Employment, Industrial Relations & Training
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
Women's Lifework: Labour Market Transition Experiences of Women
Social Policy Research Centre
A 118-page Australian report describing the labour market transition experiences of Australian mothers balancing work and family responsibilities
Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-03-15
Work and Well-being Over Time: Lone Mothers and their Children
DWP
This 122-page UK study explores how lone mothers and their children manage and adapt to employment over time
Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-02-04
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
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
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
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
Work or Retirement: Preferred Exit-Age in Western European Countries?
Institute for Futures Studies
A 50-page working paper evaluating how welfare regime generosity and production regime coordination explain cross-national patterns of retirement preferences across 12 Western European countries
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , AgeingPosted: 2005-07-05
Work Values and the Quality of Employment: A Literature Review
Department of Labour - New Zealand
An 84-page New Zealand paper reviewing the literature on what people value in employment and on methods of measuring the quality of employment
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-09-23
Work-Family Conflict: Look to Employers and Communities for Solutions
Brookings, Princeton
An 8-page US policy brief offering recommendations for the relief of struggling working parents
Families, Children & Youth, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2011-10-11
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
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
Workers with Disabilities and the Impact of Workplace Structures
Canadian Council on Social Development
This 8-page Canadian information sheet examines labour force outcomes for workers with and without disabilities, and the links between these outcomes and structural aspects of workplaces
Disability, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2004-10-25
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
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
Workforce Participation Rates - How Does Australia Compare?
Productivity Commission - Australiia
This 83-page Australian report examines the comparability of international workforce participation rates
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-01-10
Working Hours Flexibility and Older Workers Labor Supply
IZA
This 52-page discussion paper examines the effect of hours constraints on older workers in the UK labour market
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , AgeingPosted: 2007-08-07
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
Working Longer to Enhance Retirement Security
Urban Institute
A 2-page U.S. brief outlining the need for, and benefits of, delayed retirement
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-11-07
Working Out of Poverty
IPPR
A 65-page report on the extent and nature of low pay and working poverty in the UK
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training , Poverty & HungerPosted: 2008-01-09
Working Time as an Investment? The Effects of Unpaid Overtime on Wages, Promotions and Layoffs
German Institute for Economic Research
A 48-page German discussion paper examining the consequences of unpaid overtime in terms of career advancement
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-12-09
Working to Fix Our Fiscal Woes
Urban Institute
A US opinion piece outlining the benefits, personal and fiscal, of later retirement
Ageing, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2006-04-20
Working Together: Aligning State Systems and Policiies for Individual and Regional Prosperity
CLASP
A 45-page US report containing proposals for improving education and training systems to enhance the ability of workers to advance to better jobs
Education, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-02-24
Working Together: Inquiry into Options for a New National Industrial Relations System
NSW Office of Industrial Relations
A 112-page Australian report setting out a new model for the regulation of industrial relations in Australia
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-02-12
Working Towards Recovery: Getting Problem Drug Users Into Jobs
UK Drug Policy Commission
This 60-page UK report considers the range of barriers to work faced by problem drug users and looks closely at how they can be overcome.
Drug Abuse, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2009-01-20
Workplace Health Promotion
NICE
A 40-page UK guide for employers on how to encourage employers to increase their levels of physical activity
Health, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-05-28
Workplace Relations Action Plan for Future Prosperity
Business Council of Australia
A 34-page Australian document recommending a series of reforms to industrial relations as a step towards locking in and building upon Australia's existing level of prosperity
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2005-03-06
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
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
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
"Fear" and Offshoring: The Scope and Potential Impact of Imports and Exports of Services
Peterson Institute
A 19-page US policy brief estimating the global employment impact of of imports and exports of services
Globalisation & International Trade, Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2008-02-04
"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
'Marginal Employment': Stepping Stone or Dead End?
DIW
A 31-page discussion paper studying the effects of marginal employment in Germany
Employment, Industrial Relations & Training Posted: 2007-12-05