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Skills are not enough : the globalisation of knowledge and the future Uk economy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The UK’s policy response to globalisation centres on building a highly skilled population and competing in higher value market places: this is not enough.
Ashton, David   +2 more
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Job Vacancy Chains and Local Employment Creation; the Case of Supply-Side Restrictions [PDF]

open access: yes
The job-chains model of local labor market change is a demand-driven analytic device for estimating the effects of new job creation. This paper explores the effects of restricting supply, i.e. limiting job access, on the model’s primary outcomes: vacancy
Daniel Felsenstein, Joseph Persky
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Workplace stress experienced by contractor in Malaysian construction industry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Work pressure can be experienced by any of the parties and organizations within various sectors. The work pressure issue also can be found in the construction industry, as the orientation and the nature of the job lead toward work pressure, such as ...
Omar, Roshartini   +1 more
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Emotional dissonance and mental health among home-care workers: A nationwide prospective study of the moderating role of leadership behaviors

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
OBJECTIVES: Evidence suggests that emotional dissonance, the imbalance between true feelings and those displayed to meet work standards, heightens the risk of mental distress.
Håkon A Johannessen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fat Chance! Obesity and the Transition from Unemployment to Employment [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper focuses on estimating the magnitude of any potential weight discrimination by examining whether obese job applicants in Germany get treated or behave differently from non-obese applicants.
Caliendo, Marco, Lee, Wang-Sheng
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When do people want to retire? The preferred retirement age gap between Eastern and Western Europe explained

open access: yesStudies of Transition States and Societies, 2016
Debates surrounding working longer focus mainly on increasing legal and effective retirement ages, leaving the preferred retirement age largely overlooked.
Wouter de Tavernier, Ave Roots
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Unemployment Insurance in Developing Countries: The Case of Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes
Few developing countries have adopted an Unemployment Insurance (UI) program but the list of countries considering its implementation is growing.
François Gerard, Gustavo Gonzaga
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The dynamics of job creation and destruction for University graduates: why a rising unemployment rate can be misleading [PDF]

open access: yes
This study uses a longitudinal matched employer-employee data set on the Portuguese economy to analyze systematic information on job creation and job destruction for university graduates, comparing it to other groups of workers.
Ana Rute Cardoso, Priscila Ferreira
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