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• Select Whose skills shortage - workers or management?

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  Whose skills shortage - workers or management?

  Authors:Ruy A. Teixeira and Lawrence MishelFrom:Issues in Science and Technology (Vol. 9, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Summer 19933,075 words Article The short-sightedness of management, the fears associated with strengthening the rights of workers and the absence of sufficient wage pressure, in addition to several institutional aspects, are hindrances to achieving...
• Select Labor market models in Europe and America - and unhappiness with both

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  Labor market models in Europe and America - and unhappiness with both

  Author:Roy B. HelfgottFrom:Business Horizons (Vol. 39, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  March-April 19965,714 words Article Labor problems persist in both US and Western European markets. Western Europe suffers from long-term unemployment, but high wages and job security. The United States suffers from stagnant wages and low job security, but...
• Select Where is the Federation Settlement? Work, Learning and Earning in the Knowledge Economy

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  Where is the Federation Settlement? Work, Learning and Earning in the Knowledge Economy

  Author:Leslie LobleFrom:Australian Journal of ManagementPeer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20012,514 words Article 1. Introduction Getting skills once virtually guaranteed better jobs, higher wages and greater economic security. Now that's not quite so straightforward. Australia, like many nations, must struggle with far more...
• Select Employment strategies for Europe: lessons from Denmark and the Netherlands

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  Employment strategies for Europe: lessons from Denmark and the Netherlands

  Authors:Ray Barrell and Veronique GenreFrom:National Institute Economic Review (Issue 168) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19998,880 words Article UK government officials must be able to institute efficient labor market reforms that would lead the country to long-term economic development. The labor strategies adopted by Denmark and Netherlands may prove useful in...
• Select The missing ingredient in the economic expansion - new jobs

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  The missing ingredient in the economic expansion - new jobs

  Author:Daniel J. MeckstrothFrom:Business Economics (Vol. 28, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  July 19933,192 words Article The sluggish growth of employment opportunities during the current economic expansion can be attributed to the various structural changes in the business environment. Contrary to popular belief, increased productivity is...
• Select The economics of employment protection

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  The economics of employment protection

  Authors:John T. Addison and Paulino TeixeiraFrom:Journal of Labor Research (Vol. 24, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Winter 200318,411 words Article Empirical investigation of the labor market consequences of employment protection has mushroomed since Lazear's (1990)pioneering study. Having sketched the theoretical background, we chart the course of the modern...
• Select Labor policies to raise employment

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  Labor policies to raise employment

  Author:Marcello EstevaoFrom:IMF Staff Papers (Vol. 54, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20078,877 words Author abstract 1730LUsing panel data for 15 industrial countries, active labor market policies (ALMPs) are shown to have a positive effect on employment rates, after controlling for institutional variables and country-specific effects....
• Select A Holland perspective on the U.S. workforce from 1960 to 2000

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  A Holland perspective on the U.S. workforce from 1960 to 2000

  Authors:Robert C. Reardon, Emily E. Bullock, and Katie E. MeyerFrom:Career Development Quarterly (Vol. 55, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 20075,980 words Article 1380LThe authors analyze civilian occupations and employment data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau in 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 with respect to 6 kinds of work (Holland's RIASEC [Realistic, Investigative, Artistic,...
• Select Active labour market policies: introduction

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  Active labour market policies: introduction

  Author:Rebecca RileyFrom:National Institute Economic Review (Issue 202) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20071,056 words Article 1670LOver the past decade active labour market policy has been an integral part of the Labour Government's strategy for achieving employment opportunity for all, encompassing Welfare-to-Work programmes such as the various...
• Select Fiscal policies--an influencing factor in the labour market under the Europe 2020 strategy.

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  Fiscal policies--an influencing factor in the labour market under the Europe 2020 strategy.

  Authors:Maria Cristina Stanescu, Dumitru Mihai Nedelescu, and Valentin DimonFrom:Romanian Economic and Business Review (Vol. 11, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Summer 20163,367 words Report 1680LAbstract Workforce Occupancy in the real economy and implicitly, policies governing this macroeconomic phenomenon, were considered both at a declarative and factual level, as a priority on the agenda of all decision...
• Select Curbing the labour market divide by fostering inclusive labour markets through a job guarantee scheme.

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  Curbing the labour market divide by fostering inclusive labour markets through a job guarantee scheme.

  Authors:Saskia Klosse and Joan MuyskenFrom:Psychosociological Issues in Human Resource Management (Vol. 4, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 201610,188 words Essay 1440LGlobalization, demographic trends and technological developments pose important challenges to European labor markets: job quality has deteriorated and precariousness has increased. Austerity measures enforced after the...
• Select The employment effects of labor and product market deregulation and their implications for structural reform

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  The employment effects of labor and product market deregulation and their implications for structural reform

  Authors:Helge Berger and Stephan DanningerFrom:IMF Staff Papers (Vol. 54, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 200710,973 words Author abstract 1530LThis study explores the effects of labor and product market deregulation on employment growth. Our empirical results, based on an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development country sample from 1990 to 2004,...
• Select Political economy and citizen empowerment: strategies and challenges of emiratisation in the United Arab Emirates.

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  Political economy and citizen empowerment: strategies and challenges of emiratisation in the United Arab Emirates.

  Authors:Paul Thompson and Henry WissinkFrom:Acta Commercii (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20167,128 words Report 1450LOrientation: The United Arab Emirates' labour market by design is inclined to exclude generally the Emirati population from active participation in the private sector, in order to take advantage of cheap labour primarily...
• Select Labour market flexibility in the euro area

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  Labour market flexibility in the euro area

  Authors:Juha Kilponen, David Mayes, and Jouko VilmunenFrom:European Business Journal (Vol. 12, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Summer 20006,984 words Article With the restraints on both monetary and fiscal policy in stage 3 of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) great pressure is put on structural policies and the operation of the labour market in particular to limit the...
• Select INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL : EMPLOYMENT POLICY KEY TO ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE, MINISTERS ARGUE.

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  INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL : EMPLOYMENT POLICY KEY TO ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE, MINISTERS ARGUE.

  From:European Social PolicyPeer-Reviewed

  Sept. 9, 2010568 words Article 1340LThe Union's 27 employment ministers called for greater account to be given to employment policies and the labour market in the future economic governance mechanisms. Meeting on 8 July in Brussels for an informal Council,...
• Select Methodological framework for ex-ante assessment of active policies on the labor market - Experimental approach.

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  Methodological framework for ex-ante assessment of active policies on the labor market - Experimental approach.

  Authors:Daniela Pasnicu and Gabriela TudoseFrom:Journal of Economic Development, Environment and People (Vol. 6, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20174,643 words Report 1510LEx-ante assessment is a mandatory step before the process of implementation of policies because it brings, through the analyses undertaken improvements for initial design, contributing, on a case by case basis, to...
• Select A development strategy for Afghanistan: lessons of an employment policy mission

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  A development strategy for Afghanistan: lessons of an employment policy mission

  Authors:I.Z. Bhatty and L. BeroutiFrom:Pakistan Development Review (Vol. 19, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Winter 19805,821 words Report 1570LWhat is the road to development for a country like Afghanistan, which is predominantly rural and suffers from physical and socio-economic constraints to such an extent that it is ranged among the least developed...
• Select Finding good opportunities within unauthorized markets: U.S. occupational mobility for male latino workers

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  Finding good opportunities within unauthorized markets: U.S. occupational mobility for male latino workers

  Authors:Sherrie A. Kossoudji and Deborah A. Cobb-ClarkFrom:International Migration Review (Vol. 30, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Winter 19969,764 words Article Unauthorized workers, because of their lack of legal status, have constrained opportunities in U.S. labor markets. We examine the determinants of occupational mobility for a sample of unauthorized Latino men who received...
• Select JOINT EMPLOYMENT REPORT : MARKET SEGMENTATION, UNDECLARED WORK REMAIN MAJOR PROBLEMS

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  JOINT EMPLOYMENT REPORT : MARKET SEGMENTATION, UNDECLARED WORK REMAIN MAJOR PROBLEMS

  From:European Social PolicyPeer-Reviewed

  Mar. 16, 2007416 words Article 1330L"Labour market reforms can be fruitful, but efforts must continue if we are to achieve European goals in terms of employment." The Joint Employment Report 2006-2007, presented by the European Commission on 22 February...
• Select Implications of liberalized European labor markets

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  Implications of liberalized European labor markets

  Authors:Sarah Brown, Kenneth Button, and John SessionsFrom:Contemporary Economic Policy (Vol. 14, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19966,381 words Article This paper reviews the alternative labour market scenarios open to European policymakers in the current movement towards enhanced economic and political integration. To clarify the various issues, the paper dichotomises...