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Michel Cournoyer
Unemployment in Europe’s Regions (2017) – Vary widely, from 1.7%, in Praha in the Czech Republic to 29.1% in Dytiki Makedonia in Greece
More than 80% of the NUTS 2 regions of the European Union (EU) saw their unemployment rate for persons aged 15-74 fall in 2017 compared with 2016, and around 60% recorded a decrease of at least 0.5 percentage points. However, regional unemployment rates continued to vary widely across the EU regions, with the lowest rates … Continue reading
Labor Migration – Employment protection legislation has the largest positive impact on the stock of high-skilled immigrants
• Population aging, technology-induced changes in labor demand as well as the recent refugee crisis have once again stirred continuous debates about the economic and social consequences of international labor migration in Europe and other developed countries. Proponents of international labor mobility highlight that migrants substantially contribute to the fiscal budget, provide well-needed skills and … Continue reading
L’Apprentissage en France – Les discriminations à l’accès
Le projet « Mesure et analyse des discriminations d’accès à l’apprentissage » a été mené de 2014 à 2017 par une équipe de chercheurs issus du Céreq et des laboratoires CERTOP, CLERSE et LPS-DT sous la direction scientifique de Prisca Kergoat. L’objectif du projet était de comprendre pourquoi certains jeunes potentiellement candidats à une formation … Continue reading
Insertion des jeunes en France – 20 ans d’enquêtes Génération
Sans prétendre à l’exhaustivité, une bonne partie des interrogations sociétales sur l’insertion des jeunes apparues dans les années 1990 n’ont fait que se renforcer et restent d’actualité. Ces évolutions, brossées ici à grands traits, marquent de leur empreinte les thématiques de l’insertion professionnelle abordées dans ce recueil, lequel se divise en quatre grandes parties. Depuis … Continue reading
Education in Europe – 39.9% of 30-34-year-olds have completed tertiary education and 10.6% of 18-24-year-olds out of education and training in 2017
Today, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, publishes the most recent data for the EU and its Member States on achievement against the two Europe 2020 education headline targets. One of Europe 2020 strategy’s targets is that at least 40% of 30-34-year-olds in the EU should have completed tertiary education by 2020. This … Continue reading
US – Employers have market power in many labor markets
Using data on the near-universe of online US job vacancies collected by Burning Glass Technologies in 2016, we calculate labor market concentration using the Herfindahl- Hirschman index (HHI) for each commuting zone by 6-digit SOC occupation. The average market has an HHI of 3,953, or the equivalent of 2.5 recruiting employers. 54% of labor markets … Continue reading
Fair Recruitment of Migrant Labour – ILO’s guidelines (video)
To tackle abusive and fraudulent recruitment practices, the ILO has developed general principles and operational guidelines for fair recruitment of migrant labour. This video shows guidelines that can be helpful specifically to governments in the recruitment process. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor.
Immigrants and PIAAC – If you are not satisfied with your country’s performance, don’t blame them
The international survey of adult skills, PIAAC, records large differences in numeracy and literacy skills between immigrants and non-immigrants. We examine how these differences relate to the countries’ average skills and skill rankings. Immigrants are defined by country of birth or in terms of languages spoken. For almost all countries, the differences in average skills … Continue reading
NEET in Europe – Reaching out
Low qualifications, disengagement from education and training, and long-term unemployment are interconnected phenomena and tend to cumulate throughout a person’s life. Missed chances in early childhood, school age and young adulthood may draw disadvantaged people into a cycle of social marginalisation with ever more scarring effects. Having failed to build adequate soft and technical skills, … Continue reading
The Future of Work in US – How to rebuild the links among work, opportunity, and economic security for all Americans in the face of accelerating change
The challenge facing the United States today is to rebuild the links among work, opportunity, and economic security for all Americans in the face of accelerating technological change. The world is in the midst of a transformation in the nature of work, as smart machines, artificial intelligence, new technologies, and global competition remake how people … Continue reading
The Declining Share of Manufacturing Jobs – The goal of supporting equitable growth would be better served by policy efforts to raise productivity across all sectors
The declining share of manufacturing jobs in overall employment has been a concern for policymakers and the broader public alike in both advanced economies and some developing economies. This concern stems from the widely held belief that manufacturing plays a unique role as a catalyst for productivity growth and income convergence and a source of … Continue reading
Deloitte’s 2018 Global Human Capital Trends – The rapid rise of the social enterprise
The 2018 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report showcases a profound shift facing business leaders worldwide: The rapid rise of what we call the social enterprise. This shift reflects the growing importance of social capital in shaping an organization’s purpose, guiding its relationships with stakeholders, and influencing its ultimate success or failure. WHAT IS A … Continue reading
Basic Income in Canada – Using the Ontario model would would cost between $76.0 billion and $79.5 billion
The total annual estimated gross cost of the defined GBI would range between $76.0 billion and $79.5 billion for the period 2018-2023. The guaranteed income for disability would range between $3.2 billion and $3.5 billion. PBO forecasts that more than 7.5 million people would benefit from the basic cost of GBI. Thus, on a per capita basis, the annual cost … Continue reading
Education – The private average global rate of return to one extra year of schooling is about 9 percent a year and very stable over decades
Returns to investment in education based on human capital theory have been estimated systematically since the 1950s. The concept of the rate of return on investment in education is very similar to that for any other investment. It is a summary of the costs and benefits of the investment incurred at different points in time, … Continue reading
Careers Within a Firm in US – Wage growth for young workers deteriorated substantially in the first decade of the 2000s
With falling labor market dynamism in the United States, opportunities within firms take on increasing importance in young workers’ career progression. Developing a variety of occupational ranking metrics, the author shows that occupational mobility within firms follows a standard life cycle pattern in which the frequency, distance, and wage return from mobility falls with age. … Continue reading
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