Institutional complementarities in business systems and labour markets by Panagiotopoulos, Miltiadis

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Revisiting migrant networks: migrants and their descendants in labour markets

“…Looking beyond the ethnic lens, the chapters, explore the role of interpersonal ties across different segments of the labour market, including public and private sectors, with varied recruitment procedures. …”
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Regulation of labour market intermediaries and the role of social partners in preventing trafficking of labour by Paraskevopoulou, Anna, Fromm, Andrea, Clark, Nick

“…This report aims to contribute to the development of a best practice guide for public authorities on monitoring and enforcing rules and regulations relevant to labour market intermediaries to prevent trafficking for labour exploitation. …”
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Understanding the barriers and the possibilities : a study of people with disabilities and their lived experience of the labour market by Nyby, Josefine, Lewis, Jane, Fernando, Sandra

“…Collaboration between researchers at LMU and a Borough in London (Borough X or Council X) As in line with EA (2010) councils can set up employment support services and various schemes, and Council X was interested in knowing what works and what does no To get a better understanding of people with disabilities and their lived experience of the labour market To present policy suggestions for improving labour market participation and services based on the evidence collected…”
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The joint impact of labour policies and the "Great Recession" on unemployment in Europe by Dal Bianco, Silvia, Bruno, Randolph L., Signorelli, Marcello

“…This time-varying and country-specific crisis variable enables us to test empirically and in a novel way the joint impact of labour market policies and the economic crisis on labour market dynamics even when accounting for common macro shocks.…”

The national minimum wage's effects on the non-wage benefits of labour migrants : evidence from the UK by Elfani, Maria

“…Studies of the minimum wage, particularly of its impact on the labour market, have raised interesting but contentious questions among researchers and policymakers alike. …”
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Migration aspirations and experiences of female Polish migrant workers in the UK by Aziz, Karima

“…In the context of the conditions of the enlarged EU providing the freedom of movement, the post-transformation labour market in Poland, and the gendered and migrant labour market segmentation in the UK, as well as gender regimes, female Polish migrant workers actively mediated their migration aspirations and experiences.…”
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Japan After an ‘Export Bubble’ by Dixon, Chris, Bruce, David, Bojkova, Viara

“…Moreover Toyota has announced 7,000 job losses and Honda a four month closure of their UK plant. Other labour market indicators and consumption related data suggest that the negative shock in the manufacturing sector is spreading gradually to the household sector. …”
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The last career transition? A gendered perspective on retirement by Tomlinson, Frances

“…Retirement, understood as a process of final disengagement from the labour market and paid employment, is currently being re-examined and rethought. …”
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Student workers: a new invisible proletariat? Evidence from the French case by Contrepois, Sylvie

“…The number of students present on the labour market tends to increase significantly as the duration of studies is growing. …”
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Using Assessment of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) to Support Refugee Access Into Higher Education and Employment by Clarke, Andrew

“…This paper1 looks at how APEL can be used to help refugee professionals, experienced workers and graduates assess their own capabilities in relation to opportunities in higher education and the UK labour market. The specialist APEL2 programme delivered by the Refugee Assessment and Guidance Unit at London Metropolitan University is highlighted as an example of good practice in the field of refugee education and an example of how to tackle through education the multiple barriers faced by refugees.…”
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Workplace equality in Europe : the role of trade unions by Anna, Paraskevopoulou, Sonia, McKay

“…It considers theoretical issues of equality and diversity, the role of EU legislation, multiple discrimination and exclusion and disadvantage in the labour market in relation to the role of trade unions, and addresses central questions about the actions and challenges faced by trade unions in promoting equality in the workplace and in implementing anti-discrimination policies at local, national and European levels. …”

Organising Polish workers : a comparative case study of British (Unison) and Swiss (Unia) trade union strategies by Rogalewski, Adam

“…The research argues that the internal dynamics of the unions, such as union identity and structures (Hyman, 2001; Frege and Kelly, 2003), were more instrumental in terms of project outcomes than the position of trade unions in the power structure of society, economic and labour market conditions or the social context. Overall, Unia was more successful and its approach was more sustainable. …”
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Algerian immigrants in London (United Kingdom) and Valencia (Spain): towards a new migration and labour model? by Djilali Beloufa, Kouider

“…There was a wide diversity of motives for migration and various patterns of insertion and mobility within the labour market, as well as outcomes for migrant workers. …”
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Uncertain futures : young women in transition to adulthood in a post-industrial British city by Orrnert, Anna Maria

“…Structural constraints related to gender, social class and ethnicity shaped many aspects of their experiences of compulsory and post-compulsory education, the labour market, and transitions from familial dependence to independent households. …”
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Employee status and collectivism: a study of managerial and professional trade unionism by Copley, Jane

“…Where these members have traditionally sought to preserve their career and livelihood by reinforcing individualism and self-interest, a definitive set of circumstances driven by labour market and workplace change has produced an unlikely materialisation in the form of collectivism. …”
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"What I do, it's not little, it's really something": a political economy of migrant and minority ethnic care workers' experience in private older-age care in London, Paris and Madr... by Sahraoui, Nina

“…First, the social implications of labour market segmentation are scrutinized in a comparative perspective through the study of care workers’ routes into the care sector, the role of intermediaries, the profile of the workforce and respondents’ trajectories and aspirations within the sector. …”
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Laws without enforcement : the case of unskilled foreign workers in Kuwait by Al Rayes, Dina

“…As a newly oil-rich nation, Kuwait relied on foreign workers to fill the gaps in the labour market that existed due to a shortage of skills among the local population. …”
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Blind justice?: an investigation into the social and economic effectiveness of discrimination law in the delivery of fair employment for visually impaired people by Griffith, David

“…Discrimination is also ostensibly illegal, yet visually impaired people are facing long term exclusion from the labour market. The investigation starts by offering some demographic evidence to justify this inquiry by assembling evidence for the relative size of the visual impairment population, and their employment exclusion. …”
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Undocumented Workers' Transitions: Legal Status, Migration, and Work in Europe by Sonia, McKay, Eugenia, Markova, Anna, Paraskevopoulou

“…This groundbreaking volume draws substantially on data collected from a two-year research study in seven European countries that was focused on understanding the impact of migration flows on EU labour markets.…”