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Michel Cournoyer
Minimum Wage – Any evidence of a negative employment effect is not robust
There is a huge body of empirical research on the employment effect of the minimum wage that has failed to clearly demonstrate the negative effect that so many economists strongly believe to find. This paper reviews the reasons for this and argues that the literature needs to re-focus to further our knowledge on the topic. … Continue reading
Working Time in US – Increased by 20 percent between 1969 and 2000 for couples
Economists predicted that as we became more prosperous we would choose to work fewer hours. That hasn’t happened. Instead we have kept on working at about the same pace as we did earlier in our history, but have poured all of the gains from productivity growth into ever-higher levels of consumption – bigger houses, more … Continue reading
Jacob Riis, Pioneering Photographer, the slums of New York City
If ever a photographer changed the course of history, it was Jacob A. Riis, a Danish-born immigrant to the United States who found his life’s most important work in the slums of New York City. See : News from the Library of Congress Jacob Riis, Pioneering Photographer | News Releases – Library of Congress
Cyberbullying in the Workplace – What HR can do
Experts say there is no one approach to ending or preventing cyberbullying. The most promising strategies generally fall into four major categories: Changes to the organization and its culture. Strategies to help strengthen individual managers and leaders. Support services for the targets of bullying. Accountability measures to coach, counsel and discipline bullies. “HR is usually the first point … Continue reading
Career Education in Atlantic Canada – A report submitted to the Council of Atlantic Ministers of Education and Training
Canada’s youth unemployment continues to be disproportionately elevated, our student summer jobless rate has hit the highest level since data has been collected and our youth underemployment rates are the second highest among OECD countries as far too many young adults are caught in precarious, non-permanent jobs that are not commensurate with their education. The … Continue reading
Industrial Production in Euro Area (March 2016) – Down by 0.8%
In March 2016 compared with February 2016, seasonally adjusted industrial production fell by 0.8% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.5% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In February 2016 industrial production fell by 1.2% in the euro area and by 1.0% in the EU28. … Continue reading
Middle Class in US – Losing ground in metropolitan areas
The American middle class is losing ground in metropolitan areas across the country, affecting communities from Boston to Seattle and from Dallas to Milwaukee. From 2000 to 2014 the share of adults living in middle-income households fell in 203 of the 229 U.S. metropolitan areas examined in a new Pew Research Center analysis of government … Continue reading
Job Vacancy in Canada (fourth quarter 2015) – Lowest rate in Quebec
Canadian employers reported 353,000 job vacancies in the fourth quarter, and the job vacancy rate was 2.3%. Job vacancy rates across CanadaBritish Columbia had the highest job vacancy rate at 2.8%, followed by Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Yukon, which all had job vacancy rates of 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Quebec posted the lowest rate at 1.6%. Chart 1 – Job … Continue reading
Skills – The economic value of literacy and numeracy
Even in OECD countries, where an increasing proportion of the workforce has a university degree, the value of basic skills in literacy and numeracy remains high. Indeed, in some countries the return for such skills, in the form of higher wages, is sufficiently large to suggest that they are in high demand and that there … Continue reading
Talent Recruiters Skills – The critical ones
Finding top recruiters is harder today than it was just two years ago, according to three talent leaders who spoke during a panel discussion May 3 at the Human Capital Institute’s Strategic Talent Acquisition Conference. But knowing what attributes to look for in new recruiter hires and what competencies to develop in existing staff can … Continue reading
Infrastructure Investment in US – A prominent role in the labor market
As the U.S. labor market continues to gain momentum, concerns over wage stagnation and income inequality persist, especially at a regional level. In response, many public, private, and civic leaders across a variety of metropolitan areas are forging new collaborations and launching innovative strategies to support greater economic opportunity. Infrastructure investment represents a key priority … Continue reading
Skills Gap in US – Widening ?
Something isn’t clicking in the US labor market. On Tuesday, the latest “Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey” (JOLTS) showed there were 5.757 million jobs available in the US in March — a near record. Additionally, the number of unemployed people in the US per job open is down to prerecession levels at about 1.5 … Continue reading
Job Seekers with Disabilities – How Accessible Is Your Recruiting Technology?
Challenges for Job Seekers The Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology (PEAT) survey found that 46 percent of respondents rated their last experience applying for a job online as “difficult to impossible.” Of those, 9 percent were unable to complete the application and 24 percent required assistance from the employer. Of those applicants who required … Continue reading
Public Employment Service (PES) in Colombia – Increases the probability of having a formal job
Active labour market policies (ALMPs) have gained increasing importance in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) since the beginning of the 2000s as helpful policy instruments to sustain productive employment. This reflects a policy shift by governments in the region to complement traditional interventions aimed at poverty reduction (such as conditional cash transfers, CCTs), with … Continue reading
VET in Europe – Policies addressing early leaving from education and training
Conditions for policy learning and mainstreaming measures tackling early leaving Cedefop has identified five key conditions in measures and policies that have proved to be successful. The policy messages linked to each of these (highlighted in green below) were discussed with Member States representatives. Leadership and commitment over time A high level of commitment by … Continue reading
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