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Training Policy and Employment Generation

Hodgson, David - In: International Journal of Manpower 12 (1991) 4, pp. 28-31

employment generation is reviewed. The focus is on evaluating current training schemes, which have evolved throughout the 1980s …

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Sample Selection in a Model of Female Labour Supply: An Alternative Approach

Kidd, Michael P. - In: International Journal of Manpower 14 (1993) 1, pp. 11-21

Suggests an alternative and computationally simpler approach of on‐random sampling of labour economics and represents an observed outcome of an individual female′s choice of whether or not to participate in the labour market. Concludes that there is an alternative to the Heckman two‐step...

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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 … suggest that applicants would prefer to join organizations that do not include employment‐at‐will statements in the … of company concern regarding its employees would significantly influence their views of an employment …

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Methodology for Determining the ″Promotion Lines″ and ″Ports of Entry″ of an Industrial Internal Labour Market

Diaz‐Perez, Flora Maria - In: International Journal of Manpower 14 (1993) 1, pp. 40-58

Reports a study of a Canary Island “internal labour market” (a transnational cigarette manufacturer) analysing its promotion ladders and ports of entry. Results reflect the importance an employee attaches to years of service in a firm and describes the general characteristics of the internal...

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Labour Market Changes in a Local Area, 1988‐1990

Lawrence, Peter; Rosenthal, Leslie - In: International Journal of Manpower 14 (1993) 1, pp. 59-72

Presents the results of a research project aimed at examining the changes in the characteristics of a sample of the unemployed in a local area, over a two‐year period during which the unemployment rate fell by 40 per cent. The databases used were two large‐scale surveys of registered...

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Evaluating Employment and Training Programmes: Lessons from the USA

Maynard, Rebecca A. - In: International Journal of Manpower 14 (1993) 2, pp. 94-104

Provides a review of the methodologies used to evaluate various US‐implemented employment and training programmes …

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Coping with Labour Discontent: Strategies of Hong Kong Companies

Yam, Stephen C.; Yam, Phoebe W. - In: International Journal of Manpower 14 (1993) 5, pp. 87-97

In recent years, Hong Kong has experienced a very low unemployment rate. Labour shortage and turnover has become a major problem for the management of the Hong Kong companies. Better education and changing environment create discontent among workers. Investigates how the companies in Hong Kong...

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Job Search by Unemployed School‐leavers: The Use of the Careers Service during a Recession

Bradley, Steve - In: International Journal of Manpower 14 (1993) 6, pp. 23-38

use more direct methods of search. The latter group, it is argued, find employment the quickest. Investigates the extent …

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Minimum Wages – Again!

Freeman, Richard B. - In: International Journal of Manpower 15 (1994) 2/3, pp. 8-25

Looks at the role of the minimum in wage setting and how it differs among countries and over time. Discusses the differing attributes of minimum wages and their pluses and minuses.

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Minimum Wages and Employment

Dickens, Richard; Machin, Stephen; Manning, Alan - In: International Journal of Manpower 15 (1994) 2/3, pp. 26-48

Presents a theoretical approach to analysing the effects of minimum wages on employment which is intended to conform … effects of minimum wages on employment. The model has the desirable property of not only allowing for the negative effect … pieces of work. Examines the employment effects of the industry‐level system of minimum wages which operated in the UK until …

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