Age Discrimination and Early Retirement Policies: A Comparison of Labor Market Regulation in Canada and the United States

This chapter explores the relationship between hours of work and unemployment. When it comes to time spent working in the United States at present, two problems immediately come to light. First, an asymmetrical distribution of working time persists, with some people overworked and others underemployed. Second, hours are increasingly unstable; precarious on-call work scheduling and gig economy–style employment relationships are the canaries in the coal mine of a labor market that produces fewer and fewer stable jobs. It is possible that some kind of shorter hours movement, especially one that places an emphasis on young workers, has the potential to address these problems. Some policies and processes are already in place to transition into a shorter hours economy right now even if those possibilities are mediated by an anti-worker political administration.

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Active Labor Market Policies: Lessons from Other Countries for the United States

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3324615 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Chad P. Bown ◽

Caroline L. Freund

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Labor Market ◽

The United States ◽

Labor Market Policies ◽

Active Labor ◽

Active Labor Market Policies ◽

Active Labor Market

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Firm Size and Employment during the Pandemic

Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World ◽

10.1177/2378023121992601 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

pp. 237802312199260

Author(s):

Ken-Hou Lin ◽

Carolina Aragão ◽

Guillermo Dominguez

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Labor Market ◽

Firm Size ◽

The United States ◽

Market Concentration ◽

Job Security ◽

Wage Premium ◽

Small Enterprises ◽

Policy Responses ◽

Industrial Context

Previous studies have established that firm size is associated with a wage premium, but the wage premium has declined in recent decades. The authors examine the risk for unemployment by firm size during the initial outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 in the United States. Using both yearly and state-month variation, the authors find greater excess unemployment among workers in small enterprises than among those in larger firms. The gaps cannot be entirely attributed to the sorting of workers or to industrial context. The firm size advantage is most pronounced in sectors with high remotability but reverses in the sectors most affected by the pandemic. Overall, these findings suggest that firm size is linked to greater job security and that the pandemic may have accelerated prior trends regarding product and labor market concentration. They also point out that the initial policy responses did not provide sufficient protection for workers in small and medium-sized businesses.

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Recent Developments in Social Policy in the New European Union

ILR Review ◽

10.1177/001979399404800102 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 5-27 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

John T. Addison ◽

W. Stanley Siebert

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Labor Market ◽

Recent Progress ◽

Adjustment Costs ◽

Labor Policy ◽

Market Regulation ◽

The European Union ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Labor Market Regulation ◽

Future Direction

This paper assesses the recent progress and future direction of labor policy in the European Community, now the European Union. The authors show that most of the mandates foreshadowed under the December 1989 Community Social Charter have now been enacted into law. They analyze the possible costs, as well as the benefits, of these firstphase mandates and show the link between these adjustment costs and the Community's policy of providing subsidies to its poorer member states. They also demonstrate how the new Treaty on European Union, agreed to at Maastricht in December 1991, has increased the scope for Community-level labor market regulation.

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Linked migration and labor market flexibility in the rural amenity destinations in the United States

Journal of Rural Studies ◽

10.1016/j.jrurstud.2014.07.008 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 36 ◽

pp. 121-136 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Peter B. Nelson ◽

Lise Nelson ◽

Laurie Trautman

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Labor Market ◽

The United States ◽

Labor Market Flexibility

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The Labor Market Skills of Recent Male Immigrants: Evidence from the Current Population Survey

ILR Review ◽

10.1177/001979399504800412 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 48 (4) ◽

pp. 792-811 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Edward Funkhouser ◽

Stephen J. Trejo

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Labor Market ◽

Current Population Survey ◽

Population Survey ◽

Census Data ◽

The United States ◽

Skill Levels ◽

Recent Immigrants ◽

Current Population ◽

Using Data

Using data from special supplements to the Current Population Survey (CPS), the authors track the education and hourly earnings of recent male immigrants to the United States. In terms of these measures of labor market skills, the CPS data suggest that immigrants who came in the late 1980s were more skilled than those who arrived earlier in the decade. This pattern represents a break from the steady decline in immigrant skill levels observed in 1940–80 Census data. Despite the encouraging trend over the 1980s, however, the average skills of recent immigrants remain low by historical standards.

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So you want to work in sports? An exploratory study of sport business employability

Sport Business and Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/sbm-02-2021-0013 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

David J. Finch ◽

Norm O'Reilly ◽

David Legg ◽

Nadège Levallet ◽

Emma Fody

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Labor Market ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Sport Management ◽

The United States ◽

Content Type ◽

The Past ◽

Analytical Thinking

PurposeAs an industry, sport business (SB) has seen significant growth since the early 2000s. Concurrently, the number of postsecondary sport management programs has also expanded dramatically. However, there remain concerns about whether these programs are meeting the demands of both employers and graduates. To address these concerns, this study examines the credential and competency demands of the SB labor market in the United States.Design/methodology/approachResearchers conducted an analysis using a broad sample of employment postings (N = 613) for SB positions from two different years, 2008 and 2018.FindingsResults support that a complex set of SB qualifications exist, and the credentials and competencies included in SB employment postings have evolved over the past decade.Originality/valueA noteworthy finding is that meta-skills are found to be particularly important for employability, including items such as communication, emotional intelligence and analytical thinking and adaptability.

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