Labour market expected to strengthen by Daily Express Sabah

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Changes of demand for occupation in Malaysian labour market by Abdul Hamid, Kamarul Hidayah

“…The imbalanced in occupation structure in Malaysia was lead to tighten labour market in 1990s and these issues still unquestionable for policy makers and researchers. …”
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Measuring mismatch unemployment in the Malaysia labour market by Said, Rusmawati, Jamaludin, Salwaty, Ismail, Normaz Wana, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah, Yong, Chen Chen

“…Despite its low unemployment rate, the Malaysia labour market is currently sending signals of mismatch, a misallocation between demand and supply that may occur in the form of educational, skills, geographical, occupational, and industrial mismatches. …”

Skills and occupational mismatch in Malaysian labour market by Jamaludin, Salwaty

“…Despite its low unemployment rate, Malaysian labour market is currently sending signals of mismatch: a misallocation between demand and supply in the labour market. …”
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Effects of foreign worker on sectorals, skills and labour market outcomes by Abdul Hamid, Kamarul Hidayah

“…In the third objective, the study estimated the impact of foreign workers on two indicators of labour market outcome, namely wage and unemployment rate. …”
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Effects of obesity in labour market outcomes: evidence from Malaysia by Foo, Lee Peng, Hamzah, Hanny Zurina, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah, Said, Rusmawati

“…With the aims to shed light on the relationship between obesity and labour market outcomes in Malaysia, the ordinal regression model was applied on the collected questionnaires. …”
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Higher education and the labour market : a country report from Malaysia. by M.Y., Sulaiman, Abu Hassan, Musa, Ismail, Narimah, Joned, Rusinah.

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Malaysia's labour market stabilises but still far from pre-Covid-19 levels by The Edge

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Economic analysis on the relationship between medical cost, obesity, health outcomes and labour market in Malaysia by Foo, Lee Peng

“…The study intends to (a) identify the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and personal medical cost, (b) examine the burden of obesity via the Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY); (c) examine obesity and its effect on labour market performance. For the first objective, Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) is utilized on patient level data obtain from Serdang Hospital in year 2011. …”
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Workforce development by Kumar, Naresh

Human Resource Development under the 5-year plans by Othman, Jamilah, Omar, Zoharah

Are jobs available in the market? a perspective from the supply side by Jamaludin, Salwaty, Said, Rusmawati, Ismail, Normaz Wana, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah

“…Numerous programmes have been implemented in order to secure jobs for the unemployed in the labour market; however, the number of unemployed graduates keeps on increasing. …”

Growth effect of foreign direct investment and innovative activity in developing countries by Nordin, Nurnaddia

“…It tests whether countries with high level of labour market flexibility can benefit from FDI inflows more efficiently. …”
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Impact of globalization on unemployment in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries by Peter, Adamu, Kaliappan, Shivee Ranjanee, Mhd Bani, Nor Yasmin, Mohamed Nor, Norashidah

“…Economic growth rate and labour market regulations are significant and negatively related to unemployment while wage rate and inflation increases the rate of unemployment. …”
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Labour force participation in Malaysia by gender and locality perspectives by Mohammad Nor, Nor Amna A'liah

“…In order to analyze by gender the differentials and changes that happened in the labour market, the non-linear decomposition approach was used. …”
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Gender-based occupational segregation and gender earnings differentials across quantiles in Malaysia by Wan Zainal Abidin, Wan Liyana Mariah

“…Therefore, it is suggested that the female decision making should be further enhanced to overcome the problem of glass ceiling in the labour market and implementation of the minimum wage policy should be enforced.…”
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The incidence of overeducated and undereducated worker for manufacturing sector in Malaysia by Jamaludin, Salwaty, Safian, Sharulshahida Shakrein, Said, Rusmawati, Muhamed, Ariff Azly

“…This is crucial as the incidence of mismatch in the labour market could affect the workers’ salaries and wages, and impede long-term country’s’ productivity. …”

Changes in relative demand for labour in Malaysia (1984-1997) using a decompsition approach by Said, Rusmawati, Haris, Asmaddy

“…This paper is concerned with the two main causes of wage differentials in the Malaysian labour market during the period 1984-1997. These are the impact of changes in trade patterns and technological change. …”
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The impact of high-technology trade on employment by Idris, Zera Zuryana, Ismail, Normaz Wana, Ibrahim, Saifuzzaman, Hamzah, Hanny Zurina

“…This paper argues the development towards high-tech trade should be accompanied by appropriate policy measures to lessen the employment effect and to ensure the benefit of growth is well-distributed among all segments of the labour market.…”
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Effects of R&D expenditure on employment growth : a dynamic panel analysis. by Said, Rusmawati, Samsi, Aznita, Wan Ngah, Wan Azman Saini

“…Employment growth in Malaysian labour market however still favour to labour oriented and the absorption of the new technology is considered low.…”
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