Offshoring, Outsourcing and Production Relocation

Peterson Institute

A US working paper investigating the labour market effects of offshoring/outsourcing in OECD countries and developing Asia

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-04-24

Old Europe Goes to Work: Rising Employment Rates in the European Union

CEPR

A 6-page issue brief comparing employment rates in the US and the European Union

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-09-21

Older Men Bounce Back: The Re-Emergence of Older Male Workers

Australian Treasury

A 14-page paper describing trends in the labour force participation of older Australian males

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-11-27

Older Workers: Labor Can Help Employers and Employees Plan Better for the Future

U.S. Government Accountability Office

A 60-page U.S. study examining the interaction of an aging workforce and the labour market

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-12-07

Older Workers: Research Readings

NCVER

An Australian paper comprising six essays on various issues around keeping older Australians engaged with the workforce

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-11-04

Older Workers: Working Forever?

Australian Council for Educational Research

A 17-page paper examining the relationship between Australia's ageing population and its future workforce

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-11-21

On Mandatory Activation of Welfare Recipients

IZA

This 39-page discussion paper investigates whether mandatory activation programs for welfare recipients have effects on welfare participation, employment and disposable income

Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-02-01

On the Risks of Unemployment: A Comparative Assessment of the Labour Market Success of Migrants in Australia

Centre for Economic Policy Research - ANU

A 36-page discussion paper analysing the risk of unemployment among male migrants compared to native-born Australians

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-04-30

Opportunity at Work: Improving Job Quality

CLASP

This 24-page US paper describes the state of job quality in the US and makes the case for improvement

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2007-09-14

Optimal In-Work Support and Employment in Ageing Societies: Britain and Germany Compared

AGF

This 57-page report examines how tax-benefit systems will need to be reconstructed to enable the labour market to cope with ageing societies in Germany and Britain

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-04-25

Option Values for Retirement: Effects of Public Incentives to Postpone Retirement in Finland, Belgium and Germany

ENEPRI

This 31-page report studies the determinants of the retirement transitions of Europeans and focuses on the impact of social security systems on retirement behaviour

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-08-23

Organised Interests, Labour Market and Migration: The Swedish Model

Institute for Future Studies

A 21-page paper considering how welfare systems and labour market institutions might be affected by a major increase in labour immigration

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2004-10-08

Organised Labour and the Social Regulation of Global Value Chains

DIIS

A 42-page Danish working paper exploring the regulation of global value chains

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2008-04-21

Out of Work or Working Below Potential: Assessing the Impact of Increasing Flexible Working Opportunities

Equal Opportunities Commission

The 5-page summary of research designed to quantify the significance of flexible working opportunities in expanding labour utilisation

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-05-03

Outcomes For Alternate Pathways

Human Resources and Social Development Canada

This 44-page Canadian report explores the labour market outcomes of college and university graduates who followed different routes to their graduation

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-06-26

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

Outsourcing, Unemployment and Welfare Policy

CESifo

This 32-page working paper investigates the consequences of outsourcing labor intensive activities to low wage economies

Economic Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-12-08

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

Paid Sick Days Don't Cause Unemployment

CEPR

A 5-page US issue brief examining whether there is a significant relationship between national unemployment rates and legally-mandated access to paid sick days and leave

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2009-07-31

Paradoxes of Significance: Australian Casualisation and Productivity

ACIRRT

A 38-page Australian working paper arguing that the short-term gains in productivity associated with casual employment compromise training and safety standards

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-08-18

Parental Care and Employment in Early Childhood

Equal Opportunities Commission

A 131-page UK report examining the link between parents' roles in caring for their chilren and their situation in the labour market

Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-03-12

Parental Time with Children: Do Job Characteristics Make a Difference?

AIFS

This 30-page Australian research paper examines how characteristics of parental paid employment are associated with differences in parent-child time

Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-09-22

Part-Time is No Crime - So Why the Penalty?

U.K. Equal Opportunities Commission

The 42-page U.K. interim report of an investigation into flexible and part-time working

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2005-02-15

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

Pathways to Work for New and Repeat Incapacity Benefits Claimants

DWP

This 104-page report gives the findings of the evaluation of a program of pathways to work for new and repeat incapacity benefits claimants

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , DisabilityPosted: 2008-10-06

Pathways to Work from Incapacity Benefit

DWP - UK

This 134-page UK report evaluates a job preparation payment offered to people electing to engage in an activity towards paid employment

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2008-02-06

Pathways to Work from Incapacity Benefits

DWP

This 44-page UK working paper presents a review of research findings on the topic of referrals and working relationships between Jobcentre Plus and other organisations and practitioners helping people with health problems and disabilities

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , DisabilityPosted: 2009-01-23

Pay for Play? Tax Credits for Paid Time Off

CEPR

A 3-page US essay outlining a method for boosting demand in the economy, with secondary benefits

Economic Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-03-30

Paying for Success: How to Make Contracting Out Work in Employment Services

Policy Exchange

This 82-page UK report examines how different countries have reformed the way in which they provide employment services to jobseekers

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2008-04-15

Pension Reform, Retirement and Life-Cycle Unemployment

CESifo

A 47-page working paper studying the effects of pension reform on the labour market in Austria

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , AgeingPosted: 2008-02-04

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

Perspectives on Work/Family Balance

CEPR

A US testimony on the realities of American working women striving to balance their jobs with family life

Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-05-02

Platform for Progression: Employer Training Pilots

Department of Education and Skills - U.K.

This 148-page U.K. report is a year 2 evaluation of 12 pilot schemes providing a package of support to encourage employers to train their low-skilled employees

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-03-30

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

Politics Matter: Changes in Unionization Rates in Rich Countries, 1960-2010

CEPR

This 21-page US report reviews unionization data covering the last 5 decades for 21 rich economies. The researchers consider both union coverage (the share of workers whose terms of employment are covered by a collective bargaining agreement) and union membership

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2011-11-17

Pre-empting Protectionism in Services: The GATS and Outsourcing

Institute for International Economics

This 39-page paper reviews trade in services, warns of a protectionist backlash and proposes an initiative under the General Agreement on Trade in Services to lock in openness in services trade

Globalisation & International Trade, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-04-18

Private and Public Provision of Counseling to Job-Seekers: Evidence from a Large Controlled Experiment

IZA

This 61-page discussion paper compares the efficiency of public employment service vs. private providers in delivering similar job-search intensive counseling

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-05-14

Productivity Consequences of Workforce Ageing: Stagnation or a Horndal Effect?

Institute for Futures Studies

A 43-page Swedish study into the relationship between labour force composition and productivity performance

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , AgeingPosted: 2005-10-19

Programmes to Promote Employment for Disabled People: Lessons from the United States

Department for Work and Pensions - UK

This 102-page research report reviews evidence from the United States on providing return-to-work support for people with disabilities and discusses the implications for similar efforts in the UK. The report provides lessons for developing and evaluating future UK employment initiatives, especially for people with severe psychiatric conditions and long-term disability claimants

Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-12-13

Promoting Work in Public Housing: The Effectiveness of Jobs-Plus

MDRC

A 291-page report on the outcomes of an employment programme in some of the poorest public housing developments in the U.S.

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-03-27

Prospects for Trade Unions in the Evolving European System of Corporate Governance

ETUI-REHS

A 40-page study arguing that the U.S. neo-liberal economic model enjoys a dominance that is false

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2005-12-19

Public and Private pensions: Lessons from the Crisis

ETUI

This 6-page policy brief considers the lessons to be drawn from the global financial crisis for both public and private pensions in Europe

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-01-11

Public Employment and Women

Levy Economics Institute

A 41-page US working paper describing the impact of Argentina's Jefes programme on female heads of poor households

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2007-11-13

Public Housing, Women and Employment: Challenges and Strategies

AHURI

This 99-page Australian research examines why and how public housing tenants (and in particular sole parents and women with unemployed partners) are able to (re-)enter paid work despite the many barriers

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2010-11-09

Public Policies and Women's Employment after Childbearing

IZA

This 48-page paper examines how the public policy environment in the United States affects work by new mothers following childbirth. We examine four types of policies that vary across states and affect the budget constraint in different ways

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-01-28

Putting Data to Work: Interim Recommendations From the Benchmarking Project,

P/PV

This 16-page US report draws on data submitted by more than 200 programmes around the country participating in The Benchmarking Project, which aims to identify meaningful outcome benchmarks for the workforce development field

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-11-18

Quality is the Key: Critical Issues in Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Vocational Education and Training

NCVER

This 40-page Australian report identifies what individual learners and industry clients want from vocational education and training

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-02-12

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

Recent Developments in Part-Time Work in EU-15 Countries: Trends and Policy

Institute for the Study of Labor

This 36-page discussion paper traces the growth of part-time work in Europe and assesses the effect of policy measures and other labour market instruments in influencing this growth

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-12-06

Recruitment of Persons with Disabilities: A Literature Review

Equity and Diversity Directorate - Canada

The purpose of this 32-page Canadian literature review is to find out what the main barriers are to the recruitment of PWDs in both the public and private sectors, in Canada and abroad; to determine what strategies, best practices, tools and resources have been developed to reach this talented labour pool and to discuss what actions for improvement, if any, can be drawn from this review

Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-07-21

Reducing Poverty: What Has Worked, and What Should be Done Next

C.D. Howe Institute

This 32-page Canadian study analyses the factors responsible for Canada's reducing poverty rate

Poverty & Hunger, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-10-18

Reducing Unemployment Through Fundamental Labour Market Reform

Anglo-German Foundation

This paper addresses the riddle of persistent unemployment in free market economies

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2006-03-08

Reducing Unemployment Through Fundamental Labour Market Reforms

Anglo-German Foundation

This 9-page paper investigates the causes of long-term unemployment

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-02-07

Reduction of Employment Protection in Europe: A Comparative Fuzzy-Set Analysis

CESifo

This 32-page working paper explores the conditions of the reduction of employment protection in Europe and takes a closer look at the combination of causal factors

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2010-01-20

Reflections on Age Discrimination: The Price We Pay for Growing Older

Australian Human Rights Commission

An Australian speech focussing on older people and age discrimination, particularly in paid work

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-07-21

Reforming the Labour Market for Australian Teachers

Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

A 26-page working paper reviewing evidence as to chronic shortages of mathematics and science teachers and considering the likely effect of increasing salaries

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-11-13

Refugees and Employment: The Effect of Visible Difference on Discrimination

CSCR

This 50-page Australian study examines the existence of discrimination against skilled refugees in the labour market

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-03-27

Regional Unemployment and Human Capital in Transition Economies

IZA

This 41-page discussion paper examines the relationship between human capital endowment and regional unemployment variations in post-communist countries

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-11-27

Reinventing the Public Employment Service: The Changing Role of Employment Assistance in Britain and Germany

Anglo-German Foundation

A 57-page report on a project exploring reform of the public employment assistance regimes for workless people under way in Britain and Germany

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2005-03-04

Reinventing Workforce Development: Lessons from Boston

Jobs For The Future

A 23-page U.S. report on an initiative designed to build the skills and increase the incomes of low-skilled and under-employed entry-level workwrs

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-11-18

Relocation: Challenges for European Trade Unions

ETUI-REHS

A 28-page paper discussing the challenges presented to the European trade union movement by job relocation

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2005-12-20

Report of Exploratory Case Study Research into Precarious Employment

New Zealand Department of Labour

A 97-page New Zealand report into non-standard employment in four industries

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-06-30

Report on Equality Between Men and Women 2004

This 20-page report is the EC's first annual report on progress towards "gender mainstreaming" in Europe

Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-03-13

Reporting on Workplace Health and Safety and Employment Relations: A Stock-Take of Current Practice

Department of Labour - New Zealand

A 51-page report on New Zealand's largest employers showing levels, quality and principles of health, safety and employment relations reporting through annual reports

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-10-20

Resourcing Vocational Education and Training in Australia

National Centre for Vocational Education Research

This 58-page report overviews the funding of Australia's national vocational training policy, examines the outcomes of this investment and reviews some overseas schemes

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2004-02-16

Restructuring and Employment in the EU: The Impact of Globalisation

Eurofound

This 117-page report provides perspectives on the effects of trade liberalisation on the European labour market

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2008-01-10

Rethinking the Role of Older Workers: Promoting Older Worker Employment in Europe and Japan

AARP Public Policy Institute

A 32-page U.S. issue brief examining responses by the EU and Japan to population ageing and the soaring cost of pensions

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-10-26

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

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

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

Returning to Work Following Childbirth in Australia

Australian National University

This Australian paper examines changes in the timing of return to work by women after childbirth and the pattern of returns to work

Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-02-15

Returns to Post-School Qualifications: New Evidence Based on the HLFS Income Supplement (1997-2002)

New Zealand Department of Labour

This 68-page New Zealand study provides evidence on the returns to post-school qualifications, including data on earnings and hourly wage in addition to income, and information on the type of post-school qualification

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-07-21

Rising Senior Unemployment and the Need to Work at Older Ages

Urban Institute

This 19-page US report contains updated graphs and tables of older workers’ unemployment rates and how they have varied by age, sex, race, and education since 2007

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-10-18

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

Risk Factors and Participation in Work

AIHW

This 47-page Australian report deals with the association between risk factors and participation in work

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

Scarring Effects of Remaining Unemployed for Long-Term Unemployed School-Leavers

IZA

This 39-page study investigates whether and to what extent further unemployment experience for youths who are already long-term unemployed imposes a penalty on subsequent labor market outcomes

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-09-16

Screening Welfare Beneficiaries for Adult Literacy Skills: A Review of the International Literature

Ministry of Social Development - New Zealand

This New Zealand literature review examines the policy and operational responses of welfare jurisdictions in different countries to manage literacy issues among their beneficiary populations

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2007-02-02

Sectoral Explanations of Employment in Europe: The Role of Services

IZA

This 56-page discussion paper investigates the determinants of the service sector employment share in the EU-15

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-08-15

Selection Policy and the Labour Market Outcomes of New Immigrants

Institute for the Study of Labor

This 39-page discussion paper investigates the employment outcomes of Australia adopting a skills-based immigrant selection policy in the 1990s

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-11-06

Self-Employment Dynamics Across the Business Cycle: Migrants Versus Natives

German Institute for Economic Research

A 54-page German discussion paper examining the relationships between unemployment, self-employment, employment and the business cycle for migrants

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2004-12-04

Service Offshoring and White Collar Employment

CESifo

This 50-page working paper studies the effect of service offshoring on white collar employment

Globalisation & International Trade, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-08-28

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

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

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

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

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

Should People Work Longer, and Will They?

Urban Institute

A 7-page US fact sheet examining issues relating to the employment of older adults

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-12-13

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

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

Skill Shortages and Firms' Employment Behaviour

National Institute of Economic and Social Research

A 25-page U.K. Study investigating the effects of skill shortages on the dynamics of employment at the firm level for U.K. manufacturing between 1984-94

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-05-18

Skilled Migrants in New Zealand: Employers' Perspectives

Department of Labour - New Zealand

A 108-page report of a survey of New Zealand employers to ascertain their perspectives on the skilled migrants they had hired

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-02-11

Skills for Prosperity: A Roadmap for Vocational Education and Training

Skills Australia

This 176-page report puts forward comprehensive reforms for the way the Australian vocational education and training sector is developed, organised and financed

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-05-10

Small Business Employment Dynamics in Australia

Centre of Full Employment and Equity

A 23-page Australian working paper comparing job creation by small business and large firms, while examining the effect of "industrial relations" factors on job creation

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-01-12

Social and Occupational Security and Labour Market Flexibility in Sweden

IZA

This 26-page discussion paper analyzes Sweden's unemployment compensation system and its effects on labour market flexibility

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2007-08-02

Social Determinants of Labour Market Status of Ethnic Minorities in Britain

IZA

This 35-page discussion paper investigates the labour market outcomes of ethnic minorities in advances societies and their dependence on social relationships and social networks

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-11-19

Some Best Practices and Strategies for Engaging and Retaining Older Workers

GAO

A 17-page US House testimony highlighting best practices and strategies for engaging and retaining older workers

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-03-02

Stability and Change in Child Care and Employment

MDRC

This 38-page U.S. working paper examines the relationship between child care instability and employment instability for women in welfare-to-work programmes

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-03-31

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

Starting Well or Losing their Way? The Position of Youth in the Labour Market in OECD Countries

OECD

A 72-page report highlighting trends in the youth labour market of OECD countries over the past decade

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2007-02-12

States of Dependence: Lessons from the U.S. Road From Welfare to Work

Centre of Full Employment and Equity

This 14-page Australian working paper examines whether the imposition of labour market discipline has cultivated greater self-reliance

Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-01-12