...Igor Jerzy Jakubiak Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary of empirical research on welfare magnetism and to assess the size and scope of the welfare magnet effect on the non-EU migrants in selected immigration countries of the European Union. Design/methodology/approach...

... female workers in a highly male-dominated culture. In addition, this study helps readers better understand childless single female workers’ WLC in a highly male-dominant culture. Gender Women workers Welfare Work-life conflict Work-life conflict (WLC) has received considerable attention...

...Kerstin Bruckmeier; Jürgen Wiemers Purpose International empirical evidence suggests that immigrants have a significantly higher risk than their native counterparts of being on welfare due to their observed characteristics. Nevertheless, it remains unclear if immigrants are also more prone to take...

... provides a new path to effective organisational management within the context of a diverse workforce, adding to the current debate on which dimensions of organisational justice contribute to improving employee well-being. Tourism Organizational justice Inclusion Employee well-being Welfare...

... the period 2000-2010. Apart from income differentials, unemployment rates and other standard variables hypothesized to determine immigration, the paper focusses attention on welfare-chasing as well as measures to enforce immigration policy. Using a variant of the gravity model, the paper investigates whether...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Determinants Welfare Immigration Unemployment Legislation Employment protection Collective bargaining J61 J50 F22 Do labour market institutions influence mobility decisions of migrants? Is there any interaction between...

...Eva Kopf Purpose Various types of short training programmes exist in Germany. This article aims to evaluate short training courses for welfare recipients and to detect which programme type works best with respect to different outcome indicators. Design/methodology/approach The author measures...

...Alan Barrett; Martin Kahanec; Klaus F. Zimmermann; Núria Rodríguez‐Planas Purpose Much of the literature on immigrants’ cash‐welfare benefits use has focused on countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants and with well‐established welfare states. The purpose of this paper...

...Alan Barrett; Martin Kahanec; Klaus F. Zimmermann; Michele Pellizzari Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the issue of welfare use by migrants in Italy and overcome the limitations of previous studies related to the quality of the data and to the high level of fragmentation...

...Alan Barrett; Martin Kahanec; Klaus F. Zimmermann; Alan Barrett; Corona Joyce; Bertrand Maître Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare the rates of receipt of welfare for immigrants and natives in Ireland, to see if the outcome is consistent with the operation of a policy which...

...Alan Barrett; Martin Kahanec; Klaus F. Zimmermann; Alan Barrett; Bertrand Maître Purpose In this paper, the authors aim to assess whether immigrants are more likely to receive welfare payments relative to natives across a range of European countries. They also seek to examine relative rates...

... Welfare state Immigration Welfare Europe The concept of immigrants taking advantage of the host state's welfare benefits and choosing host countries that offer generous welfare pervades much of the migration policy debate. Indeed, Borjas (1999) coins the term “magnet effect” of welfare...

... environment Employee wellbeing Work engagement Workplace bullying Inter‐organizational networks Workplace Welfare In recent years, there have been dramatic changes in the context in which work is performed. The process of globalization, advances in technology, increased competition, work...

...Neil Fraser This paper introduces the active labour market policies or job search policies in the UK known as the New Deal, a major part of the Labour Government's package of welfare‐to‐work policies. Topics covered include estimates of their overall impact on employment; their limited...

..., Paris . © MCB UP Limited 2000 Unemployment Inequality Deregulation Flexibility Welfare The articles that follow are a selection from the 6th National Conference on Unemployment, which was held in Newcastle, Australia, on 24‐25 September 1999. This was also the week when Broken...

.... The Government’s long‐term aim is to build on this experience and create a “work‐based welfare state” for all those of working age who receive state benefits. In conclusion, the paper highlights some of the weaknesses of the new strategy and draws out the implications that existing evaluations of active labour...

...Tindara Addabbo; Massimo Baldini Poverty dynamics and the ability of the Italian welfare system to reduce poverty are investigated by using the 1991‐1995 panel of the Bank of Italy’s Survey of Household Income and Wealth. Households most exposed to poverty live in the South, have a larger size...

... 1999 --> Corporate strategy Pay Welfare Contracts Trade unions Europe This book represents the culmination of a significant research effort by the authors on the effects and implications of corporatism on wage structures which they have combined into a coherent and logically...

... attention to the impact of increased import penetration. Finally it discusses the consequences for public funding of welfare, investment in education and training, and the emergence of a permanent labour surplus economy. Increasing unemployment and falling wage levels can result from changes in the demand...

... in the 1980s is likely to have reduced employment levels, especially for youths and the unskilled[ 4 ]. Benefits Collective bargaining Income Labour costs Low pay Market economy Minimum wage Unemployment Welfare Young people Towards the end of the 1980s, as unemployment started to come...