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From:OECD Economic Surveys - Finland (Vol. 2008, Issue 6)Accessing foreign workers is one way in which Finland can tackle the challenge of a rapidly declining labour force and address emerging skill shortages. While successive governments have proposed tapping into the...
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From:OECD Economic Surveys - Australia (Vol. 2008, Issue 18)Australia faces the challenge of increasing labour supply to sustain growth in view of rising skill shortages and population ageing. Priority should be given to improving incentives to work for groups with the greatest...
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From:OECD Economic Surveys - United Kingdom (Vol. 2009)While the immediate imperative is to tackle the financial crisis and to steer the economy through the current downturn, there are also a number of longer-term challenges that need to be addressed to foster a robust and...
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From:OECD Economic Surveys - United Kingdom (Vol. 2005)Lack of skills in large parts of the workforce is a key factor holding back the capacity to absorb innovations and adapt work processes to take advantage of new technologies. While the supply of university graduates...
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From:CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (Vol. 12, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn his article "Modernizing the Colonial Labor Subject in India" Valerian DeSousa discusses how the colonial project in India sought to counter the labor movement's evolving anti-colonial consciousness through law, the...
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From:Quality (Vol. 54, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC -- The International Society of Automation and its affiliate association, the Automation Federation, celebrated Manufacturing Day, highlighting the importance of manufacturing to the world's...
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From:Economic Inquiry (Vol. 57, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedWe analyze competition for experienced workers among wage-setting firms. The firms can design poaching offers with higher wages to workers who switch from rivals relative to wages paid to their own existing employees....
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From:Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (Vol. 5, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedDUBLIN, IRELAND, was the venue for this year's International Council of Nurses' (ICN) Workforce Forum meeting in September. Representatives of nursing organisations from New Zealand, Japan, Ireland, the United Kingdom...
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From:Quality (Vol. 58, Issue 13) Peer-ReviewedDeveloped nations, though equipped with industrial and educational infrastructures, face a current and increasing shortage of qualified, skilled and motivated workers. American manufacturers and smaller operations know...
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From:BMC Research Notes (Vol. 8, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground Students at Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) are introduced to ethics and professionalism using the inter-professional education (IPE) model. Ethics and professionalism should be...
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From:Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Vol. 132, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedAMIDST THE NATIONALISTIC TONE of a recent study commissioned by the Alliance for American Manufacturing is an important underlying theme that transcends national borders. That is, the need to develop a skilled technical...
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From:Journal of Economic Issues (Vol. 37, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedUnder capitalism there is a potential for increasing socioeconomic complexity and greater specialization of skills. (1) One implication is that there is a potential for increasing inequalities of wealth, income, and...
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From:Power Engineering (Vol. 112, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed"Plug and play" is a term often applied to electronic devices, especially computers and video games. It is less often used to describe large, expensive and complex facilities. And few facilities are larger, costlier or...
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From:Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy (Vol. 19) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction I have been going over and over in my head about what to say, to my children, the morning after. They were a part of the movement, in marches, rallies, passing out literature. Before I had a chance to...
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From:Journal of Global South Studies (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe study aims to investigate the local livelihood impacts of land conversion associated with oil palm plantations in Kapuas Hulu Regency. It asks, How does the expansion of oil palm plantations transform rural...
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From:Quality (Vol. 48, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe worldwide financial mess leads many to the simple fix for the bottom line: reign in costs. With such a Western flavor to the term, it is understandable that people consider hiring cowboys to do the job. With due...
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From:RAND Journal of Economics (Vol. 39, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis article develops a theory of how capital, skilled labor, and unskilled labor interact at the plant level. The theory has implications for the relationship between factor allocation and plant size and the effects of...
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From:Research-Technology Management (Vol. 55, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIf Germany is an example, the big battles of the future will be not for power and prestige, but for talent. Nowhere in Europe is demand greater for professional skills, particularly those of engineers, than in the home...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 10, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground A smoker's risk of diseases and death from smoking is closely related to his/her smoking duration. But little is known about the average length of smoking and the association between smoking duration and...
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From:Journal of Third World Studies (Vol. 28, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed
Free movement of skilled labor under the Caribbean single market: St. Kitts-Nevis's vision for unity
INTRODUCTION For more than 20 years, Caribbean leaders have pursued regional integration as a response to the challenges of globalization. The response, while consistent, has been sluggish and often wracked by...