Job Market Monitor
Michel Cournoyer
US – The disappearing male worker
With unemployment at 3.8 percent, its lowest level in many years, the labor market seems healthy. But that number hides a perplexing anomaly: The percentage of men who are neither working nor looking for work has risen substantially over the past several decades. The issue, in economist’s jargon, is labor force participation. When the Bureau … Continue reading
Transition from Full-Time Education to Full-Time Work – Four factors that can accelerate it
The transition to adulthood has traditionally been marked by the completion of key milestones such as completing school and further study, leaving home and becoming financially independent. The prospect of a good job that pays a fair wage has been key to Australia’s promise to our young people and their future prosperity. Work has long … Continue reading
Job Vacancies in Europe (QI, 2018) – 2.1%, up from 2.0%
The job vacancy rate in the euro area (EA19) was 2.1% in the first quarter of 2018, up from 2.0% recorded in the previous quarter and from 1.9% in the first quarter of 2017, according to figures published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the EU28, the job vacancy rate was … Continue reading
Training in Digital Companies in France – Most digital companies use classes and courses (82%) and work-based training (61%)
How do digital companies make use of the various types of initial and continuing training in order to meet the need to keep skills up to date? Analysis of the ‘companies’ strand of the French training and employee trajectory surveys (dispositif d’enquêtes sur les formations et itinéraires des salariés or Defis) reveals their willingness to … Continue reading
Les formations obligatoires en France – En 2014, 63 % des entreprises ont financé de la formation obligatoire : la dépense la plus fréquente
Les formations obligatoires et réglementaires constituent la dépense la plus fréquente des entreprises en matière de formation. En 2014, 63 % des entreprises ont financé de la formation obligatoire, dont 47 % en hygiène et sécurité et 48 % en autres habilitations ou certifications réglementaires. Ces formations qui prennent une part importante dans l’accès à la formation continue … Continue reading
Job Report in EU (QI, 2018) – Employment up by 0.4% but Industrial production down by 0.9% in April 2018
The number of persons employed increased by 0.4% in both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28 in the first quarter of 2018 compared with the previous quarter, according to national accounts estimates published byEurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the fourth quarter of 2017, employment increased by 0.3% in the euro … Continue reading
Intelligence Artificielle et les Québécois – Le Baromètre CIRANO
LES QUÉBÉCOIS MOINS INQUIETS POUR LEUR PROPRE EMPLOI QUE POUR LE MARCHÉ DU TRAVAIL ET PRÊTS À SE FORMER POUR S’ADAPTER AUX CHANGEMENTS TECHNOLOGIQUES « Le développement de l’IA entraînera inévitablement la redéfinition ou la suppression de certains emplois mais il en créera aussi de nouveaux, affirme Nathalie de Marcellis-Warin, coauteure de l’étude, professeure à Polytechnique … Continue reading
Future of Work – Why Countries Need New Job Creation Strategies
China continues to report robust urban job growth that outpaces growth in the country’s labor force—despite a slowdown in economic expansion. By contrast, employment in India grew by only 1.4% per year from 2000 through 2016—despite a compound annual growth rate of 7.2% for the country’s GDP. And in some countries, including Germany and the … Continue reading
Gender Occupational Segregation in US – Continues to hover near 50 percent
A deeper examination of women and men’s labor market outcomes reveals another important way that gender disparities still manifest: the separation of men and women into different occupations. Women still tend to work in very different jobs than men, and occupational segregation has changed little over the last two decades, as shown in the figure … Continue reading
Digital Skills Gap in the EU – Two fifths of the EU workforce have little or no digital skills
Information and communications technologies (ICT) play an increasingly important role in our professional and private lives, and digital competence is of growing importance for every individual. In the future, nearly all jobs will require digital skills. However, European Commission figures show that two fifths of the EU workforce have little or no digital skills. In … Continue reading
AI impact on Jobs in US – Brookings survey finds worries
To examine attitudes towards AI, researchers at the Brookings Institution undertook an online national survey of 1,535 adult Internet users between May 9 and May 11, 2018. There has been considerable controversy over the workforce impact of AI and whether it will create new jobs or reduce the number of jobs. When asked about the … Continue reading
The Future of Work – We are moving away from traditional manufacturing, even away from traditional services
An interview with economist Christopher Pissarides What we are seeing now are probably some of the biggest changes in labor markets we have seen for a very long time. Of course, if you put it into historical perspective, they are not quite as big as 200 years ago, when the economy was urbanizing. Those were … Continue reading
Low Pay in Britain – Companies with 5,000 or more workers employ 28 per cent of all low-paid people
Since 2011, the Resolution Foundation has published an annual review. This year’s report – the eighth edition of Low Pay Britain, based on pay data from April 2017 – documents the headline trends shaping the low-paid end of the labour market today and highlights the new challenges policymakers should be addressing. The report identifies three … Continue reading
Gender Gap of Full-Time and Part-Time in UK – Working part-time after childbirth hold back women’s wages
Gender differences in rates of full-time and part-time paid work after childbirth are an important driver of differences in hourly wages between men and women. This is because they affect the amount and type of labour market experience that men and women build up, and this experience affects the hourly wage levels they can command. … Continue reading
Greening With Jobs – Action to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius will result in sufficient job creation to more than offset job losses of 6 million elsewhere
According to the ILO report “World Employment and Social Outlook 2018: Greening with Jobs”, action to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius will result in sufficient job creation to more than offset job losses of 6 million elsewhere. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at World Employment and Social Outlook: Greening with … Continue reading
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