Disincentives and Housing Assistance

Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute

A 73-page Australian report examining the role of housing assistance as a disincentive to employment or working longer hours

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2004-09-14

An Analysis of the Determinants of the Labour Market Activities of Housing Assistance Recipients

Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute

A 34-page positioning paper for an investigation into the effects of housing assistance on labour market activity in Australia

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HousingPosted: 2004-06-29

Better Conditions, Better Business

Australian Government Office for Women

A 60-page report on care and family-friendly provision in Australian small and medium enterprises

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

2006 E-learning Benchmark Project: Final Report

Australian Flexible Learning Framework

A 27-page report on e-learning by vocational training and education (VTE) students

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-10-31

Networks, Connections and Community: Learning with Social Software

Australian Flexible Learning Framework

A 106-page Australian report on research into how technology is being used for knowledge-sharing and capability development in vocational education and training

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-04-26

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

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

Analyzing the Terms of Trade Effect on GDP and Employment in the Presence of Low Real Unit Labour Costs

Australian Bureau of Statistics

A 28-page Australian research paper reporting on modelling work aimed at better understanding the relationship between GDP and employment

Economic Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-07-18

Microenterprise As a Welfare to Work Strategy: Two-Year Findings

Aspen Institute FIELD

This 110-page final report of a U.S. study of welfare recipients pursuing self-employment describes the outcomes experienced two years after enrolling in microenterprise programmes

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-01-13

The Road to Good Employment Retention: Three Successful Programs From the Jobs Initiative

Annie E. Casey Foundation

A 20-page U.S. report on three community-based initiatives that achieved high retention rates in placing low-skilled workers in employment

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-06-14

Work-Life Balance and Productivity

Anglo-German Foundation

This 53-page study examines whether the achievement of work-life balance conflicts with good management, competition or globalization

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-06-03

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

Non-Employment and the Welfare State: U.K. and Germany Compared

Anglo-German Foundation

A 75-page study focusing on the labour market inactive, comparing changes in the size and composition of this group in the U.K. and Germany in the 1990s and estimating the impact of changes in welfare provisions on employment flows

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-10-06

The Effects of Flexible Working on Employee Representation: UK and Germany Compared

Anglo-German Foundation

This 30-page report examines the UK and German experience to ascertain whether flexible working poses a threat to traditional trade union structures and practices

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-02-24

The Contribution of Degree Subject to the Gender Wage Gap Among Graduates: A Comparison of Britain, France and Germany

Anglo-German Foundation

A 28-page study of the effect of degree choice on the gender gap in earnings in Britain, France and Germany

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-10-27

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

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

New Jobs for Whom? Service Sector Employment in Britain and Germany

Anglo-German Foundation

This 56-page report examines the growth of service jobs in Britain and Germany since the mid-90s, and in particular the quality and stability of these jobs

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-11-30

Chronic Disease and Participation in Work

AIHW

A 48-page Australian report assessing the association between selected chronic diseases and workforce participation and absenteeism from work

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A needle in a haystack. Do increases in minimum wage cause employment losses?

ACIRRT - University of Sydney

This working paper is a critical examination of a recent Australian study that appeared to establish a link between minimum wage imposition and employment loss

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-03-05

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

Meeting Australia's Ageing Challenge: The Importance of Women's Workforce Participation

Access Economics

A 21-page Australian study of the impact of changes to women's workforce participation on projected economic growth

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-01-16

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

Is Early Retirement Ending?

AARP

This 61-page U.S. issue paper reviews recent trends in labour force participation of older persons in the U.S. and examines a number of policy options designed to encourage prolonged worklives and delayed receipt of social security benefits

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-12-16

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

The Vocational Education and Training System: Key Issues for Large Enterprises

This 112-page report examines the policy framework, institutional and administrative processes of Australia's VET system, concluding that they fail to support the rapidly-expanding skills development needs of large enterprises

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2004-03-05