Employment, Industrial Relations & Training
Minimum Wages, Inequality and Globalization
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 29-page discussion paper examining, in the context of Costa Rica, whether changes in the legal minimum wage affect wage inequality
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2004-05-28
The Effects of Multiple Minimum Wages Throughout The Labour Market
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 44-page discussion paper investigates the effects of minimum wage legislation in Costa Rica on wages, employment, hours worked and monthly earnings among those covered by the legislation and those not covered
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-05-28
Fly Me to the Moon: The Determinants of Secondary Jobholding in Germany and the U.K.
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 38-page discussion paper analyzing the determinants of secondary jobholding in Germany and the U.K.
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-10-22
When Migrants Overstay Their Legal Welcome
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 34-page discussion paper offering proposals for a well-designed guest-worker programme beneficial to all concerned
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-11-24
Experiments on Unemployment Benefit Sanctions and Job Search Beh
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 31-page academic discussion paper reports on an experimental study on unemployment benefit sanctions, examining both pre-imposition and post-imposition effects
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-02-06
The Consequences of "In-Work" Benefit Reform in Britain: New Evidence from Panel Data
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 74-page discussion paper evaluates the effect of the introduction of the Working Families' Tax Credit (designed to encourage work among low-income families with children) on single mothers
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-08-17
How Changes in Benefits Entitlement Affect Job-Finding: Lessons from the Slovenia "Experiment"
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 48-page discussion paper investigating the effects of reducing the period of unemployment benefit and improving employment services on the exit rate from unemployment in Slovenia
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-06-17
Welfare-to-Work, Wages and Growth
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 38-page paper examines the effect of a U.K. welfare-to-work programme on wages and wage growth
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-05-12
Job Mobility Along the Technological Ladder: A Case Study of Australia
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 40-page discussion paper, based on Australian experience, investigating how technological change affects labour flows
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Science & TechnologyPosted: 2004-06-07
Do Pensions Impede Phased Retirement?
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 37-page discussion paper investigating the extent to which a gradual reduction in working hours is made difficult by pensions and other possible impediments
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , AgeingPosted: 2004-10-19
The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Wages, Employment and Prices
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 11-page discussion paper examinines the effect of minimum wage legislation on wages, employment and prices in Brazil
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2004-05-10
Trade Liberalization in a Globalizing World
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 43-page discussion paper studying the changing linkages between trade, FDI and migration in the context of globalization
Globalisation & International Trade, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-11-25
How Changes in Financial Incentives Affect the Duration of Unemployment
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 44-page discussion paper studying how changes in the benefit replacement rate and the potential duration of benefits affected the duration of unemployment in Austria
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-10-30
Training and Union Wages
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 48-page working paper using German data to test the hypothesis that unions, by imposing floor wages that lead to wage compression, increase on-the-job training
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-12-21
Employee Training, Wage Dispersion and Equality in Britain
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 34-page discussion paper explores the wage returns to training incidence and intensity
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2006-08-21
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
High Skilled Immigration in the International Arena
Institute for the Study of Labor
An 11-page discussion paper dealing with the international mobility of high skilled workers
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2005-10-12
The Part-Time Wage Penalty: A Career Perspective
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 26-page study, based on Netherlands data, examines whether part-time employment has a negative effect on workers' careers
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-01-21
Educational Qualifications and Wage Inequality: Evidence for Europe
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 30-page discussion paper exploring the connection between education and wage inequality in nine European countries
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2005-10-05
Enforcement of Regulation, Informal Labor and Firm Performance
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 47-page discussion paper investigating how enforcement of labour regulations affects firms' use of informal employment, and its impact on firms' performance
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-09-27
How Important is Homeland Education for Refugees' Economic Position in the Netherlands?
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 31-page discussion paper examines returns to homeland education for refugees admitted to the Netherlands
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-09-21
What is Behind Stagnant Unemployment in Ukraine? The Role of the Informal Sector
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 47-page discussion paper presents evidence on the determinants of unemployment duration in Ukraine and the roles of benefit receipts and the informal sector
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2005-09-12
Employment Dynamics of Married Women in Europe
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 35-page discussion paper analyzing the intertemporal labour supply behaviour of married women in six European countries
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-08-10
How Do Marital Status, Wage Rates, and Work Commitment Interact?
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 45-page discussion paper examines the linkages between marriage, work commitment and wage rates
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2005-08-02
The Dynamics of the National Minimum Wage: Transitions Between Different Labour Market States
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 41-page discussion paper examining whether the U.K. National Minimum Wage is a stepping stone to higher wages or whether it traps workers in a low-wage, no-wage cycle
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-08-02
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
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
Employers' Search and the Efficiency of Matching
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 38-page discussion paper examining the relationship between the intensity of recruitment and employment outcomes
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-12-05
Wage and Employment Effects of Immigration to Germany: Evidence from a Skill Group Approach
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 33-page German discussion paper analyses the labour market impact of immigration, using variation in the labour supply of foreigners across groups of workers with the same level of education but different work experience
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2005-12-11
Performance Related Pay and Labor Productivity
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 17-page Dutch paper investigating the labour productivity effects of performance-related pay
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-07-23
Labour Market Signalling and Unemployment Duration: An Empirical Analysis Using Employer-Employee Data
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 29-page Danish discussion paper studying how conditions in pre-diplacement firms affect the duration of unemployment
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-05-22
Margins of Multinational Labour Substitution
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 52-page discussion paper examines how wage differentials affect labour substitution in the multinational labour market
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2006-05-22
Individual Attitudes Towards Immigrants: Welfare State Determinants Across Countries
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 43-page discussion paper analyzes welfare state determinants of individual attitudes towards immigrants and their interaction with labour market drivers of preferences
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-05-19
Get Training or Wait? Long-Run Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in West Germany
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 57-page discussion paper investigating the long-run effects of state-sponsored training programmes for the unemployed
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2006-05-12
Migrating Workers and Jobs: A Challenge to the European Social Model?
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 15-page discussion paper aims to provide an empirical foundation for a discussion on job displacement and wage changes resulting from immigration and offshoring, and explores changes to the European social model that would facilitate adjustment to challenges resulting from increased global competition from emerging market economies
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2006-01-24
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
Wages and the Risk of Displacement
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 24-page Portugese discussion paper examines the relationship between wage determination and job loss resulting from company closure
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-01-24
The Long-Term Effects of a Generous Income Support Program: Unemployment Insurance in New Brunswick and Maine, 1940-1991
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 58-page discussion paper studies the long-term effects of a very generous unemployment programme on weeks worked
Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-01-17
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
Hours of Work and Gender Identity: Does Part-Time Work Make the Family Happier?
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 39-page discussion paper examining the relationship between part-time work and happiness
Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-12-16
Is Early Learning Really More Productive? The Effect of School Starting Age on School and Labour Market Performance
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 45-page discussion paper identifies the effects of age at school entry on test scores, grades, educational attainment and labour market performance
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-07-12
Low Pay, Higher Pay and Job Satisfaction Within the European Union: Empirical Evidence from Fourteen Countries
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 28-page discussion paper examining the differences in job satisfaction between low- and higher paid workers within the European Union (EU)
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2005-04-15
Part-Time Work in EU Countries: Labour Market Mobility, Entry and Exit
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 47-page paper examining the role of part-time work in labour mobility for 11 European countries
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2005-04-11
Long-Run Effects of Public Sector Sponsored Training in Germany
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 52-page discussion paper analyses the cost-effectiveness of publicly-funded training programmes for the unemployed in Germany
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-12-24
The Effect of Living Wage Laws: Evidence from Failed and Derailed Living Wage Campaigns
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 37-page discussion paper on the effect of minimum wage campaigns in the U.S.
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-04-18
Immigrants' Responsiveness to Labor Market Conditions and Its Implications on Regional Disparities: Evidence from Spain
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 45-page paper examining the interrelation between regional employment opportunities and immigrant flows in Spain
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2005-04-15
Job Turnover, Wage Rates and Marital Stability: How are they related?
Institute for the Study of Labor
A 51-page discussion paper examining the interplay between job stability, wage rates and marital instability
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2005-01-23
How Damaging is Part-Time Employment to a Woman's Occupational Prospects?
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 31-page discussion paper investigates the causes of the association between part-time employment and low occupational attainment among British women
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-07-05
Wage Growth and Job Mobility in the U.K. and Germany
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 47-page discussion paper investigates job mobility, and estimates the returns to tenure and experience in the U.K. and Germany
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-05-05
International Migration: A Panel Data Analysis of Economic and Non-Economic Determinants
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 41-page discussion paper investigates economic and -non-economic determinants of migration inflows in 14 OECD countries between 1980 and 1995
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-05-10
Job Security and Job Protection
Institute for the Study of Labor
This 45-page discussion paper examines the perception of job security in European countries and the influences on this perception
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-02-13
The Behavioural Effects of Minimum Wages
Institute for the Study of Labour
This 35-page discussion paper studies the behavioural effects of minimum wage legislation
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-06-12
European Labour Mobility: Challenges and Potentials
Institute for the Study of Labour
A 35-page discussion paper analysing the state of the European labour market and proposing a harmonised selective immigration policy to vitalise the labour market and foster growth
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-12-01
Effective Active Labour Market Policies
Institute for the Study of Labour
A 40-page discussion paper analysing the effectiveness of different types of active labour market policies in reducing employment
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-10-11
The Employment of the Roma - Evidence from Hungary
Institute of Economics - Budapest
This 62-page working paper, based on an earlier survey, traces the general employment situation in Hungary in the mid-1990s, measures the effects of age, schooling, gender, and deals with aspects relavent to the Roma
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-03-01
Now it's Personal: Learning from Welfare-to-Work Approaches Around the World
Institute of Public Policy Research
A 34-page series of UK essays focusing on the role of the personal adviser as an important means of offering flexible, tailored support for people seeking work.
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-08-16
Employment Protection and Gross Job Flows: A Differences-in-Differences Approach
Inter-American Development Bank
A 48-page working paper examining the effect of employment protection legislation on gross job flows
International Development, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-10-14
Towards a Fair Deal for Migrant Workers in the Global Economy
International Labour Office
A 210-page report calling for a multilateral approach to address the issue of migration, with special reference to improving the conditions of migrant workers and promoting more orderly forms of migration
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-05-31
The Social Risks of Precarious Employment for Women
International Social Security Association
This 17-page paper reports on two research studies undertaken between 2007 and 2010 involving 80 women working in low-paid and precarious jobs in Australia
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-03-22
Show Me the Money (and Opportunity)
IPPR
This UK article describes recent work to better understand both brain drain — the departure of skilled migrants from their place of origin to another country — and brain circulation, defined here as skilled people returning to their home countries
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-04-23
Green Expectations: Lessons from the US Green Jobs Market
IPPR
This 44-page UK paper assesses the success of the 'green jobs' policy agenda in the US and investigates a range of localised, bottom-up approaches to fostering the 'green economy', reaching excluded workers and meeting environmental targets
Climate Change & Environment, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-07-28
Working Out of Poverty
IPPR
A 65-page report on the extent and nature of low pay and working poverty in the UK
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Poverty & HungerPosted: 2008-01-09
Labor Market Experiences and Transition to Adulthood
IRP
A 36-page US discussion paper measuring the labour market behaviour of young adults and associations with the transitions to young adulthood as measured by living with parents, being married or cohabiting
Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-10-25
Temporary Help Agencies and the Advancement Prospects of Low Earners
IRP
This 39-page US paper examines the impact of temporary employment on subsequent employment outcomes
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-12-05
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
Labour-Force Participation of Older Displaced Workers in Canada
IRRP
This Canadian report states that too many older laid-off workers are forced into early retirement because of poor re-employment prospects; it argues that creative policies are needed to encourage them to stay in the labour market
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-02-25
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
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
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
Incentives of Retirement Transition for Elderly Workers: An Analysis of Actual and Simulated Replacement Rates in Ireland
IZA
This 37-page discussion paper analyses the retirement pattern and the replacement rate observed in Ireland
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-08-16
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
Informal Workers Across Europe: Evidence from 30 Countries
IZA
This 44-page discussion paper analyzes informal employment in Europe
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2011-08-16
Longevity, Life-Cycle Behavior and Pension Reform
IZA
A 43-page discussion paper estimating a life-cycle model in which the optimal employment, retirement and consumption decisions of forward-looking individuals depend, inter alia, on life expectancy and the design of the public pension system
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-08-05
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 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
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
Noncompliance and the Effects of the Minimum Wage on Hours and Welfare in Competitive Labor Markets
IZA
This 22-page paper shows that increases in the minimum wage rate can have ambiguous effects on the working hours and welfare of employed workers in competitive labor markets
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-09-24
Severance Pay Programs around the World: History, Rationale, Status, and Reforms
IZA
This discussion paper examines severance pay programmes around the world by providing the first ever overview of existing programs, examining their historic development, assessing their economic rationale and describing current reform attempts
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2011-06-07
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
The Impact of Minimum Wages on Wages, Work and Poverty in Nicaragua
IZA
This 49-page discussion paper studies the impact of changes in legal minimum wages on a host of labor market outcomes in Nicaragua including: a) wages and employment, b) transitions of workers across jobs (in the covered and uncovered sectors) and employment status (unemployment and out of the labor force), and c) transitions into and out of poverty
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2011-05-27
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
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
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
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
Overskilling Dynamics and Education Pathways
IZA
This 20-page discussion paper uses panel data and econometric methods to estimate the incidence and the dynamic properties of overskilling among employed individuals
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2009-08-16
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
The Impact of a Phased Retirement Program: A Case Study
IZA
This 33-page discussion paper analyzes the factors that influence the decision to take up a part-time pension and continue working at the same work place at reduced hours
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-07-31
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
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
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
Eight Questions about Brain Drain
IZA
This 30-page discussion paper builds upon a new wave of empirical research to answer eight key questions underlying much of the brain drain debate
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-06-07
The Effect of Variable Pay Schemes on Workplace Absenteeism
IZA
This 41-page discussion paper estimates the effect of variable pay schemes on workplace absenteeism
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-09-16
Skill Based Immigrant Selection and Labor Market Outcomes by Visa Category
IZA
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
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
Work Hours Constraints and Health
IZA
This 32-page discussion paper analyzes the impact of the discrepancy between actual and desired work hours on self-perceived health outcomes in Germany and the United Kingdom
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2011-12-09
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
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
Is Temporary Agency Employment a Stepping Stone for Immigrants?
IZA
This 10-page discussion paper investigates whether agency employment is a bridge into regular employment
Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-04-04
The Pitfalls of Work Requirements in Welfare-to-Work Policies: Experimental Evidence on Human Capital Accumulation in the Self-Sufficiency Project
IZA
This 43-page paper investigates whether policies that encourage recipients to exit welfare for full-time employment influence participation in educational activity
Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-03-09