... factors influencing workers to leave. Practical implications Policies need to consider how to make workers want to stay and address the issues that make workers leave the aged care sector. Social implications Results of this study can be used to develop more relevant labour and migration policies...

... labour market, and a variety of econometric methodologies was applied. Findings This finding contradicts most articles published on the subject and corroborates the theoretical argument that women tend to be more risk-averse than men in the rates of labour turnover. Research limitations...

...” and “expenditure on children’s education and health” across castes and religion. The sample is relatively homogeneous in terms of socio economic status, but differs in affiliation to castes and religion. Findings As a result of participating the labor force through MNREGA, the contribution of women...

... the labour market performances of rural-urban migrants. The labour market performances are measured by the occupational (work) statuses and earnings (wages) at destination. Design/methodology/approach The determinants of post-migration education are estimated using a binary probit and ordinary least...

... implications Part-time farming may be a lifestyle decision, but apparently is not economically optimal for most farms. Originality/value The contribution solves an apparent contradiction between the discourses inside and outside agriculture. Social welfare Labour Agricultural economies In his...

... and the overall period. The results of the panel vector error correction model further attest to causal links between unskilled migrant worker presence and inward FDI in the short- and long run. Bidirectional causality between inward capital and labour flows is present in the first sub-period and unidirectional...

...Maria Gabriella Campolo; Antonino Di Pino; Ester Lucia Rizzi Purpose Lack of robustness of findings characterizes the empirical studies about the effect of the transition to parenthood on partners’ labour division. In this analysis, the purpose of this paper is to solve these problems through...

... in the workplace on the job satisfaction, unemployment rates and the level of segregation. The economic literature on discrimination against various groups is vast. Since Becker’s (1957) seminal work, the subject has been a primary research interest of labor economists. There is ample anecdotal and case...

... multiple linear regression and Heckit. Findings – Religious females are found to receive a premium over their labour earnings, through the frequency of private-prayer while the same dimension of religiosity penalizes males’ mean wage. The by-gender impact slightly widens for the subsample...

... states and union territories in 2002-2003. The well-known inverse relationship between crop yields per unit area cultivated and size of holdings in the Indian context has been attributed to several factors like more intensive labour use on smaller farms vis-à-vis the larger farms cultivated...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Gender Development Labour One major concern about gender differences in the labour market has been the unequal distribution of occupation between females and males and the implication it has for earnings differences between the two sexes...

... for advancement compared to other sectors. Employment Gender Labour Nonprofit The nonprofit sector is an increasingly important part of the economy. Nonprofit organizations play a crucial role in providing individuals with services in health care, education, recreation, and the arts in many...

... Human capital Labour Signalling Graduate employment Graduate unemployability This paper is about the economic role of higher education (HE). For many years there have been two competing theories: human capital theory and the signalling hypothesis. Human capital theory contends that HE...

...Devanto Shasta Pratomo Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of a change in minimum wage on hours worked of paid employment in Indonesia. This study used the Indonesian Labor Force Survey (Sakernas) data from 1996 to 2003. Design/methodology/approach – This study...

...), parental education and household income, respectively. Practical implications The results obtained in this paper are of interest to policy makers seeking to design policies that increase school outcome and reduce child labor. Originality/value The paper contributes to the limited empirical...

...Nelly‐Eleni Pavlidou; Persefoni V. Tsaliki; Ioannis N. Vardalachakis Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the open, theoretical debate upon the effects of technical change on the production and labor process. Design/methodology/approach The “optimistic” approach, which connects...

... to society to insure a readily available, low wage, labor force. Social implications The provided information regarding the impact of poverty on society and the individual could aid in the development of government and corporate solutions. Solutions for poverty could be enhanced and employed more...

...Ambreen Fatima; Humera Sultana Purpose Several studies have provided empirical evidence that female labor force participation rate exhibits a U‐shape during the process of economic development. The purpose of this paper is to explore the existence of U‐shape relationship in the case of Pakistan...

...Rasheda Khanam Purpose The objective of this paper is to understand better the determinants of child labour and schooling in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses data from a survey based in rural Bangladesh and considers the children aged 5‐17 years living in rural...

...Augendra Bhukuth; Jérôme Ballet Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight that child labour is complementary to adult labour in the brick kiln industry. Design/methodology/approach The paper presents a case study of bonded labourers in the brick kiln industry of Southeast India...