Employment, Industrial Relations & Training


Beyond Convergence versus Path Dependence: The Internationalization of Industrial Relations at Ford Germany and Britain (1967–1985)

MPIfG

This 35-page German working paper presents a historical case study of the impact of cross-border subsidiary integration on industrial relations at Ford Germany and Ford UK between 1967 and 1985

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2009-04-16

Money Matters – Evidence from a Large-Scale Randomized Field Experiment with Vouchers for Adult Training

CESifo

A 38-page working paper examining the effectiveness of the use of vouchers to promote adult training

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2009-04-22

Vacancy Referrals, Job Search, and the Duration of Unemployment: A Randomized Experiment

CESIFO

This 31-page working paper presents the results from a randomized Swedish experiment where the outcome of referrals of jobseekers to vacancies is examined

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-04-24

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

Can We Estimate the Impact of the Choices Package in Pathways to Work?

DWP

This 58-page UK working paper forms part of the independent evaluation of the Jobcentre Plus Pathways to Work programme, which provides extra support, obligations and incentives for people on incapacity benefits. It considers a variety of work and health-related services, known collectively as the choices package, which was available to customers to help them move back towards work or help them manage their health condition

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , DisabilityPosted: 2009-04-28

Are Short-Lived Jobs Stepping Stones to Long-Lasting Jobs?

CESifo

This 41-page paper assesses whether short-lived jobs (lasting one quarter or less and involuntarily ending in unemployment) are stepping stones to long-lasting jobs (enduring one year or more) for Belgian long-term unemployed school-leavers

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-05-05

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

Managing Highly-skilled Labour Migration: A Comparative Analysis of Migration Policies and Challenges in OECD Countries

OECD

This 54-page working paper provides an overview of policies and issues related to the management of highly skilled labour migration

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-05-07

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

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

The Effects of Monetary Policy on Unemployment Dynamics under Model Uncertainty: Evidence from the US and the Euro Area

CESifo

This 44-page paper explores the role that the imperfect knowledge of the structure of the economy plays in the uncertainty surrounding the effects of rule-based monetary policy on unemployment dynamics in the Euro area and the US

Economic Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-05-12

Family Joblessness in Australia

SPRC

A 4-page article examining the problem of family joblessness in Australia

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2009-05-17

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

Extra Earning Power: The Financial Returns to University Education in Canada

C.D. Howe Institute

This 7-page Canadian brief examines the financial returns to university education in Canada and draws policy implications

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-06-05

What Can Be Done to Improve Employment Outcomes Among People Receiving Housing Assistance?

AHURI

A 6-page Australian policy bulletin summarizing the impediments to economic participation among recipients of housing assistance

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2009-06-11

A Stealthy Stimulus: How Boosting the Minimum Wage is Helping to Stimulate the Economy

EPI

This 4-page US issue brief argues that a three-step increase in the minimum wage is adding billions of dollars to consumer spending and stimulating the economy

Economic Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-06-15

Worker Adaptation and Workplace Accommodations after the Onset of an Illness

SFI

Workers who become work-incapacitated may either change employer or stay with their current employer in an accommodated job. This 24-page Danish paper studies the effect of these two adaptation strategies on long-term sick-listed workers’ employment durations

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2009-06-18

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

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

How a Reduction of Standard Working Hours Affects Employment Dynamics

CentER

A 20-page Dutch discussion paper analysing the employment effects of a reduction in standard working hours in Portugal

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

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

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

An International Comparative Study on the Working Conditions of School Personnel

NFER

A 6-page summary of a comparative study of England, Scotland and Finland’s working teachers practice prepared for the Japan Teachers' Union

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-07-29

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

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

Low Skill but High Volatility?

CESifo

A 42-page working paper studying the effects of globalization on low-skilled workers

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2009-08-12

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

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

Government and Trade Union Responses to the Economic Crisis in the Financial Sector

ETUI

This 49-page European working paper provides an overview of government and trade union responses to the economic crisis in the financial sector

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2009-09-17

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

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

Climate Disturbances, the New Industrial Policies and Ways Out of the Crisis

ETUC

This 112-page European study aims to analyse the impact of policies to counter climate change on employment by 2030

Climate Change & Environment, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-10-13

Job Sharing: Tax Credits to Prevent Layoffs and Stimulate Employment

CEPR

This 3-page US issue brief describes a job sharing tax credit, designed to provide a quick and substantial boost to the economy

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , TaxationPosted: 2009-10-13

What Should Be Done About Rising Unemployment in the OECD?

IZA

A 53-page discussion paper studying the threat of unemployment in OECD countries

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2009-10-15

Looking Inside the Perpetual-Motion Machine: Job and Worker Flows in OECD Countries

IZA

This discussion paper uses cross-country comparable data on both job and worker flows to examine key determinants of these flows and of their cross-country differences

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2009-10-15

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

Dynamic Benefits: Towards Welfare that Works

CSJ

The 20-page executive summary of a UK report presenting a review of the UK benefits system and proposals for a radical recasting of state support for the jobless and low-paid

Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-11-02

Accelerating Growth and Job Creation in South Asia

World Bank

This 491-page report brings insight to the setting of priorities and strategies to accomplish the objective of sustained growth and poverty reduction in South Asia

Economic Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-11-04

Are Lone Mothers Responsive to Policy Changes? Evidence from a Workfare Reform in a Generous Welfare State

IZA

This 30-page discussion paper analyzes the consequences of a major Norwegian workfare reform of the generous welfare system for lone mothers

Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-11-04

Noncompliance and the Effects of the Minimum Wage on Hours and Welfare in Competitive Labor Markets

CESifo

This 25-page working 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: 2009-11-05

How Effective are Unemployment Benefit Sanctions? Looking Beyond Unemployment Exit

CentER

This 53-page Dutch discussion paper provides a comprehensive evaluation of benefit sanctions, i.e. temporary reductions in unemployment benefits as punishment for noncompliance with eligibility requirements

Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-11-05

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

Benefits That Work

NEF

This 48-page UK report sets out the case for a Community Allowance: an innovative scheme which will create paid work opportunities in trusted community organisations. The Community Allowance combines the objectives of bringing participants closer to employment with doing important work in the communities that they live in

Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-11-11

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

Locked-in Casual Employment

Centre of Full Employment and Equity

This 13-page Australian working paper provides an up-to-date examination of the hypothesis that under certain circumstances casual workers can become trapped into a work history of repetitive casual jobs with little chance of escape

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-12-15

The Working Patterns of Older Workers

Department of Labour - New Zealand

This 94-page paper describes the characteristics, jobs, working time patterns, employment conditions and employment outcomes of older workers in New Zealand

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

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

A Bit Rich?

NEF

This 44-page UK report uses new quantification techniques to calculate the value created for society by a range of different professions. For each, the authors measured the conventional economic returns, such as the number of jobs created, as well as key environmental impacts, including climate change effects, and social impacts, for example contribution to individual or community well-being

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-01-14

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

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

Does Part-time Employment Help or Hinder Lone Mothers' Movements into Full-time Employment?

Melbourne Institute

This 42-page working paper investigates the growth in lone parent families in Australia and reports on policies that can enable lone parents to participate in employment

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-01-21

Work Choices of Married Women: Drivers of Change

Productivity Commission - Australia

This 71-page Australian study estimates the influences affecting married women’s participation in the labour force and how this varies with changes in their lives

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2010-01-21

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

Why is There a Spike in the Job Finding Rate at Benefit Exhaustion?.

CentER

This 41-page Dutch discussion paper examines the reasons for a spike in the job-finding rate when unemployment benefits end

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-02-01

The Union Advantage Across the States

CEPR

This 23-page US report examines unionization rates, the size and composition of the unionized workforce, and the wages and benefits for union workers in each state

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-02-04

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

What is an Adequate Standard of Living during Retirement?

CESifo

A 36-page working paper addressing the question of what constitutes an adequate standard of living during retirement

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-02-04

Immigration and Wages: Methodological Advancements Confirm Modest Gains for Native Workers

EPI

A 29-page US briefing paper shows that immigration has a small positive effect on wages for native-born workers, including less educated workers

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2010-02-07

Sustained Earnings Gains for Residents in a Public Housing Jobs Program

MDRC

An 8-page US policy brief reporting on a test of whether a program that combined employment and training services, new rent rules to “make work pay,” and neighbor-to-neighbor outreach centering on work could make a difference in the economic prospects of public housing residents

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2010-02-11

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

Collective Bargaining Responses to the Economic Crisis in Europe

ETUI

This 7-page policy brief provides an overview of collective bargaining responses to the crisis in Europe

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2010-02-19

21 Hours

NEF

This 40-page UK report argues that a range of social, environmental and economic pressures could see people adopting a much shorter working week

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-02-22

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

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 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

Age, Wage and Productivity

CentER

This 49-page Dutch dicussion paper analyzes the relationship between age, wage and productivity using a matched worker-firm panel dataset from Dutch manufacturing covering the period 2000-2005

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

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

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

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

An Immigration System Where Everybody Wins

EPI

A US article indicating that research makes a strong case that immigration brings economic benefits not just for individual immigrant workers and their families, but also for native-born workers

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-12

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

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

The Effects of Education and Health on Wages and Productivity

Productivity Commission - Australia

A 96-page Australian study assessing the effects of education and health on wages and productivity

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2010-03-18

Mechanisms for the Effect of Field of Study on the Transition from Higher Education to Work

Mannheim Centre

This 36-page German working paper examines why why fields of study in higher education differ in early labour market returns

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-23

The Impact of a Sustained Gender Wage Gap on the Australian Economy

NATSEM

This 42-page paper seeks to identify the key determinants of the gender wage gap in Australia and the impact of the wage gap on the Australian economy

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-03-23

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

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

Unions and Upward Mobility for Immigrant Workers,"

CEPR

A 16-page US study of the effects of unionization on immigrant workers

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2010-03-25

Women, Business and the Law 2010

World Bank

This 188-page report measures legal gender parity for entrepreneurs and workers in 128 economies across 6 topics

Human Rights, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-03-26

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

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 Bargaining and the Boundaries of the Multinational Firm

CEPII

This working paper examines whether variations in labor market institutions across countries affect the cross-border organization of the firm

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Globalisation & International TradePosted: 2010-04-08

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

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

Benchmarking Working Europe 2010

ETUI

This 120-page report embarks upon a social stocktaking of the impact of and reactions to the financial, economic and social crisis as a means of feeding into the post-crisis and EU2020 debate

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2010-05-03

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

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

Job Quality and Labour Market Performance

CEPS

A 23-page working paper analyzing job quality and labour market performance in Europe

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2010-06-08