Participation of native- and foreign-born adults in formal and/or non-formal education, by labour-force status (2012 or 2015)

The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) was created in 2007 after a decade in which the share of foreign-born workers in the British labour force doubled to 13 per cent. The initial core mandate of the MAC was to provide “independent, evidence-based advice to government on specific skilled occupations in the labour market where shortages exist which can sensibly be filled by migration.” The MAC's answers to these 3-S questions, viz, is the occupation for which employers are requesting foreign workers skilled, are there labour shortages, and is admitting foreign workers a sensible response, have improved the quality of the debate over the “need” for foreign workers in the UK by highlighting some of the important trade-offs inherent in migration policy making. The MAC can clarify migration trade-offs in labour immigration policy, but cannot decide the ultimately political questions about whose interests should be prioritised and how competing policy objectives should be balanced.

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Do changes in income, deprivation, labour force status and family status influence smoking behaviour over the short run? Panel study of 15 000 adults

Tobacco Control ◽

10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050944 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 23 (e2) ◽

pp. e106-e113 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Tony Blakely ◽

Frederieke S van der Deen ◽

Alistair Woodward ◽

Ichiro Kawachi ◽

Kristie Carter

Keyword(s):

Labour Force ◽

Panel Study ◽

Smoking Behaviour ◽

Family Status ◽

Labour Force Status ◽

Short Run

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Is self-reported disability status endogenous to labour force status?

Applied Economics Letters ◽

10.1080/13504850601018692 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 16 (5) ◽

pp. 459-464 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Lixin Cai

Keyword(s):

Labour Force ◽

Labour Force Status ◽

Disability Status

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Education and Training in the Labour Force

Labour Employment and Work in New Zealand ◽

10.26686/lew.v0i0.1016 ◽

1970 ◽

Author(s):

Raewyn O'Neill

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Formal Education ◽

Tertiary Education ◽

Labour Force ◽

Education And Training ◽

Green Paper ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Market Outcomes ◽

Capital Development ◽

And Training

In their 1997 green paper on tertiary education the Ministry of Education said, "to ensure our prosperity New Zealand needs to be a 'learning society' recognising the importance for all of our people to continue to develop new skills and knowledge throughout a person’s lifetime." Given the importance of an educated and adaptable workforce, there is surprisingly little information available on education and training undertaken in New Zealand. While some information is collected on those enrolled in study towards formal education qualifications, there is little available information on human capital development beyond this. One of the few sources of information is the Education and Training Survey (ETS), conducted in September 1996. This paper uses information collected in the ETS to look at the characteristics of those participating in education and training as well as the barriers to and reasons for participation in education and training. lt then goes on to compare the labour market outcomes of those people who participated in education and training with those who did not.

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Province-wise Growth Patterns in Human Capital Accumulation

The Pakistan Development Review ◽

10.30541/v45i4iipp.873-890 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 45 (4II) ◽

pp. 873-890 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Muhammad Sabir ◽

Zehra Aftab

Keyword(s):

Human Capital ◽

Capital Accumulation ◽

Formal Education ◽

Labour Force ◽

Growth Patterns ◽

Human Capital Accumulation ◽

Labour Force Survey ◽

Provincial Level ◽

The Past ◽

Level Data

It is apparent from various labour force surveys that during the past 20 years Pakistan’s employed labour force has become more “educated”. For instance, according to the Labour Force Survey 1982-83, 28 percent of the employed labour force had attained formal education.12 In comparison, the literate employed labour force in 1999- 2000 is estimated at 46 percent, while the formally educated is 43 percent. However, the pattern of growth in educated labour force is not uniform in all four provinces of the country. A closer look at disaggregated provincial level data reflects the disparity in employed labour force in the four provinces: Punjab, Sind, NWFP, and Baluchistan.

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