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The paper analyses the problem of a "skills shortage" in Australia. It begins with an analysis of the operation of a … skills shortage, why it persists, and then looks at evidence from Australia, in particular, the resource rich states of … Queensland and Western Australia over the past decade. It discusses possible employer responses to a skills shortage. Finally, it …
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Australia, focussing on differences by gender and educational pathways. It shows that skills under-utilisation also exhibits … one on the scarring effects of low pay, but the possibility that skills mismatch in the form of skills under … HILDA survey data to investigate the inter-related dynamics of unemployment, low pay and skills under-utilisation in …
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Australia, focussing on differences by gender and educational pathways. It shows that skills under-utilisation also exhibits … one on the scarring effects of low pay, but the possibility that skills mismatch in the form of skills under … HILDA survey data to investigate the inter-related dynamics of unemployment, low pay and skills under-utilisation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080141
Non-English Speaking, Backgrounds relative to the native-born population in Australia. Based on nine years of longitudinal …
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Measuring job quality across countries has been challenging and has relied typically on a single indicator, such as formality or wages. To contribute to this critical policy issue, this paper presents a first global estimate of job quality departing from microdata. It assembles a harmonized...
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Work-related stress has reportedly increased over time. Using worker-level survey data, we build a measure of work pressure strongly associated with adverse health outcomes. In line with theories of compensating differentials, work pressure comes with a sizable earnings premium, even within...
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Measuring job quality across countries has been challenging and has relied typically on a single indicator, such as formality or wages. To contribute to this critical policy issue, this paper presents a first global estimate of job quality departing from microdata. It assembles a harmonized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013373472
This review examines the concept of the quality of work and employment (QWE), including both 'Decent Work' and the narrower concept of 'job quality'. The key axiom is that 'quality' relates to the extent and manner in which working conditions meet people's needs from work. The review emphasises...
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In Germany, overtime work is a well-established instrument for varying working hours of employees and is of great importance for establishments as a measure of internal flexibility. However, not all employees are affected to the same degree by a variation of the work effort through overtime...
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In Germany, overtime work is a well-established instrument for varying working hours of employees and is of great importance for establishments as a measure of internal flexibility. However, not all employees are affected to the same degree by a variation of the work effort through overtime...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011299107