Labor category: 1449 books
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
The publication is produced by the OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme based on official statistics. The 2017 edition features a new trends chapter, which also introduces recent developments related to the emergence of the "gig economy" and the use of digital tools by micro-enterprises.
Ageing and Employment Policies: United States 2018
Working Better with Age and Fighting Unequal Ageing
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
In the United States, employment rates at older ages are comparatively high at 62% among 55-64 year-olds against 59% on average in OECD countries in 2016. However, there are large disparities across population groups. Early retirement remains a widespread phenomenon, especially among workers from...
The Missing Entrepreneurs 2017
Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
The Missing Entrepreneurs 2017 is the fourth edition in a series of publications that examine how public policies at national, regional and local levels can support job creation, economic growth and social inclusion by overcoming obstacles to business start-ups and self-employment by people from disadvantaged...
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
This publication focuses on business dynamics across eight countries (Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom) and over time, building upon the evidence collected in the framework of the OECD DynEmp project for 22 countries. It provides new evidence on firms’...
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2018
This study analyses the relationship between skills and labour market outcomes in Chile with a specific focus on disadvantaged groups: youth, women and the low-skilled. It examines the proficiency of the Chilean population in literacy, numeracy and problem solving in a technological-rich environment...
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2018
Korea faces unique ageing and employment challenges. On the one hand, it will experience much faster population ageing than any other OECD country: the old-age dependency ratio (population aged 65+ over population aged 15-64), for example, is projected to increase from 20% today to around 70% in 2050....
Better Neighbors
Toward a Renewal of Economic Integration in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
This book proposes a renewal of 'Open Regionalism' in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) aimed at achieving the region's goals of high growth with stability. The LAC region experienced a growth spurt with equity during the first decade of the 21st Century. It is well understood that an unsustainable...
Better Use of Skills in the Workplace
Why It Matters for Productivity and Local Jobs
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017
This joint OECD-ILO report provides a comparative analysis of case studies focusing on improving skills use in the workplace across eight countries. The examples provide insights into the practical ways in which employers interact with government services and policies at the local level. They highlight...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
This collection describes the changing structure of employment during the period of robust employment expansion that preceded the credit crunch and features contributions from a team of leading labour market researchers from Europe and the United States.
The Gift of Global Talent
How Migration Shapes Business, Economy & Society
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
The global race for talent is on, with countries and businesses competing for the best and brightest. Talented individuals migrate much more frequently than the general population, and the United States has received exceptional inflows of human capital. This foreign talent has transformed U.S. science...
Women in Business
Theory and Cases
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2016
This book combines theory, empirical research, and practical, international case studies to provide students with a comprehensive resource that demonstrates theories on gender alongside their operation in everyday workplace situations.
Reeves’s new edition provides a thorough review of issues...
Young Adult Women, Work and Family
Living a Contradiction
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Die Erfolgsmethode
Die Strategien für Erfolg, Geld & Macht - Ein Garant für ein besseres Leben
Language: German
Release Date: December 7, 2017
Erfolg, Geld = Freiheit, dies entspricht einem Lebensstil, den wir uns fast alle wünschen. Wenn Sie ein Mensch sind, der dieses Ziel erreichen möchte, dann ist die Erfolgsmethode der Ratgeber erster Stunde. Erkunden Sie neue Wege, die Ihnen auf der Suche nach mehr Freiheit hilfreich sein werden....
Right to Work?
Assessing India's Employment Guarantee Scheme in Bihar
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
India's 2005 National Rural Employment Guarantee Act creates a justiciable 'right to work' by promising up to 100 days of wage employment per year to all rural households whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. Work is provided in public works projects at the stipulated minimum wage....