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Raising female employment : reflexions and policy tools
Garibaldi, Pietro; Wasmer, Etienne - 2003
goals should be achieved. Tax wedges, assistance in the job search process, and part-time jobs are policy instruments that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261649
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Preferences, gender segregation and affirmative action
Sloane, Peter J.; Grazier, Suzanne; Jones, Richard J. - 2005
In the UK concern has been expressed over the degree of gender occupational segregation. Though there are no general provisions for affirmative action, it does apply in limited areas and pro-active measures have been suggested. In this paper we focus on gender differences in work preferences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267361
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Employment, inequality and the UK national minimum wage over the medium-term
Dolton, Peter; Rosazza-Bondibene, Chiara; Wadsworth, … - 2010
This paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets and the different sized year on year up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274603
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Monopsony in the Labor Market: New Empirical Results and New Public Policies
Ashenfelter, Orley; Card, David; Farber, Henry S; … - 2021
Labor Markets held in October 2018. These papers, to be published as a special issue of the Journal of Human Resources …, study various aspects of monopsony and failures of competition in labor markets. It also reports on the new developments in … public policies associated with widespread concerns about labor market competition and efforts to ameliorate competitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882448
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Preferences, Gender Segregation and Affirmative Action
Sloane, Peter J.; Grazier, Suzanne; Jones, Richard J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
In the UK concern has been expressed over the degree of gender occupational segregation. Though there are no general provisions for affirmative action, it does apply in limited areas and pro-active measures have been suggested. In this paper we focus on gender differences in work preferences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703401
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Accident Risk, Gender, Family Status and Occupational Choice in the UK
Grazier, Suzanne; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
aversion to risk will make occupational choices biased towards safer jobs. In line with DeLeire and Levy we find that women are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703843
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Raising Female Employment: Reflexions and Policy Tools
Garibaldi, Pietro; Wasmer, Etienne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
goals should be achieved. Tax wedges, assistance in the job search process, and part-time jobs are policy instruments that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822033
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Training, Job Satisfaction and Workplace Performance in Britain: Evidence from WERS 2004
Jones, Melanie K.; Jones, Richard J.; Latreille, Paul L.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper analyses the relationship between training, job satisfaction and workplace performance using the British 2004 Workplace Employee Relations Survey (WERS). Several measures of performance are analysed including absence, quits, financial performance, labour productivity and product...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822754
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Employment, Inequality and the UK National Minimum Wage over the Medium-Term
Dolton, Peter; Rosazza-Bondibene, Chiara; Wadsworth, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper assesses the impact of the National Minimum Wage (NMW) on employment and inequality in the UK over the decade since its introduction in 1999. Identification is facilitated by using variation in the bite of the NMW across local labour markets and the different sized year on year up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683648
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Policy Levers to Increase Jobs and Increase Income from Work after the Great Recession
Neumark, David - 2015
, high long-term unemployment, stagnant or declining wages for low-to-medium skill jobs owing to adverse labor demand shifts …The depth of the Great Recession, the slow recovery of job creation, the downward trend in labor force participation …, and a greater rebound in low-wage than mid- or higher-wage jobs, raised concerns that the normal business cycle dynamics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401792