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Occupational Licensing and Non-Competition Agreements in US – Declining in dynamism, but attempts to reform often face stiff opposition
Labour market fluidity has declined substantially since the late 1990s and coincides with a period of sluggish productivity growth as discussed in Chapter 2. State-level labour market regulation contributes to some of the concerning lack of dynamism, notably occupational licensing and non-competition agreements, which both cover around one fifth of American workers. Labour market regulation … Continue reading
Skills – Occupational credentials as an alternative path to marketable human capital
Occupational credentials provide an additional and at times alternative path to formal education for individuals to demonstrate to employers and consumers their ability and qualifications. These take the form of licenses and certifications. However, the literature on the returns to credentials is inadequate, with prior research having limited causal identification relying on OLS regressions which … Continue reading
Skills, Employers and Grads – Job posting data to complement existing labour market information systems
What skills do employers seek in graduates?Using online job posting data to support policy and practice in higher educationEmployers increasingly reach job seekers through online job postings, particularly for jobs requiring a higher education qualification. Job postings available online provide a rich source of real-time and detailed data on the qualifications and skills sought by … Continue reading
Covid and Labour Demand in US Cities – Factors related to regional resilience
This paper presents a contemporary analysis of the labour market dynamics during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis that affected all facets of life across the world. Research that investigates previous economic crises shows that subnational regions react very differently to the same shock (Martin, 2012[6]) and that regional characteristics play a … Continue reading
Critical Thinking Skills – A development framework
The development of critical thinking as an essential skill in 21st-century learning is uncontested within educational and professional settings. The degree to which it is operationally defined, taught and assessed, however, is not well documented. This complicates efforts to develop critical thinking in learners, as well as devise intervention techniques and assessment tools. The ACER … Continue reading
Carrer Choice of Middle School Students – A small percentage of the students correctly knew the educational requirements
Students in school face a wide range of education and career choices, and given the importance of education and career decisions for life success, it is important that they make informed choices. This study examined students’ knowledge and sources of information about careers. In addition, the authors explored how students make career choices and who … Continue reading
Training and Subcontracting in Value Chains – The lower down, the more its position correlates with low levels of training
Subcontracting strategies in labour-intensive industries have escalated over the past forty years. They are reflected in the fragmentation and geographic dispersion of the activities that make up the so-called value chains. It is already known that these strategies tend to influence employees’ employment and working conditions. In addition, our results point to the existence of … Continue reading
Skills and the Future of Work – Forecasts of extremely rapid change are not based on empirical record
In this paper, existing evidence on levels of job skill requirements is examined to provide an understanding of historical trends and current levels. It also provides a frame of reference for evaluating predictions regarding future changes in job skill requirements. High levels of inequality accompanied by changes in technology, employment relations, and the global division … Continue reading
Education – To what degree are labor market outcomes all set by the end of lower secondary school?
To what degree are labor market outcomes all set by the end of lower secondary school? Does GPA from lower secondary school predict earnings and employment status 13 years later, or do factors related to socio economic status (SES) and un- observable personality traits matter more? Across nations, large proportions of younger birth cohorts obtain … Continue reading
Covid and Meeting for Work – People spent less time in meetings per day (-11.5 percent) in the post-lockdown period research finds
For all the anecdotes and speculation about working from home during the pandemic, there is still little systematic evidence about how employees have changed their day-to-day work activities as a consequence of these unexpected shocks. In particular, how have employees changed their patterns of digital communication — e.g., meetings and emails — to compensate for … Continue reading
COVID-19 Downturn in UK – What can previous recessions tell us ?
Understanding what we can and cannot learn from previous recessions is important for the current downturn- there are some similarities, but also some marked distinctions. The starkest difference is the occurrence of a discrete, immediate lockdown of some sectors. This contrasts with the archetypical recession in which economic activity slows down continuously, as firms shut … Continue reading
Older Workers – Ageist Language in Job Ads
We study the relationships between ageist stereotypes – as reflected in the language used in job ads – and age discrimination in hiring, exploiting the text of job ads and differences in callbacks to older and younger job applicants from a resume (correspondence study) field experiment. We develop and implement methods to explore the role … Continue reading
Soft Skills Perceptions Gap – Employees seem to regard their skills more highly than do their employers
Purpose: Previous studies have shown that soft skills play a significant role in applicants’ employability and in the job search, recruitment, selection and hiring process. However, past research indicates a gap in perceptions of soft skills, between employees and employers. The present empirical research aims to explore this gap in perceptions and to suggest effective … Continue reading
Global Perspective on Home Working – In low-income countries, only one of every 26 jobs can be done from home
This paper presents new estimates of the share of jobs that can be performed from home. The analysis is based on the task content of occupations, their information and communications technology requirements, and the availability of internet access by country and income groupings. Globally, one of every five jobs can be performed from home. The … Continue reading
Skills and Wages – Employment has primarily increased in occupations where workers have larger-than-average endowments of verbal and technical abilities and social maturity
Abstract Using very detailed register data on cognitive abilities and productive personality traits for nearly all Swedish males at age 18, we show that employment in the recent past has shifted towards skill-intensive occupations. Employment growth is monotonically skill biased in relation to this set of general-purpose transferable skills, despite the well-known U-shaped (”polarizing”) relationship … Continue reading
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