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Education partnership in Africa

Education Partnership in Africa (EPA) aims to support English further education and higher education institutions e ... Show more
Education Partnership in Africa (EPA) aims to support English further education and higher education institutions engage in partnership with Sub Saharan African universities and education and training institutions to build institutional capacity to deliver employability skills in collaboration with local employers and social enterprises. This report presents various projects, workshops, and collaborative links with industry that have occurred through the partnerships established through the programme. Show less

Corporate authors: Great Britain. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: Africa; Great Britain; Europe ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Providers of education and training; Employment ... [+] Show more
The impact of demographic change on labour supply and economic growth: can APEC meet the challenges ahead?

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies encompass a wide range of socio-economic profiles - poor to rich ... Show more
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies encompass a wide range of socio-economic profiles - poor to rich, young to old, regulated to free market. How economies and regions manage demographic change will define their success in what will be an 'ageing century'. This overview paper on the role of demographic change on labour force and economic growth in APEC uses a supply-side, gross domestic product (GDP) accounting framework to decompose the contribution of population, participation, and productivity to GDP per capita (the 3Ps). The authors use this modelling to examine historic and projected demographic and macro-economic trends to inform policy discussions and decisions. The authors begin by presenting this framework and the central projections. The following sections discuss each of the above-mentioned three contributors to growth in turn. The paper concludes by summarising the findings and policy responses.
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Authors: Chomik, Rafal; Piggott, John; McDonald, Peter

Date: 2017

Geographic subjects: Asia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: CEPAR working paper

Subjects: Labour market; Participation; Performance ... [+] Show more
Labour mobility, pension portability and the lack of lock-in effects

This paper revisits the question of whether defined benefit pension plans inhibit labour mobility. Using national r ... Show more
This paper revisits the question of whether defined benefit pension plans inhibit labour mobility. Using national register data for three distinct periods, we define and calculate a measure of changes in individual pension entitlements which we term potential portability gain. Estimation results indicate that the effect of portability gains on the propensity to change jobs is either weak or non-existent, and there are no signs of gains or losses in pension entitlements being reflected in wages for job changes.
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Authors: Hernaes, Erik; Piggott, John; Vestad, Ola Lotherington; Zhang, Tao

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: CEPAR working paper

Subjects: Labour market; Income; Employment ... [+] Show more
Demographic and technological change: two megatrends shaping the labour market in Asia

Demographic and technological changes are two megatrends set to transform labour markets around the world. These sh ... Show more
Demographic and technological changes are two megatrends set to transform labour markets around the world. These shifts are already under way and are expected to accelerate, particularly in East and South East Asia, which is home to the world's oldest and fastest ageing societies and a region with an enviable pace of economic development. The literature on the nature and impacts of each trend is vast, but the study of the interactions between them is often incidental and rarely in the Asian setting. Yet demography, technology, structural change and economic development are all related. Rapid economic development seen in many parts of Asia is the product of beneficial demographic trends as well as technological catch-up to the production productivity frontier. And technological advancements in medicine have precipitated the increasing levels of life expectancy seen around the world. While more years in good health raise prospects of working for longer, technological and structural change risk leaving older cohorts behind.
As Asia continues its demographic transition: (1) will an older population result in slower rates of invention, innovation, and diffusion of new technologies - and therefore impact on productivity growth?; (2) how might such trends play out across workplaces, occupations, and industries?; (3) how do specific technologies interact with the immediate challenges of population ageing; and (4) what policy strategies and further research are needed to ensure that labour markets perform at optimum? The purpose of this discussion paper is to map out evidence that may help answer these questions and identify different types of strategies needed to make the most of the dual challenge of rapid population ageing and technological advance. Although much of the existing literature originates in developed economies, we draw out the implications for the labour markets in East and South East Asia.
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Authors: Chomik, Rafal; Piggott, John

Date: 2019

Geographic subjects: Asia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: CEPAR working paper

Subjects: Demographics; Technology; Labour market ... [+] Show more
Mature-age labour force participation: trends, barriers, incentives, and future potential

This paper provides an overview of historical and international precedents for higher mature-age participation rate ... Show more
This paper provides an overview of historical and international precedents for higher mature-age participation rates in Australia, summarising past and current data as well as looking at the public policy response so far and the potential for further intervention.
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Authors: Chomik, Rafal; Piggott, John

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: CEPAR briefing paper

Subjects: Employment; Participation; Outcomes ... [+] Show more

Education partnership in Africa

The impact of demographic change on labour supply and economic growth: can APEC meet the challenges ahead?

Labour mobility, pension portability and the lack of lock-in effects

Demographic and technological change: two megatrends shaping the labour market in Asia

Mature-age labour force participation: trends, barriers, incentives, and future potential