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Employment Changes (employment + change)
Selected AbstractsPOPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT CHANGES IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIAECONOMIC PAPERS: A JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND POLICY, Issue 1 2007ANNE M. GARNETT Regional Australia has experienced significant changes in population and employment since the early 1990s. Evidence regarding these changes has often been anecdotal, with references in political and media spheres to a ,Sea Change' or ,Tree Change'. There has also been considerable public discussion about the effect that the structural changes and misfortunes within the agricultural sector have had on localities in rural regions. The purpose of this paper is to provide and analyse data on regional population and employment changes since the early 1990s. It will also examine the role that the agricultural sector may have had in these changes. This will provide a basis for informed debate and analysis of population changes in regional Australia and the causes and implications of these changes. [source] An examination of employment change in Northern Ireland's environmental industry, 1993,2003ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE, Issue 4 2001David Eastwood An examination of employment change based upon an exploratory classification of Northern Ireland's environmental industry is undertaken. Results show that, in 1993, some 12,900 persons or around 2.1% of the total civilian employment in the region were working in a ,green production sector'. By using a range of data sources it is suggested that significant opportunities for employment expansion currently exist. Indeed, a total of between 4000 and 6000 new environmental jobs could be created in Northern Ireland by the year 2003. Most of the growth is anticipated in the traditional areas of recycling and re-use, pollution treatment and control and energy conservation. In a small and peripheral European economy these figures have important implications for the development of the local labour market. To this end, a series of recommendations is put forward that could help Northern Ireland maximize the employment potentials offered by these types of environmental activity. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. [source] Legal aspects of employment change and their implications for managementINDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL, Issue 1 2001Paul Lewis This paper reports research which aims to identify and classify the legal issues raised on appeal in litigation arising from the management of employment change. It then considers the implications for management policy and practice. The most frequent legal issues were unilateral attempts at contractual change and unfair dismissal for redundancy. [source] Making work pay, making tax credits work: An assessment with specific reference to lone-parent employmentINTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY REVIEW, Issue 2 2008Jane Millar Abstract This article examines the origins, aims, and design of tax credits in the United Kingdom, and discusses the extent to which tax credits represent a new approach in social security policy. It then focuses on the role that these transfers play in supporting lone mothers in employment, drawing on the experiences of lone-parent families to explore how tax credits worked for them. The discussion highlights the tensions between family and employment change and tax credits rules about reporting changes in circumstances and income. [source] The Effect of State Economic Development Incentives on Employment Growth of EstablishmentsJOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE, Issue 4 2002Todd M. Gabe This paper examines the effects of state economic development incentives on the growth of 366 Ohio manufacturing and nonmanufacturing establishments that launched major expansions between 1993 and 1995. Growth is measured as the actual employment change that occurred in these establishments and as the employment growth announced when expansions were launched. Empirical findings indicate that incentives have very little (or even a negative) effect on actual growth and they have a substantial positive effect on announced growth. Findings also suggest that establishments that received incentives overestimated their announced employment targets more than establishments that did not receive incentives. [source] Redundant masculinities: employment change and white working class youthAREA, Issue 4 2005Alec Brownlow No abstract is available for this article. [source] POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT CHANGES IN REGIONAL AUSTRALIAECONOMIC PAPERS: A JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECONOMICS AND POLICY, Issue 1 2007ANNE M. GARNETT Regional Australia has experienced significant changes in population and employment since the early 1990s. Evidence regarding these changes has often been anecdotal, with references in political and media spheres to a ,Sea Change' or ,Tree Change'. There has also been considerable public discussion about the effect that the structural changes and misfortunes within the agricultural sector have had on localities in rural regions. The purpose of this paper is to provide and analyse data on regional population and employment changes since the early 1990s. It will also examine the role that the agricultural sector may have had in these changes. This will provide a basis for informed debate and analysis of population changes in regional Australia and the causes and implications of these changes. [source] Does Change in Young Men's Employment Influence Fathering?FAMILY RELATIONS, Issue 4 2010Sandra L. Hofferth This study examined the association between paternal and maternal employment changes and changes in the frequency of fathers praising, showing affection, disciplining, and reading to children. Data were drawn from the Young Adult supplement to the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979). Supporting economic theory, fathers were more involved when they and their partner were employed full time and were less involved when their employment exceeded that of their partner. Although fathers tended to be less involved when they worked less, fathers who held traditional gender role attitudes were more involved than those who held nontraditional gender role attitudes. The results suggest the important part fathers' attitudes and values have in influencing their involvement with children under differing employment conditions. [source] Sectoral Transformation, Turbulence and Labor Market Dynamics in GermanyGERMAN ECONOMIC REVIEW, Issue 1 2010Ronald Bachmann Gross worker flows; sectoral and occupational mobility; turbulence Abstract. This paper analyzes the interaction between structural change and labor market dynamics in West Germany, during a period when industrial employment declined by more than 30% and service sector employment more than doubled. Using transition data on individual workers, we document a marked increase in structural change and turbulence, in particular since 1990. Net employment changes resulted partly from an increase in gross flows, but also from an increase in the net transition ,yield' at any given gross worker turnover. In growing sectors, net structural change was driven by accessions from non-participation rather than unemployment; contracting sectors reduced their net employment primarily via lower accessions from non-participation. German reunification and Eastern enlargement appear to have contributed significantly to this accelerated pace of structural change. [source] How Workers Fare When Employers InnovateINDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, Issue 1 2004Sandra E. Black Complementing existing work on firm organizational structure and productivity, this article examines the impact of organizational change on workers. We find evidence that employers do appear to compensate at least some of their workers for engaging in high-performance workplace practices. We also find a significant association between high-performance workplace practices and increased wage inequality. Finally, we examine the relationship between organizational structure and employment changes and find that some practices, such as self-managed teams, are associated with greater employment reductions, whereas other practices, such as the percentage of workers involved in job rotation, are associated with lower employment reductions. [source] The Effect of Trade on Employment and Wages in Italian IndustryLABOUR, Issue 2 2000Mariano Bella The paper analyses the labour market impact of international trade on the Italian manufacturing sector. Using data for a panel of manufacturing industries the effects of trade-induced changes in sales on employment and wages are investigated. The evidence suggests that the industry adjustment to demand shocks took place mainly through employment changes. However, increased exposure to foreign competition had a small effect on the Italian labour market, while technological change seems to have a major role in explaining the increase in unemployment. [source] Geographical mobility over the life course: motivations and implicationsPOPULATION, SPACE AND PLACE (PREVIOUSLY:-INT JOURNAL OF POPULATION GEOGRAPHY), Issue 4 2008Claudia Geist Abstract Studies of geographical mobility are typically divided into studies of residential mobility, which are assumed to be motivated by family factors, and studies of migration, which are assumed to be motivated by the opportunities for realising economic gains as a result of the move. We use a life course approach and data from the 1999,2005 March Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey to investigate the age trajectories of both residential mobility and migration among American adults. We find that mobility trajectories and motivations for moves vary by economic status and family status; that quality of life motivations and family factors account for a substantial proportion of long-distance as well as short-distance moves; and that both residential mobility and migration are associated with an increased risk of economic instability and family and employment changes in the year following the move. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Long-term cancer survivors experience work changes after diagnosis: results of a population-based studyPSYCHO-ONCOLOGY, Issue 12 2009Floortje Mols Abstract Background: Although cancer survivorship is increasing with improved diagnosis and treatments, few studies have explored employment changes and the factors related to this change among cancer survivors. Therefore, we aim to explore the prevalence of employment problems in long-term cancer survivors. In addition, we explored what patient or tumour characteristics predicted employment changes. Methods: All 1893 long-term survivors of prostate cancer, endometrial cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnosed between 1989 and 1998 in the area of the Comprehensive Cancer Centre South, The Netherlands were included in a population-based cross-sectional survey. Results: Response rate was 80% (n=1511). After excluding survivors without a job before diagnosis, 403 survivors remained; 197 (49%) experienced no changes in their work situation following cancer diagnosis, 69 (17%) were working fewer hours, and 137 (34%) stopped working or retired. A medium educational level was significant in reducing the risk of work changes. Being older, having more than one comorbid condition, being treated with chemotherapy, and disease progression were significant independent predictors of work changes after cancer. Experiencing work changes was associated with lower physical functioning but positively associated with social well-being. Discussion: Long-term cancer survivors experience work changes after diagnosis and treatment, and clinical factors significantly predicted work change after cancer. As such, our study underscores the importance of rehabilitation programs in improving the return to work after cancer. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] The effect of environmental innovations on employment changes: an econometric analysisBUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, Issue 6 2004Klaus Rennings This paper examines the determinants of employment changes due to an environmental innovation of an establishment. The data stem from telephone surveys in five European countries. 1594 interviews have been realized with environmentally innovative establishments representing the European industry and service sector. Based on results of discrete choice models, we show that if the most important environmental innovation is a product or service innovation it has a significantly positive effect on the probability of an increase in employment compared with the probability of no noticeable change. In contrast, if the most important environmental innovation is an end-of-pipe innovation it has a significantly positive influence on employment decrease. Methodologically, we consider the multinomial logit model and several multinomial probit models. We find that the estimates of the parameters of the explanatory variables are very similar in the different approaches. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. [source] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||