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Canada / Mobility for work at highest level
The number of Canadian workers migrating between provinces in search of jobs has hit its highest level in almost 25 years, according to a Bank of Montreal analysis Continue reading
Young in US / Mobility hits 50-year low
U.S. mobility for young adults has fallen to the lowest level in more than 50 years as cash-strapped 20-somethings shun home-buying and refrain from major moves in a weak job market Continue reading
Canada’s Skills Gap / 88% of respondents ready to acquire new skills and 38% ready to relocate Hays finds
Canadian workers are beginning to respond to Canada’s well-known and continually growing talent shortage and skills mismatch by retraining themselves for in-demands jobs Continue reading
Tempering the mobility-dampening effects of safety net policies with lump-sum unemployment payments
There is no reason to believe that the culture of the low-skilled native-born population is an insuperable obstacle to geographical mobility Continue reading
Germany / A call for An United European Labor Market
German Labor Minister Ursula von der Leyen said she’ll push to create a Europe-wide labor market with common training, mutually recognized qualifications and language classes Continue reading
Canada / People don’t want to move out of province Bank Canada research finds
In theory, this need not be a crippling blow for the national economy. In the above scenario, rational Ontarians should follow the money and migrate to Alberta to take advantage of the boom times. But as a team of Bank Canada economists remind in an excellent new study (pdf), Canada doesn’t really work this way. … Continue reading
Unemployment benefits should encourage geographic mobility
Americans have always been willing to move to look for better economic opportunities, and this willingness to relocate is a big factor in U.S. prosperity. Yet while everyone is free to move to look for a better life, not everyone takes advantage of the opportunity to the same degree. Some overdue changes in unemployment insurance … Continue reading
India – Education: A necessary but not a sufficient basis for social mobility
“ Has wider access to education increased social mobility in India? writes Hasan Suroor in Education is a necessary but not a sufficient basis for social mobility on thehindu.com. She interviews Oxford academic Craig Jeffrey, ‘a fellow and tutor in Geography at St. John’s College, who speaks fluent Hindi and Urdu’ and ‘who spent several … Continue reading
Implications of EU Enlargement for India-EU Labour Mobility
1 May, 2004 marked the fifth and the largest European Union enlargement, with accessions for 10 countries, eight of which were Eastern European. Following this, another round of enlargement took place in 2007, which gave Bulgaria and Romania EU member status. –The introduction of these new States to the EU opened up a whole new … Continue reading
US – How far would you travel to find work?
Joe Mako has used Tableau to plot unemployment relative to the national average for every US state between 1976 and 2012. The aptly named horizon chart represents values using both colour and dimensions. In this case orange and red shading indicate an unemployment rate above the national average, while shades of blue show the inverse. … Continue reading
India | Textile sector loses 100,000 workers to NREGA in 5 years
The country’s biggest man-made fibre industry in the city, which contributes to about 40 per cent of the nation’s man-made fabric demand, is facing an acute shortage of workers. A huge chunk of skilled workers from states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh employed in the weaving and processing sectors have shifted to … Continue reading
Co-Workers Get a Chance to Change Places – WSJ.com
Employers are mixing it up. Jobs, that is. Some U.S. businesses are giving employees the chance to complete a stint in a different department or temporarily swap places with a colleague overseas. Companies have long provided job rotations for higher level executives to give them a sense of how different departments operate, but now they … Continue reading
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