Following the release of the Intergenerational Report, the Australian Treasury identified the levers to address the economic effects of demographic ageing as ‘the three Ps’: population, participation and productivity. To date, the first ‘P’, population, has been treated as an exogenous factor, with the common view being that there is very little that the government can do to supplant demographi...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether measures derived from the SphygmoCor device and its associated transfer function are influenced by exercise-induced alterations in vascular tone. Measurements were taken from either the exercised or the contralateral nonexercised limb during repeated and identical incremental hand-grip protocols. Eight male subjects performed three 3-min bout...

Background: The modified WHO partograph is an inexpensive but valuable tool that provides a continuous pictorial overview of progress of labor. It helps to detect the abnormal progress of labor. It guides the obstetrician to decide about the need for augmentation of labor and helps to recognize prolong labour before obstruction occurs. Objectives: The objectives were to study the course of norm...

This study uses a longitudinal data source to investigate the effects of conflict-induced displacement on labour market outcomes for men and women aged 18-64 in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. We argue that the informal nature of the labour market makes it harder for the displaced to participate in the labour force, as refugees are not part of an informal network. We offer a measure of the imp...

Border regions are likely to play a critical role within the spatial dynamics initiated by the enlargement of the EU. This paper deals with the effects of integration on labour markets in border regions. Within the framework of different theoretical approaches, the effects of integration on labour markets in border regions are analysed. Furthermore, we investigate empirically the degree of labo...

This essay reflects on Robert W. Cox’s work on global production, labour, and labour governance, and considers how his insights might illuminate the present conjuncture for labour in production. I work with an understanding of that conjuncture as involving the rise to pre-eminence of global production networks (GPNs) and global value chains (GVCs) as the contemporary expression of the ongoing g...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of an algorithm for diagnosis of active labour in primiparous women with standard care in terms of maternal and neonatal outcomes. DESIGN Cluster randomised trial. SETTING Maternity units in Scotland with at least 800 annual births. PARTICIPANTS 4503 women giving birth for the first time, in 14 maternity units. Seven experimental clusters collected d...

In normal labour, the fetal head presents with the occiput in lateral position in early stages of labour followed by anterior rotation in advanced labour. Malpositions of fetal head result when the occiput persists in a lateral or posterior position while malpresentations occur due to extension of the fetal head causing brow or face to present. Malpresentations of fetal head are usually diagnos...

This paper examines the impact of political conditions on female labour force participation in case of Pakistan. The study covers the period of 1980-2010. We found the existence of cointegration between the variables. Democracy and government spending lowers labour female labour participation. Development spending increases female labour participation. This study opens up new insights for polic...

Experimental labour economics uses experimental techniques to improve our understanding of labour economics issues. We start by putting experimental data into perspective with the data-sets typically used by empirical labour economists. We then discuss several examples of how experiments can inform labour economics.