Job Anxiety is Real - And it's Global

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

This 9-page U.S. paper reports on a huge global oversupply of labour caused by the end of the Cold War and technological change. It calls for an international effort at job creation

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2004-05-09

Learning to Work: Inquiry Into Vocational Education in Schools

Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia

A 386-page report into vocational education and training in Australian Schools

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

Explaining the Growth of Part-Time Employment: Factors of Supply and Demand

Institute for the Study of Labor

This 26-page discussion paper investigates the incidence of part-time employment in the Netherlands and the factors underlying it

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

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

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

Labor Standards, Development and CAFTA

Institute for International Economics

This 11-page policy brief discusses the merits and demerits of introducing global labour standards

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

Identifying the Factors Affecting the Chance of Passing Vocational Education and Training Subjects

National Centre for Vocational Education Training

This 29-page Australian report identifies the demographic and life-style factors influencing successful completion of VET subjects

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2004-04-15

VET and Social Capital: A Paper on the Contribution of the VET Sector to Social Capital in Communities

National Centre for Vocational Education Training

This 45-page Australian paper assesses VET's contribution to social capital and the implications for VET policy

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2004-04-15

The 21st Century at Work: Forces Shaping the Future Workforce and Workplace in the United States

Rand Corporation

This 306-page U.S. report analyses trends and implications of shifting demographic patterns, the pace of technological change and the path of economic globalization, to aid employment policymaking

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-04-09

Training Needs of Emerging Industries

National Centre for Vocational Education Research

This 44-page Australian study examines the training requirements of emerging industries and the role played by Australia's VET sector in deleloping skills and knowledge

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2004-04-08

Creating Markets or Decent Jobs? Group Training and the Future of Work

National Centre for Vocational Education Research

This 107-page Australian study examines the role of group training organisations in the light of policy changes made during the past decade

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , EducationPosted: 2004-04-07

From Risk to Opportunity: Labour Markets in Transition

Centre for Public Policy (et al.)

A 21-page Australian backgrounder describes significant social and economic changes rendering traditional policy assumptions obselete and uses the concept of transitional labour markets as a basis for policies more in tune with contemporary circumstances

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-03-31

Banning Mandatory Retirement: Throwing Out the Baby With the Bathwater

C.D. Howe Institute

This 13-page Canadian backgrounder argues that mandatory retirement is a private contractual arrangement and should only be banned for explicit reasons

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , AgeingPosted: 2004-03-26

Disability and Labour Market Participation

Economic and Social Research Institute & The Equality Authority

This 66-page report provides a detailed description of the labour market situation of people with disabilities in Ireland and analyses the factors associated with participation or non-participation in the labour market

Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-03-23

Work-Poor Households: The Welfare Implications of Changing Household Employment Patterns

Economic and Social Research Institute

A 7-page executive summary of this study (purchasable in full) of how the situation of "work-poor" households in Ireland was affected by the rapid economic growth of the 1990s

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-03-23

The Illegal Employment of Foreigners in Europe

Hamburg Institute of International Economics

This 4-page article analyzes the reasons underlying the growth of illegal employment and proposes some appropriate policy responses

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Immigration & RefugeesPosted: 2004-03-15

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

Labour Hire: Issues and Responses

Information and Research Services, Dept. of the Parliamentary Library

This 27-page research paper examines the factors underlying the growth of labour hire (as distinct from direct employment) in Australia, and the reactions to it

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-03-11

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

The funding of vocational education and training for students with disabilities

National Centre for Vocational Education Research

This 56-page Australian report examines how current vocational education and training systems allocate funds to support disabled students and makes recommendations for alternative methods of funding

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

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

The economics of co-ethnic employment: Incentives, welfare effects and policy options

Tinbergen Institute

This 32-page discussion paper looks at over-representation of workers of the same ethnic group within firms from the standpoint of the employees themselves and society generally, assessing both short-term and long-term effects

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-03-03

The Employment of the Roma - Evidence from Hungary

Institute of Economics - Budapest

This 62-page working paper, based on an earlier survey, traces the general employment situation in Hungary in the mid-1990s, measures the effects of age, schooling, gender, and deals with aspects relavent to the Roma

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-03-01

Neo-Liberalism, Free Trade and Unemployment Insurance: The Canadian Counter-Reforms and the Rights of the Unemployed

Institute for Labor Studies

This 11-page paper is an analysis of the transformation of the Canadian Unemployment Insurance System in the 1990s

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-03-01

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

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

New Results on the Impact of the Minimum Wage on Irish Firms

Economic and Social Research Institute

This 10-page study investigates the impact of the introduction of the minimum wage in Ireland, against a background of naturally fast-rising wages during the relevant period.

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2004-02-13

Work for the Dole: A success in spite of practically everything

Centre for Applied Economic Research, University of NSW

This 9-page paper examines Australia's Work for the Dole program and defends it, while offering improvements

Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-02-11

"New" Industrial Relations? Meeting the Challenge of Casual Work

Centre for Applied Social Research, RMIT University

A 10-page examination of policy options to curtail the expansion of casual work in Australia

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-02-11

Human Capital: Selected Agencies' Experiences and Lessons Learned in Designing Training and Development Programs

U.S. General Accounting Office

This 64-page report summarises lessons learned in assessing skills gaps and identifying training needs, developing strategies and solutions to meet those needs and determining methods for evaluating training programs

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-02-08

Experiments on Unemployment Benefit Sanctions and Job Search Beh

Institute for the Study of Labor

This 31-page academic discussion paper reports on an experimental study on unemployment benefit sanctions, examining both pre-imposition and post-imposition effects

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-02-06

Wasted Talents

European Union, Directorate-General of Research

A 175-page report on the situation of women scientists in Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic states

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

Work for the Dole: Obligation or Opportunity?

Committee for Economic Development of Australia

A 7-page examination of the effectiveness of Australia

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2004-01-29