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Laboratory Professionals in Africa: The Backbone of Quality Diagnostics
Schneidman, Miriam; Dacombe, Russell J.; Carter, Jane - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
. A clear career structure with transparent promotional opportunities is required to recruit and retain staff in the …
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Sachsen - gibt es eine Chance auf Besserung?
Munz, Sonja; Münstermann, Ulrike - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 47 (1994) 16-17, pp. 43-51
Der Bericht faßt die wichtigsten Ergebnisse eines Gutachtens zusammen, das im Auftrag des Freistaates Sachsens vergeben wurde. Zunächst wird der Arbeitsmarkt seit der Wende bis Ende 1993 dargestellt. Hauptproblem der Arbeitslosigkeit war der rasche Produktionseinbruch, der durch schleppende...
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SILVER ECONOMY IN EU – LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVES OF LABOUR FORCE STRUCTURE
PREDESCU, Antoniu; POPESCU, Maria-Loredana - In: Annals of Spiru Haret University, Economic Series 5 (2014) 1, pp. 25-31
This paper is focused on circumscribing in what manner labour force structure, as distinct economic factor, will influence, in next decades, process of building up a silver economy in EU. For this, we use statistical data, put to use so as to generate a proper prognosis of future increase in...
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Discrimination, labour markets and the labour market prospects of older workers: what can a legal case teach us?
Weller, Sally A. - In: Work, Employment & Society 21 (2007) 3, pp. 417-437
will not succeed while persistent socially constructed age- and gender-typing shape labour demand. The conclusion argues …
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Gender, age and flexible working in later life
Loretto, Wendy; Vickerstaff, Sarah - In: Work, Employment & Society 29 (2015) 2, pp. 233-249
In many countries economic and social concerns associated with ageing populations have focused attention onto flexible forms of working as key to encouraging people to work longer and delay retirement. This article argues that there has been a remarkable lack of attention paid to the role of...
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Specific Measures for Older Employees and Late Career Employment
Boockmann, Bernhard; Fries, Jan; Göbel, Christian - Institut für Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (IAW) - 2012
We analyse the effects of specific measures for older employees (SMOE) on employment duration of workers aged 40 and above. Using longitudinal employer-employee data for German establishments, we account for worker and establishment heterogeneity and correct for stock-sampling. We find a...
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‘No matter what I did I would still end up in the same position’
Moore, Sian - In: Work, Employment & Society 23 (2009) 4, pp. 655-671
This article explores age as a factor defining the labour market experience of older women. Drawing upon work histories … it argues that discrimination on the grounds of age is bound up with gender, race and class. Older women described how …. The research enables analysis of the workers perceptions of the changing nature of work and the way that age can be …
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Specific measures for older employees and late career employment
Boockmann, Bernhard; Fries, Jan; Göbel, Christian - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2012
We analyse the effects of specific measures for older employees (SMOE) on employment duration of workers aged 40 and above. Using longitudinal employer-employee data for German establishments, we account for worker and establishment heterogeneity and correct for stock-sampling. We find a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010985622
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All-Star or Benchwarmer? Relative Age, Cohort Size and Career Success in the NHL
Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Zhang, Tingting - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
would suggest. Second, career effects differ by relative age. Those born in early calendar months (January to April) are … percent over the course of an average career as compared to a small birth cohort counterpart. The loss in earnings is driven … calendar births. In short, those in the top echelon of NHL achievement are drawn from fatter cohorts and later relative age …
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Quietly They Die: A Study of Malnourishment Related Deaths in Mumbai City
Hatekar, Neeraj; Rode, Sanjay - eSocialSciences - 2010
. This sample was taken in November -December 2002. In the study incidence of malnourishment among children under the age of …
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