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The Impact of Minimum Wages on Industrial Wages and Employment in Greece
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vasiliki - In: International Journal of Manpower 15 (1994) 2/3, pp. 86-99
Examines the employment effects of minimum wage regulation on Greek manufacturing for the period 1962‐87. The empirical analysis is carried out in three steps. First, estimates the effect of the minimum wage on the average wages of adult male and female industrial workers to derive estimates...
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Fair Employment and Religion in Northern Ireland: An Overview
Gallagher, Tony - In: International Journal of Manpower 13 (1992) 6, pp. 16-30
Unlike many of the issues raised during the Northern Ireland Civil Rights campaign of the late 1960s, employment discrimination has remained high on the political agenda, leading to two major pieces of legislation, in 1976 and 1989. Briefly examines the background to the claim of religious...
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Employment‐at‐Will Statements: Perceptions of Job Applicants
Wayland, Robert F.; Clay, Joan Marie; Payne, Stephen L. - In: International Journal of Manpower 14 (1993) 1, pp. 22-33
Employers in the USA often use employment‐at‐will statements in the employment application process to minimize their vulnerability in post‐discharge litigation. Reports survey results of job seekers′ attitudes towards such statements. The findings suggest that applicants would prefer to...
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Youth unemployment rate and impact of financial crises
Choudhry, Misbah Tanveer; Marelli, Enrico; Signorelli, … - In: International Journal of Manpower 33 (2012) June, pp. 76-95
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of financial crises on the youth unemployment rate (YUR … unemployment. The inclusion of many control variables – including in particular GDP growth – does not change the sign and …-to-work transition institutions are particularly needed to reduce the risk of persistence and structural (long-term) unemployment, since …
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Active labour market policy in Scotland: does it make a difference?
Adams, John; Thomas, Ray - In: International Journal of Manpower 28 (2007) April, pp. 30-30
(NOMIS) to conduct a detailed statistical analysis of the spatial differentials in exits from and entry to unemployment … Scotland have become worse off in terms of the risk of unemployment and despite active labour market intervention. Research … policies in Scotland do not work in terms of reducing the risk of unemployment. Policy needs to focus on creating demand for …
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Labour markets in transition : the case of Eastern Europe
Fleisher, Belton M. (contributor) - 2002
Labour markets in transition: the case of Eastern Europe. In 1989 a political revolution in the Soviet Union and its Eastern Europeansatellites led to the dismantling of Communist controls and transition toward freemarkets in goods and services and factors of production
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Search strategies of the unemployed in the Russian Federation
Löfmark, Monika Hjeds - In: International Journal of Manpower 29 (2008) September, pp. 523-538
gradually adapting to unemployment. As regards human capital, it is worth noticing that the results in 2004 are in accordance …
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Bringing the unemployed back to work in Germany: training programs or wage subsidies?
Neubäumer, Renate - In: International Journal of Manpower 33 (2012) August, pp. 159-177
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to theoretically and empirically investigate the relative effects of wage subsidies and further vocational training on employment prospects. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts a theoretical approach that discusses the effects of two major...
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Employment and labour markets: some issues for the new millennium
Gregory, Mary - In: International Journal of Manpower 21 (2000) 3/4, pp. 160-176
The deteriorating labour market position of low‐skilled workers challenges economic efficiency and social equity. Four aspects are examined: joblessness among the low‐skilled; the prevalence of low pay among women; persistence in low pay; and the overlap between low pay and household poverty....
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From full employment to employability: a new deal for Britain’s unemployed?
Finn, Dan - In: International Journal of Manpower 21 (2000) 5, pp. 384-399
Britain’s New Labour Government has radically shifted its policy aims away from securing traditional full employment towards the improvement of “employability”. This paper briefly assesses what is meant by employability and how the Government has integrated its “supply side” approach...
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