Empirical Study on Double Discrimination on the Elderly with Disability in Labor Market -Focusing on Employment Discrimination and Wage Discrimination of Wage Earners-

The main research problem addressed in this article is the pattern of reacting to stigma based on ethnic origin expressed by the representatives of different generations of Belarusian and Ukrainian minorities in Poland living under different political and ideological conditions before and after 1989. This paper is based on a qualitative empirical study that comprised 22 in-depth biographical interviews with representatives of Belarusian and Ukrainian minorities, who varied in age. The research found that while the elderly see their minority identity in terms of danger or threat, the middle generation perceives it as an obstacle in fulfilling their life aspirations in a society fully dominated by the Polish majority. The youngest interviewees seem to be the most willing to perceive their minority characteristics positively in terms of uniqueness as well as particular competences, especially bilingualism, which may give them an advantage in the labor market.

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Information Technology Skills and Labor Market Outcomes for Workers

Information Systems Research ◽

10.1287/isre.2020.0975 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Hilal Atasoy ◽

Rajiv D. Banker ◽

Paul A. Pavlou

Keyword(s):

Information Technology ◽

Labor Market ◽

Developing Economies ◽

Labor Market Outcomes ◽

The Elderly ◽

It Use ◽

Market Outcomes ◽

Disadvantaged Groups ◽

It Training ◽

It Skills

Job erosion is a major concern globally, especially given the COVID-19 pandemic. Unemployment and low wages remain pressing societal challenges in the wake of increased automation, more so for traditionally disadvantaged groups in the labor market, such as women, minorities, and the elderly. However, workers who possess relevant information technology (IT) skills may have an edge in an increasingly digital economy. In this study, we examine the role of IT skills in labor market outcomes for workers, using a household IT use survey from an emerging economy that captures detailed, individual-level data on IT skills, which are also integrated with data on workers’ wages, occupations, and industries between 2007 and 2015. The results indicate that basic IT skills increase individuals’ employment probability, which is driven by both higher labor force participation and a higher probability of transitioning from unemployment to employment, after accounting for the decision to participate in the workforce. Advanced IT skills do not provide a significant incremental effect on employment probability on top of basic IT skills. However, having advanced IT skills helps workers to earn higher wages while incrementally increasing the probability that they are employed in higher-paid jobs. Interestingly, the effect of basic IT skills on employment is significantly larger for the female and older workforce that typically has a higher preference for flexible work options. These results emphasize the importance of providing necessary IT access and offering basic IT training to traditionally disadvantaged groups to close the IT skills gap and the digital divide. We offer implications for the future of work, education, and public policy for designing IT training policies for workers, students, and organizations to stimulate employment with higher wages, particularly in developing economies and for traditionally disadvantaged segments of the workforce, such as women and the elderly, particularly after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Delegating Home Care for the Elderly to External Caregivers? An Empirical Study on Italian Data

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2334299 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Matteo Lippi Bruni ◽

Cristina Ugolini

Keyword(s):

Empirical Study ◽

Home Care ◽

The Elderly ◽

Care For The Elderly

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An Empirical Study about the Marketization Degree of Labor Market from the Perspective of Wage Determination Mechanism

Service Science and Knowledge Innovation - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology ◽

10.1007/978-3-642-55355-4_27 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 263-271

Author(s):

Qiushuo He

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Wage Determination ◽

Determination Mechanism

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Employment at 55+: Do We Want to work Longer in Lithuania?

Ekonomika ◽

10.15388/ekon.2020.1.3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 99 (1) ◽

pp. 50-68

Author(s):

Kristina Zitikytė

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Older People ◽

Older Workers ◽

Social Insurance ◽

People With Disabilities ◽

The Elderly ◽

Employment Rate ◽

Term Care ◽

Demographic Aging

The Lithuanian population is aging, and it causes many difficulties for public finances by increasing expenditures on health care, long-term care, and pensions, and also for the labor market by creating labor shortages. One of the ways to cope with demographic aging is to rise the employment rate of older people. According to Eurostat, the employment rate of the elderly aged 55–64 years increased from 49.6 percent in 2005 to 68.5 percent in 2018 in Lithuania and it is higher than the average employment rate of older workers in European Union, which was 58.7 percent in 2018. This paper focuses on older people in Lithuania, aged 55 and over, trying to answer a question whether the elderly in Lithuania willingly work or try to find alternatives such as receiving long-term social insurance benefits. The research findings show that the activity of older people in the labor market grows, and even the share of people with disabilities staying in the labor market increases. However, this analysis also shows that older people are more under risk to lose their job during an economic crisis, and this suggests that trying to find work alternatives can be closely related to one’s economic situation. Moreover, health problems remain one of the main factors limiting the activity of older people in the labor market. It is also noticeable that some labor force reserves exist among people with disabilities and this supposes that creating better adapted working conditions for older and disabled workers in Lithuania could probably contribute to meeting the needs of an aging workforce.

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Factores que impiden el empoderamiento económico de la mujer chihuahuense

Journal Microeconomics ◽

10.35429/jocs.2019.18.6.28.36 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 28-36

Author(s):

Elsy Denise Martínez-Torres ◽

Olinda Ornelas-Benítez ◽

Jorge Luis Estrada-Perea ◽

Herik Germán Valles-Baca

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Sociodemographic Factors ◽

Wage Discrimination ◽

Lower Probability ◽

Statistical Methodology ◽

Gender Perspective ◽

Men And Women ◽

Participation Of Women ◽

Labor Statistics ◽

Main Factors

In recent decades, the participation of women in all movements is increasing, in the field of labor statistics affected by this increase, however, the percentage of discriminatory practices towards women has also been detected in Mexico in the labor market, which has managed to generate high rates of wage discrimination and a lower probability of obtaining better paid positions. Due to the importance of this issue, this study presents the main factors that impede the empowerment of Chihuahua women, through a descriptive statistical methodology, focusing their analysis on the study of the characteristics between men and women when entering the labor market and how They are reflected in the salary remuneration, with the way of knowing if this phenomenon is due to sociodemographic factors or a gender perspective problem, and thus show the current panorama faced by women in the state of Chihuahua.

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Design of New Elderly Care Service Acquisition Mode from the Perspective of Internet Economic Innovation

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202127503003 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 275 ◽

pp. 03003

Author(s):

Yi Ding ◽

Zhe Zhang ◽

Meiyun Yang ◽

Fengqi Sun

Keyword(s):

Empirical Study ◽

Care Service ◽

Elderly Care ◽

Active Role ◽

The Elderly ◽

Kano Model ◽

Care Services ◽

Internet Economy ◽

Acquisition Mode ◽

Economic Innovation

This research focuses on a service acquisition mode for parents in urban separated families of China to promote the popularization of elderly care services in Internet economy. Based on interviews and questionnaires, authors find the pain point of the elderly care service acquisition mode and propose a tripartite participatory mode. Using this new service acquisition mode, adult children can play an assistant role with a smartphone-based service purchase platform. Next, in order to determine what services should be provided priorly on the platform, an empirical study based on questionnaires and KANO model is carried out to screen a propriate services items. Through the innovation of new elderly care service acquisition mode, more practitioners are supposed to expands their business effectively in aging market, and to play an ever more active role in the growth of Internet economy.

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Organizing work and activities to cope with age – the role of entrepreneurship for individuals aged 50+

Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/qrom-09-2020-2020 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Carin Holmquist ◽

Elisabeth Sundin

Keyword(s):

Labor Market ◽

Qualitative Methods ◽

Design Methodology ◽

The Elderly ◽

Organizational Form ◽

Business Organization ◽

Content Type ◽

Entrepreneurship Theory ◽

Over Time

PurposeThe aim of this article is to discuss how age and entrepreneurship interact in the specific case of older (50+) entrepreneurs. Building on theories on entrepreneurship and theories on age and aging, the authors’ focus is on how such entrepreneurs relate to the building and running of a business organization. The authors discuss how entrepreneurship among the elderly plays out and how older entrepreneurs relate to the narratives on both age and entrepreneurship.Design/methodology/approachThis research comprises quantitative as well as qualitative studies. The authors show that qualitative methods that unfold the process over time are necessary and essential to fully understand how and why entrepreneurs start their own business and/or continue to run it at older ages.FindingsThe authors find that the choice to become an entrepreneur at the age of 50+ (or to stay as one) is not a goal in itself, becoming an entrepreneur is a means to stay active in the labor market.Originality/valueThe study findings add to entrepreneurship theory by insights on the link between entrepreneurship and the labor market where the authors argue that becoming an entrepreneur at ages 50+ might be more a question of choice of organizational form than a question on a way of living or occupation. The authors also contribute to theories on age by showing that entrepreneurs aged 50+ choose entrepreneurship as a means to be able to stay in the labor market.

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