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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Local labour market"”.
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A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Selected Local Labour Market Outcomes in New Zealand
This thesis analyses several aspects of local labour market performance in New Zealand. Each of these aspects represents a different feature of the local labour market that together aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of how local labour markets respond to local or external shocks, taking …
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Labour and Geography in Ireland, 2006 Evaluating the National Spatial Strategy for Ireland 2002 - 2020: People, Places and Potential
… the Irish context, novel techniques to identify local labour market areas using data that, heretofore, were unavailable to researchers in Ireland, i.e. detailed spatial interaction data describing the journey to work. The primary aim of this thesis is to address a research lacuna concerning …
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Work Orientations and Labour Market Conditions: Subjective segmentation in local labour markets
… little is known about the influence of external labour market conditions. Given theoretical interest in preference change endogenous to labour market processes and in the ongoing importance for trade unions and managers to respond to the needs of workers, the thesis asks: to what extent are …
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The impact of Chinese import on Slovak manufacturing employment
… in Slovakia. Using districts as proxies for local labour markets, the analysis captures the competitive pressure on Slovak manufacturing by consid- ering both imports to Slovakia and to foreign markets where Slovak exports compete. A long difference model with an instrumental variable is …
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Essays in labour economics: School leaving, unemployment and retirement
… education of British 16-year-olds responds to local labour market conditions. The findings show that prevailing unemployment rates influence the schooling decisions of students from a less affluent family background, while students from better-off families tend to enrol in post-compulsory …
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Commuting flows & local labour markets: Spatial interaction modelling of travel-to-work
… individuals, allowing them to participate in the labour market and earn a living to meet their essential needs. As such, a better understanding of the determinants of commuting will ultimately lead to a better understanding of the complexities of employment, housing, and the many spatial processes …
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International Trade in a Competitive World: Empirical Evidence from the UK
… of increasing Chinese import competition on local labour market outcomes in the UK. The results from the first chapter show that the gravity equation succeeds in explaining the determinants of service exports and imports. When the disaggregated level data is taken into account, the …
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Skills Mismatch in the Labour Market: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach
… analyses the skills mismatch dynamics in the labour market using an agent-based model which is grounded in economic theory. The findings show the persistence of skills mismatch due to cyclical and structural factors in the economy. The output analyses highlight the sensitivity of skills …
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An economic analysis of industrial disputation in Australia
… or a non-strike action, is a permanent loss of market share directly associated with strikes. The model of strikes is tested, along with variables suggested by other theories, using time-series data from the period 3:1959 to 4:1992. We show that the model is robust and out-performs modified …
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The directions taken by young people on leaving compulsory education:a study in two Birmingham schools
… focuses on school-leavers choosing to enter the labour market, whether successfully or not and the influences affecting this choice. Methodologically, the longitudinal approach followed young people from before they left school to a period of months after. Discrepancies between young people's …
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The Employment Potential of Mature Students
… the boundary between the secondary and primary labour markets, whilst at the same time reducing the likelihood, and duration, of unemployment occurring.<br/><br/>An initial survey of mature students indicated that 65% of respondents entered higher education for career purposes, with the …
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Sponsored brain drain? Examining the lived experiences of Ghanaian scholarship recipients and administrators' perspectives through capitals and a postcolonial lens.
… and a disconnect between return expectations and local labour market realities. These weaknesses contribute to high non-return rates and reinforce patterns of sponsored brain drain. The study also revealed that even when beneficiaries do not physically return, many maintain transnational ties …
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Migrants access to the labour market and ethnic niching: case study of Zimbabweans employed in the Cape Town restaurant industry
… ethnic groups are able to enter into the job market of their countries of residence, to the extent that they become concentrated in specific industries. The ethnic niche theory, the segmented labour theory and social network theories were taken as the point of departure. These theories were …
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The Impact of Import Competition from China on the Skill-Bias of Manufacturing Employment across South African Regions between 2001 and 2011
… and competitive outcomes for the South African labour market. This study explores the competitive outcomes, particularly the impact that China has had on the skill bias of manufacturing employment within South Africa’s local municipalities between 2001 and 2011. The study follows on from two …
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The experiences of Polish migrant workers in the UK hospitality industry.
… member states, became the largest supplier of labour from Central and Eastern European countries. Despite the sector's poor image of being low-skilled, badly paid, physically demanding and lacking clear career prospects, the industry has attracted many educated Poles who were able to fill …
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The gendered effects of tariff liberalisation on local labour markets in post-apartheid South Africa
… the gendered effects of tariff liberalisation on labour market outcomes at the local level. Specifically, the thesis focuses on the effect of tariff liberalisation on regional employment growth, labour adjustment in the manufacturing sector and services sector, and internal migration over a period …
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The impact of the agricultural minimum wage and the role of enforcement in South Africa
… schedule covering eleven sectors of the economy. Labour market institutions were also created to enforce the new laws; the efficacy of which has hitherto remained unexamined. The legislated minimum wage in South Africa varies across, and within sectors. Mandated wages within a sector can differ …
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Employee engagement: relevance and application in the third sector?
… in public sector service provision, tight local labour markets, recruitment and retention challenges, and the cost-of-living crisis all place demands on TSOs. Research suggests that engagement levels of staff depend on various antecedents (such as perceived organisational support) and that …
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Inequality in Labour Markets
… a separate dimension of inequality in modern labour markets. Each chapter analyses the individual-level behaviours of workers or firms that underpin regional and aggregate distributional features of labour markets. Together, they address cross-sectional wage inequality policy at the national …