.... Employment Economics Transgender Propensity Score Matching Labour market Discrimination in employment A1 D72 J01 J15 J16 J18 Issues are emerging in our current political governance and actions related to individuals who identify as transgender (e.g. military service, gender bathroom...

...-compulsory schooling decision, as well as relaxing the restrictive IIA assumption inherent in the MNL across multiple unordered outcomes, an issue the authors discuss in more detail in the Methodology section below. Second, the analysis is based on extremely rich socio-economic data from the Longitudinal...

... to the results from previous studies on developed economies. Following the labour economics literature, in order to determine the effects of obesity (BMI) on employment (EPL), wage rate (lnw), and the number of sick-leave days (SLD), and to formalize the causal relationships discussed, we formulate...

... to be positively related to probabilities of employment after graduation (Biggeri et al., 2001). Education levels and occupational status of parents were both found strong significant and positive predictors of graduates’ employment (Biggeri et al., 2001). Job satisfaction Economics...

.... The economic conditions that give rise to the growth of day labor include, inter alia, rapid industrial restructuring and worker dislocation from sectors of the economy that previously provided ample employment opportunities; the breakdown of firms' internal labor markets and increasing reliance...

... management Economics Russia The persistence of high unemployment is a major challenge for any society, and the problem becomes particularly acute in transition economies where unemployment was virtually non‐existent 15 years ago. The social costs of unemployment could be reflected in terms...

... Labour Economics Labour market Government policy Employment services Sweden The resources (inputs) of the employment service consist of placement officers, counsellors, senior clerical officers, other staff and local resources. The work of an employment office can be divided into two areas...

... to evaluate the economic costs of work and family programs and to identify the mechanisms whereby work and family programs result in improved productivity. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Economics Productivity rate Labour market Family friendly organizations United States of America...

...Jean‐Louis Rullière; Marie‐Claire Villeval Introduces the special issue on personnel economics and outlines the themes discussed in the papers contained within. Personnel economics is a relatively new field, emerging about 25 years ago. The first special issue devoted to personnel economics...

... that, for experienced practitioners of labour economics, a wide range of views is likely to be of interest. However, the categorisation of the chapters into five separate sections often seems arbitrary and rather forced, with chapters 3, 4 and 7 seemingly added in an attempt to provide some structure...

...Chiang Kao One question of interest to many researchers in the area of labour studies and to policy makers at different levels is whether labour standards have an impact on national competitiveness. This book was written under the request of the President of the Organization for Economic Co...

... a student with dependants). Economics Higher Education Quantitative method Students United Kingdom The objectives of this paper are to consider the differing job search methods used by university students seeking summer vacation employment and to examine their intensity of use...

...Geraint Johnes; David Sapsford Presents a brief overview of some recent analytical developments in the economic analysis of discrimination. Discusses a range of theoretical issues and reviews recent empirical evidence. A more promising alternative approach which has gained popularity in recent...

... elasticities of teenage employment to the minimum than those in the Brown et al. review[e.g. 13 ; 14 , footnote 12 ]. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Economics Employment Income Low pay Minimum wage Standard of living Tax Unemployment Welfare Despite the harsh judgement...

.... The data are taken from the 1986 Social and Economic Life Survey of 6,110 individuals in six local labour markets using a matched employer‐employee sample. Gender is the most important variable but women, as men, can improve their relative positions by acquiring human capital. Variables inducing...

... that the eradication of bias in evaluations of training is the key problem issue. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Economics Evaluation Training International Journal of Manpower 14,2/3 4 Key Issues in the Economics of Training Robert McNabb and Keith Whitfield Cardiff Business School, University of Wales...