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February 2018

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Trade and labor markets: Lessons from China’s rise

The China Shock has challenged economists’ benign view of how trade integration affects labor markets in developed countries

David H. Autor

Economists have long recognized that free trade has the potential to raise countries’ living standards. But what applies to a country as a whole need not apply to all its citizens. Workers displaced by trade cannot change jobs costlessly, and by reshaping skill demands, trade integration is likely to be permanently harmful to some workers and permanently beneficial to others. The “China Shock”—denoting China’s rapid market integration in the 1990s and its accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001—has given new, unwelcome empirical relevance to these theoretical insights.

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December 2015

Article

Knowledge spillovers and future jobs

In the future, jobs will be created by those bold enough to transform new ideas and knowledge into innovations

David B. Audretsch

Globalization brings both good and bad job news. The bad news is that jobs will be outsourced from high-cost developed countries into lower-cost locations as soon as the associated economic activity becomes mechanized and predictable. The good news is that globalization creates opportunities that can be realized by people bold enough to transform new ideas and knowledge into innovations. In that way, entrepreneurs will play a vital role in creating the jobs of the future by transforming ideas and knowledge into new products and services, which will be the competitive advantage of the advanced economies.

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August 2026

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The labour market in Australia, 2000-2024 Updated

Sustained economic growth led to reduced unemployment and real earnings growth, but prosperity has not been equally shared

Kadir Atalay Garry Barrett

Since 1991 the Australian economy has experienced sustained growth. Aided by the commodities boom and strong public finances, the Australian economy negotiated the global financial crisis without falling into recession. However, the dislocation associated with the Covid-19 pandemic saw the economy enter recession in 2020, before sharply rebounding. Since 2022, unemployment and real weekly earnings have returned to pre-Covid-19 levels but more recently real wages have slipped due to high inflation. Further recent headwinds include a rise in long-term unemployment, deteriorating youth labour market, and a stagnant gender earnings gap.

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August 2019

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Public employment in the Middle East and North Africa

Does a changing public sector workforce in the MENA region provide an opportunity for efficient restructuring?

Ragui Assaad Ghada Barsoum

Public sector hiring has been an essential component of the social bargains that have maintained political stability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). As these bargains eroded, public sector workforces contracted in relative terms owing to a partial freeze on hiring and the promise of lifetime job security for incumbent workers. This had profound effects on the age composition of the workforce. The upcoming retirement of many workers provides an opportunity to restructure public sector hiring to emphasize meritocratic recruitment processes and performance-based compensation systems.

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July 2015

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Language and culture as drivers of migration

Linguistic and cultural barriers affect international migration flows

Alicía Adserà

As migration flows to developed countries have increased in recent decades, so have the number of countries from which migrants arrive. Thus, it is increasingly important to consider what role differences in culture and language play in migration decisions. Recent work shows that culture and language may explain migration patterns to developed countries even better than traditional economic variables, such as income per capita and unemployment rates in destination and origin countries. Differences in culture and language may create barriers that prevent the full realization of the potential economic gains from international mobility.

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September 2014

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Father’s education strongest factor in child’s school attainment

New research finds that the strongest factor affecting a child’s success in school is their father’s level of education.

August 2014

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UK self-employment at record high

The number of self-employed workers in the UK has reached its highest level since these records began 40 years ago.

December 2022

News

The pension overhaul is delayed in France; Nearly one in 10 young people in the UK never intend to start working

Labor markets and institutions, Demography, family, and gender

Today’s global news summary brings news from France, the UK, and India and discusses issues as diverse as pensions, youth unemployment, and air pollution.

November 2021

News

Sexual harassment inside the Australian parliament is rife, according to a new report; Food prices in Hungary increase due to rising inflation

Behavioral and personnel economics , Demography, family, and gender

Today’s global news summary brings news from Australia, Hungary, and the UK and discusses issues as diverse as sexual harassment, rising food prices, and the benefits of having a four-day working week.

September 2017

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Four in five men dislike rigid working hours

BBC

In the past, pressure for the opportunity to work part-time or flexibly has come from women trying to juggle childcare and work. However a recent survey has found that four out of five men would prefer more flexible working hours.

April 2015

News

UK productivity growth at its lowest since World War II

The UK’s weak productivity growth in the last seven years is unprecedented in the post-war period, according to the country’s Office for National Statistics (ONS).

December 2020

News

Covid-19 slashes fertility rates

The South Wales Argus, The Sydney Morning Herald

In Australia, in particular, fertility rates are crashing to a record low in more than a century.

November 2015

News

Youth unemployment in Korea remains high, latest figures show

The unemployment rate for people aged 15–29 in South Korea is around 3.5 times higher than for the over-40s, according to the latest official figures.

June 2021

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Half as many UK women as men can afford to retire early

inews.com

Nearly one in three men have the financial means to retire earlier than the current retirement age of 66, but only one in six women.

April 2018

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UK economy suffers weakest GDP growth since 2012

BBC News, The Independent

The UK economy is growing at its slowest pace in more than five years, reports the ONS.

August 2020

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Friday news roundup August 21, 2020

Al Jazeera, BBC News, The Guardian, CNN

Millions of women are unable to access sexual and reproductive health care because of Covid-19 and New Zealand delayed its general election. Here's a snapshot of some of the news stories you may have missed this week.

January 2021

News

Friday news roundup January 29, 2021

The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Sky News

Two-thirds of people believe climate change is a global emergency and Puerto Rico declares a state of emergency due to gender violence. Here’s a snapshot of some of the news stories you might have missed.

January 2020

News

UN’s special rapporteur on extreme poverty to visit Spain on fact-finding mission

The Guardian, Political Lore

Philip Alston, the UN's expert on extreme poverty, will be looking into how Spain’s social protection system works for those in poverty.

August 2019

News

Is Britain on the cusp of a recession?

Arab News

According to official figures for the second quarter of the year, amid Brexit turmoil, Britain’s economy has shrunk and it might be on the cusp of recession.

January 2019

News

UK employment rate highest since 1971

The BBC

According to the Office for National Statistics, a record high of 32.54 million people in the UK are employed.

February 2019

News

UK income inequality on the rise as benefits cuts damage poor households

The Guardian

The average income of the poorest fifth of the population has shrunk by 1.6% in 2018, according to the Office for National Statistics.

August 2017

News

UK vastly overestimates number of international students overstaying their visas

The Guardian, The Guardian

Just 4,600 students overstayed their visas in 2016, according to new data published by the UK’s Office for National Statistics. Estimates for previous years suggested numbers were closer to 100,000.

June 2017

News

UK businesses faced with staff shortages after Brexit vote

The Independent

A slowdown in the inflow of EU workers following the UK’s Brexit vote last June is already putting strain on UK employers, according to the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) survey.

November 2017

News

Women drive UK jobs boom

Independent

According to the Office for National Statistics, women accounted for 246,000 of the 317,000 increase in total UK employment over the last year.

June 2020

News

Friday news roundup June 12, 2020

CNBC, BBC News, The Guardian, The Straits Times

UK GDP fell by record amounts in April and China's street vendors could be the answer to fighting unemployment of the country's lower skilled citizens. Here's a snapshot of some of the news stories you may have missed this week.

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