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Higher Education – How much do students pay and the public support they receive
OECD countries differ significantly in the way spending on tertiary education is shared between public and private sources of funding, and in the financial support they provide to students. Countries with high tuition fees tend to also be those where private entities other than households make a more significant contribution to funding tertiary institutions. By … Continue reading
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
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
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
Public Employment Service in Korea – A tendency to add new functions without reducing its current functions
The Job Centre faces some difficulties and challenges. Firstly, there has been controversy over the relationship between the Job Centre and other PES organizations. This includes the issue of the linkage between employment and welfare services. Secondly, staffing problems are embedded in the Job Centre due to the tensions and conflicts among staff caused by … Continue reading
Basic Income in Canada – The story of Manitoba’s Mincome trial (from 1975 to 1979)
Manitoba’s Mincome trial, which ran from 1975 to 1979, is being spoken of respectfully now because guaranteed income has so rarely been tested in a thoughtful way. Mincome was designed consciously as an experiment, applied in two theatres. In the city of Winnipeg, 1,187 households were randomly chosen to receive a “negative income tax,” and … Continue reading
France – Hollande won’t withdraw labor reform bill
French President Francois Hollande is standing firm on labor reforms which have angered his left-wing base, saying in a nationally-televised appearance Thursday that the government won’t withdraw a bill on the issue. The bill to relax the rules governing France’s 35-hour work week and layoffs has sparked weeks of protests and pushed ministers to repeatedly … Continue reading
Aging Finland – 34,000 immigrants needed instead of the current 18,000 in order to stop the decrease working-age population
Finland does not apply quotas or a points-based system to labour migration. Instead, Finland applies the determination of the availability of labour when issuing a residence permit for an employed person. However, the proportion of labour subject to the determination of the availability of labour is relatively low and the majority of labour uses other … Continue reading
Labour Market Reforms – ILO/IZA Conference on assessing its effects
The ILO invited a panel of leading experts in labour market, social and economic issues for a panel discussion which was moderated by the DG to discuss the transformational changes taking place in the world of work as part of the Future of Work initiative. Source: ILO/IZA Conference on “Assessing the Effects of Labour Market … Continue reading
New National Skills Strategy in Ireland – Skills demand in the economy, a report
In January 2016, the Government published a new National Skills Strategy – Ireland’s Future – which sets out the Government’s commitment to improving and using skills for sustainable economic growth. It outlines how Ireland can develop a well-skilled, adaptable workforce that contributes to, shares in, and benefits from opportunities of economic expansion. A critical success … Continue reading
New Zealand – An inquiry into “new models of tertiary education”
Some aspects of tertiary education in New Zealand have transformed nearly beyond recognition in just the last few decades – for example, the ability of nearly every student to access almost unlimited content in real time via the internet. Other aspects, such as a university lecture, would be readily recognisable to medieval scholars. The big … Continue reading
Employment Insurance in Canada – Five key changes
Last federal budget outlined multiple changes coming to the employment insurance program that combined will have a total cost this year of $1.02 billion and almost $1.45 billion next year. Here are five key changes: 1) The Liberals are promising to add five weeks of eligibility up to a maximum of 50 weeks of regular … Continue reading
$15 Minimum Wage Proposals in US – Pieces on the raging debate
The plans to raise the minimum wage to $15 in California and New York are ambitious and welcome at a time when the eroding value of the federal minimum wage means more and more working families can afford less and less. California’s minimum wage would reach $15 in 2023 for all employees and in 2022 … Continue reading
Youth Work Programmes across the EU – Valuable work skills such as responsibility, reliability, planning, problem solving and managing (but also entrepreneurial skills) can be gained
The expert group examined a wide range of initiatives involving youth work, across the EU, to support and promote the employability of young people. In doing so this report provides an insight and guidance for all those working with young people as to how the application of youth work principles and practice can support their … Continue reading
Wage Subsidies for Young People – Payroll tax reductions have moderate positive effect, targeted generous and long-lasting hiring subsidies can
Wage and hiring subsidy programmes have been part of the toolbox of Active Labour Market Programmes (ALMPs) for more than 30 years; the recent economic crisis has had a particularly detrimental effect on the labour market situation of youth and a number of European countries have introduced hiring subsidies as a means of fighting youth … Continue reading
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