Employment, Industrial Relations & Training

Evidence and Experience

Brotherhood of St Laurence

This Australian document reports on the findings of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) project, conducted for disadvantaged job seekers with mental health issues

Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-06-20

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

Not for Bad Weather: Flexicurity Challenged by the Crisis

ETUI

A 9-page policy brief discussing the effectiveness of flexicurity since the onset of the financial crisis

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-06-30

Workers with Low Literacy or Numeracy Skills: Characteristics, Jobs, and Education and Training Patterns

Department of Labour - New Zealand

This 58-page New Zealand paper examines the characteristics and education and training patterns of adults in employment who have low literacy or numeracy skills

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-07-12

OECD Employment Outlook 2010

OECD

A 6-page summary of this report, which acknowledges that reducing unemployment and budgetary deficits at the same time is a sizeable challenge but argues that it must be met head on

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-07-13

Communications for All: The Role of the National Disability Strategy

Australian Communications Consumer Action Network

This 32-page Australian report recommends that the National Disability Strategy includes six key areas of action to ensure the communications needs of people with a disability are a key part of the Strategy, now and in the future

Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-07-21

Innovation, Technology Diffusion and Poverty Traps: The Role of Valuable Skills

Centre for Strategic Economic Studies

This 33-page Australian paper develops a new index of human capital that measures cognitive skills employed by the adult population in 70 nations during 1970-2003 and suggests that public policy pay more attention to the employability of skills

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Science & TechnologyPosted: 2010-07-30

Carrot and Stick: How Reemployment Bonuses and Benefit Sanctions Affect Job Finding Rates

IZA

This 31-page discussion paper investigates how benefit sanctions and reemployment bonuses affect job finding rates of welfare recipients

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-07-30

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

IZA

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

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

Hard Work? Patterns in Physically Demanding Labor Among Older Workers

CEPR

This 19-page US study examines the occupations of older workers in physically demanding jobs or jobs with difficult work conditions to better assess the impact of raising the retirement age on these workers

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-08-04

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

IZA

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

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

Youth Labour Markets in Europe and Central Asia

IZA

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

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

Cross-Country Evidence on Teacher Performance Pay

IZA

By combining country-level performance-pay measures with rich PISA-2003 international achievement micro data, this 32-page discussion paper estimates student-level international education production functions

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-08-15

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

IZA

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

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

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

Are Older Workers Worthy of Their Pay? An Empirical Investigation of Age-Productivity and Age-Wage Nexuses

IZA

A 23-page discussion paper comparing age-wage and age-productivity profiles

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-08-29

Fatal Attraction? Access to Early Retirement and Mortality

IZA

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

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

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

IZA

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

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

The Dilemma of Delegating Search: Budgeting in Public Employment Services

IZA

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

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

Stimulating Local Public Employment: Do General Grants Work?

IZA

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

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

Unemployment and Economic Recovery

CRS

This 11-page US report examines the relationship between economic growth and the unemployment rate to anticipate possible future developments

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2010-09-26

Nurses' Reports on Hospital Care in Five Countries

"Health Affairs"

This paper presents reports from hospitals in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, and Germany in which nurses report similar shortcomings in their work environments and the quality of hospital care

Health, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-09-30

Industrial Relations Developments in Europe 2009

EIRO

This 74-page annual review highlights the most significant developments that took place in industrial relations in the EU Member States and Norway in 2009, both at national and EU level

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2010-10-03

Estimating the Economic Benefits of Eliminating Job Strain as a Risk Factor for Depression

Vichealth

A 36-page Australian report finding that \'job strain\', where workers have little control over their job, but who are under high pressure to perform, accounts for 17 per cent of depression in working women and 13 per cent in working men

Health, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-10-18

Links Between Literacy and Numeracy Skills and Labour Market Outcomes

Productivity Commission

An 86-page Australian working paper on the extent to which literacy and numeracy skills are key components of human capital

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-10-19

Efficient Redistribution: Comparing Basic Income with Unemployment Benefits

IZA

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

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

The Impact of Income Distribution on the Length of Retirement

CEPR

This 5-page US issue brief examines the expected years of retirement for men in several age cohorts both under current law and assuming an increase in the retirement age to 70

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-10-28

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

IZA

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

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

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

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Rise in Earnings Fluctuations and its Policy Implications

ETUI

A 6-page policy brief considering the implications of the rise in earnings fluctuations in Europe

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2010-11-10

Ex-offenders and the Labor Market

CEPR

This 24-page US report considers the effect of incarceration on unemployment and output

Crime, Law & Order, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2010-11-15

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

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

IZA

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

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

The Threat of Monitoring Job Search: A Discontinuity Design

IZA

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

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

Unions, Dynamism, and Economic Performance

IZA

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

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

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

IZA

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

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

Have Welfare-to-Work Programs Improved Over Time In Putting Welfare Recipients To Work?

Institute for Research on Poverty

A 28-page US discussion paper using data from experimental welfare-to-work programs conducted in the United States to investigate whether the impacts of such programs on employment had been improving over time and whether specific program features influencing such changes can be identified

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2010-12-14

Is the Minimum Wage a Pull Factor for Immigrants?

IZA

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

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

Disability and Multi-State Labour Force Choices with State Dependence

IZA

This working paper studies the impact of work-limiting disabilities on disaggregated labour choices

Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-01-18

Lone and Couple Mothers in the Australian Labour Market

AIFS

A 55-page Australian report providing new insights into possible reasons for the different rates of employment of lone and couple mothers by examining how their employment transitions vary

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2011-01-26

Why Aggregate Demand Management Fails and What to Do about It

Levy Economics Institute

This 14-page US working paper argues for a fundamental reorientation of fiscal policy, from the current aggregate demand management model to a model that explicitly and directly targets the unemployed

Economic Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-01-27

Evaluating Labour Market Effects of Wage Subsidies for the Disabled: The Danish Flexjob Scheme

SFI

This 42-page Danish paper evaluates the employment and disability exit effects of a wage subsidy program for the disabled in a setting characterized by universal health insurance and little employment protection

Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-01-28

The Crisis in Tunisia: Africa’s Youth Unemployment Time-Bomb

Brookings

This US article suuggests that high joblessness among youths was the primary cause of the Tunisian crisis

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2011-02-01

Job Creation by Firms in Denmark

IZA

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

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

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

IZA

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

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

Immigration and the Occupational Choice of Natives

IZA

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

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

The Myth of Green Energy Jobs: The European Experience

AEI

A 7-page US brief claiming that experiments with renewable energy in Europe have led to job loss, higher energy prices, and corruption

Climate Change & Environment, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-02-17

Change Begets Change: Employment Effects of Technological and Non-Technological Innovations – a Comparison across Countries

wiiw

This 23-page Austrian working paper attempts to shed new light on the effect innovation has on employment. Specifically, it identifies the net employment effects of technological product and process innovations as well as complementary non-technological organizational innovations which have so far mostly been bypassed in comparable analyses

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Science & TechnologyPosted: 2011-02-21

Effects of Adult Education Vouchers on the Labor Market: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

CESifo

This working paper evaluates the effects of a large-scale randomized field experiment issuing vouchers for adult education in Switzerland

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-02-21

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

Can Low-Income Single Parents Move Up in the Labor Market?

MDRC

This 12-page US practitioner brief examines the work, education, and training patterns of single parents in an employment retention and advancement project

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Poverty & HungerPosted: 2011-03-04

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

The Determinants of Labour Market Outcomes Among the Children of Immigrants

Statistics Canaada

This 40-page Canadian research paper reviews recent research on the determinants of the labour market outcomes of the children of immigrants in Canada and in the U.S.

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-03-11

Beyond Basic Skills

CLASP

This US report describes six state strategies to better connect basic skills education to postsecondary education and careers

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2011-03-15

Age Biased Technical and Organisational Change, Training and Employment Prospects of Older Workers

IZA

This 34-page discussion paper analyses the role of training in mitigating the negative impact of technical and organizational changes on the employment prospects of older workers

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-03-21

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

The Effect of Part-time Sick Leave for Employees with Mental Disorders

SFI

This 30-page Danish working paper studies whether the Danish part-time sick leave programme reduces the time before employees with mental disorders end their sick leave by reporting ready for returning to regular working hours

Health, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-03-24

Long-Run Employment Effects of Vocational Rehabilitation

SFI

This 34-page Danish working paper finds that educational measures have a negative effect on the sick-listed employees’ probability of returning to work for a new employer

Health, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-03-24

Beyond Basic Skills

CLASP

This 17-page US report describes strategies that state policymakers can use to strengthen connections between basic skills education and postsecondary education to help lower-skilled adults and out-of-school youth attain the postsecondary credentials they need to advance in the labor market

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2011-03-24

The Long-term Earnings Impact of Post-secondary Education Following Job Loss

Statistics Canada

A 30-page Canadian statistical report estimating the long-term impact on earnings of attending post-secondary education institutions following job loss

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-04-05

The Relative Efficiency of Active Labour Market Policies

IZA

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

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

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

Is Early Retirement Encouraged by the Employer?

Institute for Futures Studies,

This 38-page Swedish paper examines how non-wage costs affect voluntary early retirement

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2011-05-15

Youth Unemployment in Europe and the United States

IZA

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

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

How Did the Great Recession Affect Different Types of Workers?

IZA

This 50-page discussion paper examines how different types of workers in 17 middle-income countries were affected by labor market retrenchment during the great recession

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2011-05-19

The Crisis, Policy Reactions and Attitudes to Globalization and Jobs

IZA

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

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

Labor Market Effects of Immigration: Evidence from Neighborhood Data

IZA

This 22-page discussion paper combines individual-level data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with economic and demographic postcode-level data from administrative records to analyze the effects of immigration on wages and unemployment probabilities of high- and low-skilled natives

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-05-26

Unintended Effects of a Family-Friendly Law in a Segmented Labor Market

IZA

This 44-page discussion paper examines the unintended effects of a family-friendly law in a segmented labour market

Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-05-26

Labour Mobility Within the EU

NIESR

A 44-page UK report on the impact of enlargement on labour mobility within the EU

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2011-05-27

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

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

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

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

Workforce or Workfare?

CESifo

This working paper explores the use of workfare as part of an optimal tax mix when labor supply responses are along the extensive margin

Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-06-10

The Geography of Immigrant Skills: Educational Profiles of Metropolitan Areas

Brookings

A 32-page paper examining the vital role of immigrants in the U.S. labour market

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-06-13

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What to Do about the New Unemployment

Urban Institute

This 4-page US brief provides information on what a country can do about unemployment

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

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

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

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

Competing for Skills: Migration Policies and Trends in New Zealand and Australia

Department of Labour - New Zealand

The aims of this 223-page New Zealand study were to compare skilled migration policies in New Zealand and Australia, look at the labour market outcomes of skilled migrants, assess recent trends in skilled migration policy, and suggest implications of these policy developments for the future of skilled migration in the two countries

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-08-10

Is Early Retirement Encouraged by the Employer? Labor-Demand Effects of Age-Related Collective Fees

Institute for Future Studies

This 38-page Swedish working paper examines how employers’ non-wage costs for their workforce affect voluntary early retirement

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-08-12

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

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

Informal and Nonstandard Employment in the United States: Implications for Low-Income Working Families

Urban Institute

This 8-pageUS brief presents background information on the informal sector and policy options that could improve economic conditions for low-wage informal workers and their families.

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-08-22

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

The Wage-penalty Effect: The Hidden Cost of Maternity Leave

TAI

A 25-page Australian report confirming the findings of overseas research demonstrating that incomes grow less quickly among women returning to the workforce

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2011-08-26

Labour Market Institutions and Unemployment- An International Comparison

CESifo

This 22-page working paper deals with the effects of labour market institutions on unemployment in a panel of 19 OECD countries for the period 1960 to 2003

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2011-09-09

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

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

Working Life and Mental Illness

SANE Australia

This 2-page research bulletin asks about the experience of work by Australians living with mental illness, and what would help them to maintain successful employment

Health, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-09-20

Is Internet Job Search Still Ineffective?

IZA

A 36-page discussion paper studying the effectiveness of internet job search in the US

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-09-29