Unfavourable changes in the industry composition of employment over the last two decades has been suggested as a reason for structural unemployment and declining labour force participation of older males in Australia. In this paper, the author explores this proposition by analysing employment...

Der Bericht faßt die wichtigsten Ergebnisse einer Analyse des sächsischen Arbeitsmarktes zusammen. Danach ist die dortige Lage äußerst gespannt. Mit 15,5 % ist die Arbeitslosenquote zwar knapp unter dem Durchschnitt der neuen Bundesländer, aber die wirtschaftliche Lage der Unternehmen, die...

US Census same-sex couple data represent one of the richest and most frequently used data resources for studying the LGBT population. Recently, the Census Bureau conducted an analysis of a serious measurement problem in these data, finding that as many as 40 % of same-sex couples tabulated in...

This paper draws upon a selection of narratives from interviews with over 150 less skilled emigrant and returnee women workers from Trivandrum district to argue that the conditions that structure international migration from Kerala marginalises women, narrowing the material base from which...

Maldives, a middle income country, is on track to meet most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), while gender gap requires attention. Maldives has made great progress in improving maternal health and has achieved MDG. The total fertility rate has declined to 2.3 in 2012. Contraceptive use...