High-Tech Employment and State Economic Development Policies

State of Black Omaha, 1988: Employment and Economic Development

Education, Employment and Economic Development in Pakistan

The ‘new growth theory’ has been highly influential in explaining the differences in the economic performance of developing countries. Economic backwardness is highly linked to low labor efficiency and training, deficient supplies of entrepreneurship and slow growth in knowledge. The countries that have surged ahead, on the other hand, are characterized by high level of human capital accumulati...

Farewell to Maternalism? State Policies and Mothers’ Employment

Across the rich, developed democracies of Western Europe, North America, and the Antipodes, we are in the midst of changes in gendered policy logics from supporting women as full-time caregivers to requiring and supporting employment for all, or a series “farewells to maternalism.” Whether these changes are “women-friendly”— for some or all women—depends very much on how state support for careg...

- Adolescents ’ School Enrollment and Employment : Effects of State Welfare Policies

In this study we test the hypothesis that stringent state welfare policies promote adolescents’ enrollment and reduce their employment. The underlying mechanisms operate in the larger society, the local labor market and the family, particularly for adolescents from low-income families. We use static and dynamic models and separate out welfare policies from non-welfare state policies, youth-spec...

Assessment of Employment Status in Fourth and Fifth Economic, Social and Cultural Development Plans

Achieving a low unemployment rate has been the goal of all six post-revolutionary development programs as well as other major macro programs. However, the Iranian economy has experienced an average unemployment rate of 10 to 15 percent in recent decades, with no declining trend, so searching about the created employment is essential for proper future policy making. The present study analyzes th...