2008

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-09-16

Minimum Wages and Employment: Reconsidering the Use of a Time-Series Approach as an Evaluation Tool

IZA

This 37-page discussion paper uses an approach based on aggregate time-series data that allows us to determine if minimum wage changes have significant effects on employment

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-02-19

Immigration and the Occupational Choice of Natives

IZA

This 43-page discussion paper evaluates the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives in France over the period 1962-1999

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-02-14

Job Search and Job Finding in a Period of Mass Unemployment: Evidence from High-Frequency Longitudinal Data

IZA

This 60-page discussion paper presents findings from a survey of 6,025 unemployed workers who were interviewed every week for up to 24 weeks in the autumn of 2009 and spring of 2010

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-02-14

Returning to the Question of a Wage Premium for Returning Migrants

IZA

A 22-page discussion papere stimating the extent to which people who have emigrated from Ireland and returned earn more relative to comparable people who have never lived abroad

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-02-24

Job Creation by Firms in Denmark

IZA

This 33-page discussion paper examines job creation and destruction in firms

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-02-14

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

The Threat of Monitoring Job Search: A Discontinuity Design

IZA

A 40-page discussion paper on the effects of monitoring the job search effort of long-term unemployed benefit claimants

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-12-03

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

Efficient Redistribution: Comparing Basic Income with Unemployment Benefits

IZA

This 25-page discussion paper compares two systems of income redistribution, unemployment benefits and basic income

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-10-20

Stimulating Local Public Employment: Do General Grants Work?

IZA

This 37-page discussion paper estimates causal effects of intergovernmental grants on personnel in different local government sectors

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2010-09-23

The Dilemma of Delegating Search: Budgeting in Public Employment Services

IZA

This 24-page discussion paper considers the poor performance often attributed to many public employment services

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-09-22

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

The Effect of Part-Time Work on Post-Secondary Educational Attainment: New Evidence from French Data

IZA

This 44-page paper provides new evidence on the effect of part-time work on postsecondary educational attainment

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-08-01

Non-Standard Employment and Labour Force Participation: A Comparative View of the Recent Development in Europe

IZA

A 55-page discussion paper presenting the extent and changes of nonstandard employment relationships (part-time work, fixed-term contracts, and self-employment) in 24 EU member states

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2010-08-05

Youth Labour Markets in Europe and Central Asia

IZA

A 79-page discussion paper examining developments in and around the transition of young people from education to work in the ECA region in recent years

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2010-08-09

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

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

Employment, Inequality and the UK National Minimum Wage over the Medium-Term

IZA

This 43-page discussion paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-11-08

Rising Wages: Has China Lost Its Global Labor Advantage?

IZA

A 46-page discussion paper documenting dramatic rising wages in China for the period 1978-2007 based on multiple sources of aggregate statistics

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2010-06-29

Does International Outsourcing Really Lower Workers' Income?

IZA

A 27-page discussion paper analyzing the impact of international outsourcing on income, if the domestic labor market is imperfect

Globalisation & International Trade, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-05-28

The Impact of the Crisis on Employment and the Role of Labour Market Institutions

IZA

This 38-page discussion paper takes a comparative perspective on the labour market impact on G20 and EU countries of the financial and economic crisis that began in 2008

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-11-26

Hazard Analysis of Unemployment Duration by Gender in a Developing Country: The Case of Turkey

IZA

A 49-page discussion paper studying the duration aspect of unemployment in a developing country, Turkey

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , International DevelopmentPosted: 2010-03-30

Wage Effects of Non-Wage Labour Costs

IZA

This 43-page discussion paper studies short- and long-term wage effects of two important elements of non-wage labour costs: firing costs and payroll taxes

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-04-27

Mental Health and Labour Market Participation: Evidence from IV Panel Data Models

IZA

This 26-page discussion paper estimates the effect of mental health on labour market participation using various models, including instrumental variable models that exploit individual variation observed in panel data

Health, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-04-27

Immigrants at New Destinations: How They Fare and Why

IZA

This discussion paper identifies the determinants of immigrants’ earnings in the Portuguese labour market

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-04-29

Labor Market and Income Effects of a Legal Minimum Wage in Germany

IZA

A discussion paper analyzing the distributional effects of a nationwide legal minimum wage in Germany

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-05-15

Joblessness and Perceptions about the Effectiveness of Democracy

IZA

A discussion paper analyzing the extent to which joblessness of individuals and the prevailing unemployment rate in a country impact perceptions of the effectiveness of democracy

Governance & Politics, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-05-16

The Employment Effects of Low-Wage Subsidies

IZA

This discussion paper examines the employment effects of a Finnish payroll tax subsidy scheme, which is targeted at the employers of older, full-time, low-wage workers

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-05-16

Rational Expectations and the Puzzling No-Effect of the Minimum Wage

IZA

This discussion paper argues that expectations are an important element that needs to be included into the analysis of the effects of the minimum wage on employment

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-05-16

Fatal Attraction? Access to Early Retirement and Mortality

IZA

A 58-page discussion paper estimating the causal effect of early retirement on mortality for blue-collar workers

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2010-09-16

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

Increasing the Legal Retirement Age: The Impact on Wages, Worker Flows and Firm Performance

IZA

This 31-page discussion paper studies the effects of higher legal retirement ages at the firm level

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , AgeingPosted: 2009-06-04

Job Anxiety, Work-Related Psychological Illness and Workplace Performance

IZA

This 43-page discussion paper examines the determinants of employee job anxiety and work-related psychological illness

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2011-07-06

The Role of Worker Flows in the Dynamics and Distribution of UK Unemployment

IZA

This 40-page UK discussion paper examines how the structure of unemployment across groups and its cyclical movements across time are shaped by changes in labour market flows

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-06-30

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

The Duration of Paid Parental Leave and Children's Scholastic Performance

IZA

A 40-page discussion paper studying how the duration of paid parental leave affects the accumulation of cognitive skills among children

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-07-06

Short-Time Work: The German Answer to the Great Recession

IZA

This 29-page discussion paper describes how short-time working was utilised in Germany to mitigate the employment effects of the recession

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2011-06-30

Will You Still Need Me – When I'm 64?

IZA

This 28-page discussion paper examines the relationship between age and productivity

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-07-07

The Impact of Labour Market Dynamics on the Return-Migration of Immigrants

IZA

A 29-page discussion paper estimating the causal effects of labour dynamics on the return decisions of new labour immigrants

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-06-07

Long-Term Impact of Youth Minimum Wages: Evidence from Two Decades of Individual Longitudinal Data

IZA

This 42-page discussion paper quantifies the long-run impact of exposure to youth minimum wages and sheds light on its mechanisms

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-07-19

What Explains the German Labor Market Miracle in the Great Recession?

IZA

This 62-page discussion paper investigates why the German labour market suffered little employment loss during the recent recession

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-07-06

Immigrant Wages in the Spanish Labour Market: Does the Origin of Human Capital Matter?

IZA

This 27-page discussion paper analyses the role played by the different components of human capital in the wage determination of recent immigrants within the Spanish labour market

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-05-12

Dynamics of Poor Health and Non-Employment

IZA

This 24-page discussion paper studies the relationship between poor health and non-employment

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2009-05-10

The Effect of Public Sector Employment on Women's Labour Market Outcomes

IZA

This 62-page discussion paper ddresses the role played by Public Sector (PS) employment across different OECD labour markets in explaining: (i) gender differences regarding choices to work in either PS or private sector, and (ii) subsequent changes in female labour market outcomes

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2011-07-28

Immigration: High Skilled vs. Low Skilled Labor?

IZA

This 23-page policy analysis paper, prepared for the Productivity Commission of Australia, explores the implications for the host country population of alternative immigration policies. The two immigration options considered are a policy based on admitting primarily high-skilled workers and another that has the effect of admitting primarily low-skilled workers. The implications for the native-born population for their aggregate level of income, the distribution of their income by skill level, and the size of the income redistribution system are considered

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-07-27

The Effect of Children on the Level of Labor Market Involvement of Married Women: What is the Role of Education?

IZA

This 51-page discussion paper analyzes the way women's education influences the effect of children on their level of labour market involvement

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-04-05

Setting It Right: Employment Protection, Labour Reallocation and Productivity

IZA

This 28-page discussion paper provides a critical review of the recent empirical evidence on the links between regulations affecting the hiring and firing of workers, labour reallocation and productivity growth

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2011-07-27

Unemployment and Finance: How Do Financial and Labour Market Factors Interact?

IZA

This 29-page discussion paper investigates how labour and financial factors interact to determine unemployment levels

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2009-04-06

Setting the Minimum Wage

IZA

This 30-page discussion paper examines the relationship betwen the level of the minimum wage and the setting regime

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-08-20

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

Stepping Stone or Dead End? The Effect of the EITC on Earnings Growth

IZA

This discussion paper examines whether the jobs taken by single mothers as a result of the US EITC incentives are “dead-end” jobs or jobs that have the potential for earnings growth

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2009-05-06

The Effect of an Acute Health Shock on Work Behavior: Evidence from Different Health Care Regimes

IZA

This 47-page discussion paper studies how severe acute health shocks affect the probability of not working in the U. S. versus in Denmark

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2011-07-27

Labour Supply Effects of a Subsidised Old-Age Part-Time Scheme in Austria

IZA

This 21-page paper evaluates the impact of the old-age part-time scheme (OAPT) on the Austrian labour market which was a policy to allow flexible retirement options for the elderly with an aim to increase labour supply

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-07-19

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

How Effective Are Unemployment Benefit Sanctions? Looking Beyond Unemployment Exit

IZA

A 54-page discussion paper providing a comprehensive evaluation of benefit sanctions, i.e. temporary reductions in unemployment benefits as punishment for noncompliance with eligibility requirements

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2009-11-10

The Crisis, Policy Reactions and Attitudes to Globalization and Jobs

IZA

This 33-page discussion paper considers the effects of the financial crisis and subsequent recession on world labour markets

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2011-05-19

Youth Unemployment in Europe and the United States

IZA

This 29-page discussion paper focuses on youth unemployment, why we should be concerned about it, why it is increasing again, how the present difficulties of young people entering the labour market differ from those of the past and what useful lessons have been learned that may guide future policy

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-05-18

The Determinants of Education-Job Match among Canadian University Graduates

IZA

This 32-page discussion paper looks at the determinants of education-job for Canadian university graduates

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-11-12

Does Self-Employment Increase the Economic Well-Being of Low-Skilled Workers?

IZA

This 49-page discussion paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic returns to business ownership among low-skilled workers and addresses the essential question of whether self-employment is a good option for low-skilled individuals that policymakers might consider encouraging

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-11-16

To Shape the Future: How Labor Market Entry Conditions Affect Individuals' Long-Run Wage Profiles

IZA

A 64-page discussion paper studying the long-run effects of initial labor market conditions on wages

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-12-11

The Relative Efficiency of Active Labour Market Policies

IZA

This 36-page discussion paper re-analyzes the effects of a Danish active labour market program social experiment that included a range of sub-treatments, including monitoring, job search assistance and training

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2011-04-12

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

Income Support Systems, Labor Market Policies and Labor Supply: The German Experience

IZA

The aim of this 37-page discussion paper is to give a brief overview of the German income support systems and labor market polices, their recent reforms and – where already possible –effects of these reform

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-18