Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 119
Cover Image
The changing of the French labor market, 2000-2017
Askenazy, Philippe - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
have been the massive improvement in the education of the labor force (especially of women), the resilience of employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820338
Cover Image
The transformations of the French labor market, 2000–2021
Askenazy, Philippe - In: IZA World of Labor (2022)
. The most interesting of these changes have been the massive improvement in the education of the labor force (especially of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266252
Cover Image
Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society?
Winters, John V. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may … exceed individual benefits. Research finds that increased average education levels in an area are correlated with higher … earnings, even for locals with relatively little education. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404964
Cover Image
Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society?
Winters, John V. - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may … exceed individual benefits. Research finds that higher average education levels in an area are correlated with higher … earnings, even for local residents with minimal education. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984689
Cover Image
Do higher levels of education and skills in an area benefit wider society?
Winters, John V. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015) March, pp. 1-10
Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may … exceed individual benefits. Research finds that increased average education levels in an area are correlated with higher … earnings, even for locals with relatively little education. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011195650
Cover Image
University dropouts and labor market success
Schnepf, Sylke V. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
With university education continuing to expand worldwide, university dropouts will make up a large group in future … are more likely than upper secondary school graduates with no university education to progress in their careers. And many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405011
Cover Image
Designing labor market regulations in developing countries
Betcherman, Gordon - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Governments regulate employment to protect workers and to improve labor market efficiency. However, employment regulations can be controversial, often complicated by opposing ideological views. Thus, it is important for policymakers in developing countries to base decisions on empirical evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404875
Cover Image
The effect of early retirement schemes on youth employment
Böheim, René - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
The fiscal sustainability of state pensions is a central concern of policymakers in nearly every advanced economy. Policymakers have attempted to ensure the sustainability of these programs in recent decades by raising retirement ages. However, there are concerns that keeping older workers in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404902
Cover Image
Do minimum wages induce immigration?
Giulietti, Corrado - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
An increase in the minimum wage in immigrant destination countries raises the earnings that low-skilled migrants could expect to attain if they were to migrate. While some studies for the US indicate that a higher minimum wage induces immigration, contrasting evidence shows that immigrants are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404980
Cover Image
Pensions, informality, and the emerging middle class
Melguizo, Angel - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
A large share of the population in emerging market economies has no pension coverage, exposing them to the economic risks arising from socio-economic and individual shocks. This problem, which arises from having large informal (unregulated) sectors, affects not only poor workers, but as many as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404994