BACKGROUND We examined whether higher effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and lower job control are associated with exit from the labour market. METHODS There were 1263 participants aged 50-74 years from the English Longitudinal Study on Ageing with data on working status and work-related psychosocial factors at baseline (wave 2; 2004-2005), and working status at follow-up (wave 5; 2010-2011). Psyc...

The Labour Market Characteristics and Labour Market Impacts of Immigrants in Ireland The purpose of this paper is two-fold. We firstly produce a labour market profile of non-Irish immigrants who arrived in Ireland in the ten years to 2003. We then go on to use the labour market profile in estimating the impact of immigration (non-Irish) on the Irish labour market. Immigrants are shown to be a h...

Gender gaps in educational access, schooling quality and labour market outcomes are pervasive in Pakistan. This brief discusses the findings of three recent studies in Pakistan that highlight the role of education in improving individual productivity, increasing earnings, bringing people out of poverty and providing a pathway to gender equality in the labour market. The papers note the policy i...

A Flexicurity Labour Market in the Great Recession: The Case of Denmark Flexicurity labour markets are characterised by flexible hiring/firing rules, generous social safety net, and active labour market policies. How can such labour markets cope with the consequences of the Great Recession? Larger labour shedding is to be expected and this strains the social safety net and increases the demands...

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Here, the educational and labour market characteristics of Mexican dentists are revised. Dentistry is a health profession that has been scarcely studied in developing countries. This analysis attempts to understand the relationships and gaps between the supply and demand of dentists in the country. Around 5000 new dentists graduate every year looking for a place in the ...

The notion that Canada’s chronic unemployment problem is due in large part to labour institutions and social policies which have made our labour market too “inflexible” has gained wide currency in both academic and policy circles. As a result, proposals intended to enhance labour-market flexibility have attracted top billing in recent Canadian discussions regarding employment strategy and socia...

In flexible labour markets the individual employment prospects over the life cycle increasingly depend on the readiness to be mobile and to undertake occupational changes as well as life-long learning. However, continuous adaptation to changing demands on the labour market holds the risk of discontinuities in employment biographies which can have a negative impact on old-age incomes. From a soc...

We investigate the interaction between labour and credit market imperfections for the determination of equilibrium unemployment within the framework of the "right-tomanage" approach. Our analysis highlights the critical role of labour mobility for the evaluation of the employment implications of intensified credit market competition. Without labour mobility increased bargaining power of banks w...

This Time It’s Different? Youth Labour Markets During ‘The Great Recession’ This paper looks at the effects of the ‘Great Recession’ on young people’s labour market experiences in the European Union. The paper documents some of the key characteristics of young people’s labour market experiences during the current recession and then seeks to provide some explanations of these applying both cross...

This paper examines the economic status and labour supply of older workers in Chile. It examines the extent to which the labour market is an important source of economic risk diversification for older workers and their households, and the influence of alternative sources: the family, social security, and accumulated assets. The main findings are firstly that there are important differences by a...