Pensions and Training Economic analysis of private pensions commonly assumes that incentives for long tenure and early retirement enhance workforce productivity. An implication of the productivity theory of pensions is that workers who receive job training are more likely to be covered. We test this prediction with data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). We find a strong positive relatio...

This paper will highlight on how HR managers can meet the challenges of workforce diversity, how to motivate employees and retain them to become factor of success for an organization. With the change in competitive market environment, the role of HR in organizations is evolving and it plays a strategic role in the success of an organization. Employee commitment, productivity and retention issue...

Present study aims to investigate the influence of ICTs dimensions (Information Technology (IT), Management Information System (MIS), Office automation (OA), Intranet and Internet) on workforce productivity for a group of industrial organizations in Alexandria Egypt. The population of the study was managers and staff members working in different areas related to ICTs in the selected industrial ...

T he high level of technological innovation required for a strong national economy and defense is only achievable with a highly productive engineering workforce. In this country, the widely reported decline in the number of US students graduating in STEM disciplines strongly suggests that the US lead in innovation could be in jeopardy.1 Changing demographics in the US engineering workforce exac...

BACKGROUND Increasing demand for baccalaureate-prepared nurses has led to rapid growth in the number of baccalaureate-granting programs, and to concerns about educational quality and potential effects on productivity of the graduating nursing workforce. We examined the association of individual productivity of a baccalaureate-prepared nurse with the ranking of the degree-granting institution. ...

As in many European countries, labour productivity in the UK has been stagnant since the start of the Great Recession. This paper uses individual data on employment and wages to try to understand whether real wage flexibility can help shed light on the UK’s productivity puzzle. It finds, perhaps unsurprisingly, that workforce composition cannot explain the reduction in wages and hence productiv...

A growing population in which every successive cohort is larger than the preceding one will, in general, be characterized by a youthful, progressive age structure. This relation between cohort growth and age structure is not only valid for the total population but also for the working-age population. Positive cohort growth rates lead to an age profile dominated by young adults, whereas negative...

Microeconomic reforms were introduced from the mid-1980s to stem the slippage in growth in Australia’s productivity and living standards. Productivity growth more than doubled in the 1990s to reach a record high. A range of possible explanations for the productivity surge are examined in the paper. The three most plausible are microeconomic reforms; education and skills in the workforce; and th...