Ecological Analysis of Gastroschisis Incidence Decline in Liaoning, China, 2006-2016

Background: A gastroschisis incidence decline has recently been reported in Liaoning, China, from 2006-2015; we suspect that this decline could be associated with the fall in industrial manufacturing activities. Methods: The outcome variable, gastroschisis incidence, was from a previous publication. The industrial manufacturing activities were measured by relative job participation and production in the primary and secondary economic sectors, and the corresponding data were collected in 14 cities from 2005 to 2015. The general linear model and a random-effect Poisson regression model were performed to assess the association and time-series trend of gastroschisis with the manufacturing activities. Results: The relative job participation in the first economic sector was marginally associated with gastroschisis incidence in 2006 (p=0.070), but more significantly associated (Beta=-0.040; p=0.014) in the cross-sectional and time-series analysis with one-year lag in the outcome variable. Conclusion: The gastroschisis incidence decline in Liaoning is likely due to the reduced job participation in manufacturing and heavy industry, which might be an indication of reduced risk exposure associated with the industrial manufacturing activities.

Education level, public policy and private sector HR practices determine female job participation rate: a case of Pakistan's telecom sector

This study uses a randomly selected sample of 100 female employees of telecommunication sector of Rawalpindi-lslamabad area and tries to analyze whether government policies and private sector human resource practices exist to promote favorable environment for female job participation. The study's results indicate that female employment-participation rate estimates at 32.28 percent, suggesting that a little less than one-third of females get employment in research area understudy. The respondents' perception on government pol¬ icy and private sector organizational HR practices regarding female job participation are found positive; however,females still feel the necessity of making their jobs more secured and their work worthwhile. Econometrically estimated relation ship suggests that female educational levels determine the female job participation at the first place, and government policy helps determine the private sector organizational HR practices and policies, which further affect and encourage the female job participation. The results suggest that,for a more effective private sector female participation, the government policies need to be further strengthened and made substantiated. For future research, this study provides a base-model which may be replicated to evaluate public and private sector roles in determining female job participation of other economic sectors of Pakistan's economy.

De relatie tussen employability en de intentie tot langer doorwerken

A study on the relationship between employability and the retirement intentions of older workers A study on the relationship between employability and the retirement intentions of older workers Gedrag & Organisatie, volume 24, November 2011, nr. 4, pp. 374-391.Very recently, it has been decided that the retirement age in the Netherlands will increase to 66 in 2020. Therefore, it is more and more important to understand what motivates older employees to work until their pension age (as opposed to quitting the workforce prematurely). In this study, among 151 Dutch employees of 45 years and older, the central aim was to examine the relationships between workers’ employability perceptions and their intention to work until their retirement age. Additionally, we have investigated to what extent ‘the learning value of the job’, ‘participation in training and education’, and ‘career management’ relate to workers’ employability perceptions. Results of Structural Equation Modelling showed that employability is a significant predictor of the intention to work until retirement age. Moreover, our results indicated that ‘learning value of the job’ and ‘participation in training and education in adjacent area’s’ are important antecedents of one’s employability. The main conclusion of this study is that the higher older employees’ perceptions regarding their own employability, the stronger their intention to work until the official pension age will be. Moreover, a solid learning value of the job as well as possibilities for training in adjacent areas will contribute positively to the employability perceptions of older employees.

ANALISIS PENGARUH TINGKAT PARTISIPASI DAN AKTUALISASI DIRI DOSEN PEREMPUAN UIN SUSKA RIAU TERHADAP PRODUKTIVITAS KERJA

This research discusses the influence of woman lecturer’s participation and actualitation toward her job productivity. Research done by distributing the questionnaire in to 8 faculties in UIN Suska Riau. Based on the statistical test, it is known that by parsial, the actualisation and job participation has a positif effect but it is not significant toward productivity. Considering the small influence on the both variable which have been specified previously, hence, the early research model is modified ( model 1) by adding estimated variable which also influence productivity like the year of service and the fungional position. The result of the statistical test indicates that the functional position has positive and significant influence to job productivity.'The self actualisation also has a positive influence, but it is not significant. While the job participation and the year of service have a negative influence and there is no significant. The result of statistical test indicates simultanly that the fourth of free varibels, self actualisation, job participation, year of service, and functional position has significant influence to job productivity