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Platform labor: on the gendered and racialized exploitation of low-income service work in the 'on-demand' economy
How does one value something one cannot and often does not want to see? How do contemporary digital platforms and t... Show more
Date: 2017
Geographic subjects: United States; North America
Resource type: Article
Journal title: Information, communication and society
Subjects: Employment; Labour market; Technology ... [+] Show more
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Benefits and low wage work
This study is a survey of existing research on the utilization and impact of employer based benefits and government... Show more
Date: 2003
Geographic subjects: United States; North America
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Subjects: Employment; Disadvantaged; Evaluation ... [+] Show more
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Building partnerships for effectively managing labor migration: lessons from Asian countries
This report analyzes labor migration trends and policies in Asia and emphasizes the importance of partnerships to p... Show more
Conference name: Roundtable on Labor Migration in Asia
Date: 2018
Geographic subjects: Asia; Korea; Malaysia ... [+] Show more
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Subjects: Migration; Labour market; Governance ... [+] Show more
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Employment subsidies, informal economy and women's transition into work in a depressed area: evidence from a matching approach
[The authors] analyze the effects of an [active labour market programme] ALMP for disadvantaged workers implemented... Show more
Date: 2015
Geographic subjects: Italy; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Labour market; Participation; Gender ... [+] Show more
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Building skills for all: a review of England: policy insights from the Survey of Adult Skills
There are an estimated nine million working aged adults in England (more than a quarter of adults aged 16-65) with ... Show more
Date: 2016
Geographic subjects: England; Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: OECD skills studies
Subjects: Skills and knowledge; Literacy; Numeracy ... [+] Show more
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Risk and opportunity: creating options for vulnerable workers
A large part of the Canadian labour force finds it difficult to obtain work that provides a decent income and worki... Show more
Date: 2006
Geographic subjects: North America; Canada
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: Vulnerable workers series
Subjects: Labour market; Skills and knowledge; Equity ... [+] Show more
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Migration of low skilled workers from India to the European Union
This study explores factors that initiate and perpetuate low skill labour migration from India to the [European Uni... Show more
Date: 2012
Geographic subjects: Europe; Asia; India
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: CARIM-India research report
Subjects: Migration; Policy; Employment ... [+] Show more
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'No snakes, but no ladders': young people, employment, and the low skills trap at the bottom of the contemporary service economy
This paper is concerned with the implications of structural changes in the economy on the skills development of peo... Show more
Date: 2012
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Subjects: Youth; Employment; Policy ... [+] Show more
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Job search, human capital and wage inequality
The objective of this paper is to construct and quantitatively assess an equilibrium search model with on-the-job s... Show more
Date: 2012
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Employment; Skills and knowledge; Income ... [+] Show more
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The forgotten half: pathways to success for America's youth and young families
This report concludes the study of the forgotten half - the approximately 20 million 16-24-year-olds who are unlike... Show more
Date: 1988
Geographic subjects: United States; North America
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Subjects: Disadvantaged; Youth; Employment ... [+] Show more