Policy pointers

This working paper investigates whether gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less adaptability and thus diminished employment later in life

Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-11-02

Minimum Wage Increases Under Straightened Circumstances

IZA

This 44-page discussion paper studies whether apparently large minimum wage increases in an environment of recession produce clearer evidence of disemployment effects than is typically observed

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Social PolicyPosted: 2011-11-02

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

Do Dropouts Benefit from Training Programs? Korean Evidence Employing Methods for Continuous Treatments

IZA

A 39-page discussion paper estimating the average employment effects of different lengths of exposure to a programme by dropouts in a Korean job training programme

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-11-14

The Global Economic Crisis: Long-Term Unemployment in the OECD

IZA

This 87-page paper analyses the impact of the global economic crisis on unemployment and long term unemployment in the OECD

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-11-15

Do Admission Criteria and Economic Recessions Affect Immigrant Earnings?

IRPP

A 40-page Canadian study comparing the outcomes of skills-assessed immigrants with those of immigrants who entered in other classes, and to examine the impact of economic cycles on immigrants’ earnings

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-11-15

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

Influences on Indigenous Labour Market Outcomes

Productivity Commission - Australia

This 92-page Australian working paper uses data from the 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS) to model the links between various personal characteristics and activities, and four Indigenous labour market outcomes

Indigenous Affairs, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-12-05

Disparities in Social Assistance Receipt between Immigrants and Natives in Sweden

IZA

This discussion paper investigates social assistance receipt among immigrants compared with receipt among natives in Sweden

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-12-09

Work Hours Constraints and Health

IZA

This 32-page discussion paper analyzes the impact of the discrepancy between actual and desired work hours on self-perceived health outcomes in Germany and the United Kingdom

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , HealthPosted: 2011-12-09

Influences on Indigenous Labour Market Outcomes

Productivity Commission - Australia

This 92-page Australian staff working paper examines factors that potentially influence Indigenous labour market outcomes

Indigenous Affairs, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-12-19

Fighting Youth Unemployment: The Effects of Active Labor Market Policies

IZA

This 54-page discussion paper analyzes the short- and long-term impacts for a variety of different programmes designed to assist the young unemployed into employment or further education

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-01-09

Another Economic Miracle? The German Labor Market and the Great Recession

IZA

This discussion paper analyzes the mild response of the German labour market to the worst global recession in post-war history

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Economic PolicyPosted: 2012-01-17

Innovation, Employment and Skills in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature

IZA

This 45-page discussion paper critically discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the quantitative and qualitative employment impact of technological change, compares the relative explanatory power of the competing theories, and explains in detail the macro and micro evidence on the issue, with reference both to advanced economies and developing countries

Science & Technology, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-02-12

Do Unemployed Workers Benefit from Enterprise Zones? The French Experience

IZA

This 44-page discussion paper presents an impact evaluation of the French enterprise zone programme which was initiated in 1997 to help unemployed workers find employment by granting a significant wage-tax exemption (about one third of total labour costs) to firms hiring at least 20% of their labor force locally

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-03-05

Explaining the Spread of Temporary Jobs and its Impact on Labor Turnover

IZA

This 55-page discussion paper provides a simple model which explains the choice between permanent and temporary jobs

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-03-07

The Pitfalls of Work Requirements in Welfare-to-Work Policies: Experimental Evidence on Human Capital Accumulation in the Self-Sufficiency Project

IZA

This 43-page paper investigates whether policies that encourage recipients to exit welfare for full-time employment influence participation in educational activity

Social Policy, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-03-09

Macroeconomic Effects of Regulatory Changes in Economies with Large Output Gaps

EPI

This 13-page US working paper sketches out a macroeconomic framework for thinking about the impact of regulatory changes on jobs

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Governance & PoliticsPosted: 2012-03-14

Is Temporary Agency Employment a Stepping Stone for Immigrants?

IZA

This 10-page discussion paper investigates whether agency employment is a bridge into regular employment

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-04-04

What Explains the Gender Earnings Gap in Self-Employment? A Decomposition Analysis with German Data

IZA

This 32-page discussion paper analyses the gender earnings gap in self-employment

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-04-18

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

Taxing Childcare: Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children

IZA

This discussion paper estimates for how female labour supply responds to childcare prices

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-04-19

This Time It's Different? Youth Labour Markets During 'The Great Recession'

IZA

This 24-page discussion paper looks at the effects of the 'Great Recession' on young people's labour market experiences in the European Union

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Families, Children & YouthPosted: 2012-04-19

Canada's Aging Population and Public Policy: 5. The Effects on Employers and Employees

Library of Parliament - Canada

A 16-page Canadian background paper exploring the challenges faced by Canadian employers and employees with regard to population ageing

Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-04-27

Choice or Necessity: Do immigrants and Their Children Choose Self-employment for the Same Reasons?

Statistics Canada

A 43-page Canadian study examining whether children of immigrants are influenced by the same factors as their parents in choosing self-employment

Immigration & Refugees, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-04-27

Taxing Childcare: Effects on Family Labor Supply and Children

CESifo

A 50-page working paper studying how female labour supply responds to childcare prices

Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2012-05-02

Labor Mobility in an Enlarged European Union

IZA

This 50-page discussion paper summarizes and comparatively evaluates what we know about labour mobility in an enlarged Europe to date

Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , European UnionPosted: 2012-05-03

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

Offshoring and Job Stability: Evidence from Italian Manufacturing

IZA

A 36-page discussion paper studying the relationship between offshoring and job stability

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