The rate of unemployment in the United States has exceeded 8 percent since February 2009, making the past three years the longest stretch of high u...

Managing psychological health of the workforce in developing countries has more challenges than in developed nations. Among the challenges are: bur...

The distribution of income in the United States features heavily in congressional discussions about the middle class, program funding and effective...

In this note a short introduction to the project "Employment Effects of Entrepreneurs" is presented. First, we describe the purpose of the project;...

This book examines a wide range of evidence about the long-term growth of employment from the countries around the world, including industrialised,...

We extend earlier analyses of the job creation of start-ups vs. established firms by taking into consideration the educational content of the jobs ...

We study whether entrepreneurial spinoffs are important drivers of industry dynamics. More precisely, we investigate whether the quality of jobs in...

Job satisfaction is a central concept in work and organizational psychology as it is associated with important individual as well as organizational...

How can federal programs support low-income and low-skilled individuals find and keep employment? Searching for a job is a universal experience for...

In 2008, the U.S. economy collided with two historic forces. The first force was the Great Recession, the most severe economic crisis in a generati...

As per the Annual Report, 2018-19 of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India, there were 633.88 lakh micro, small ...

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), enacted in 1938, is the federal legislation that establishes the general minimum wage that must be paid to all...

As the members of the "baby boom" generation -- people born between 1946 and 1964 -- approach retirement, the demographic profile of the U.S. workf...

This work covers all major areas which have had a destructive impact against America's business/manufacturing job market. Strategy and techniques a...

Millions of U.S. workers have little or no savings for retirement, potentially adding to future strains on state and national safety net programs. ...

According to 2011 Census, rural population formed 68.8 percent of the total population of India. With prospect of industrialisation and the consequ...

Census 2011 estimated India's population at 121 crore. Rural population accounted for 68.8 percent (83.3 crore) of the total population. A very lar...

Chapter 1 analyses recent changes to state Unemployment Compensation (UC) programs. Two categories of UC state law issues are considered: (1) chang...

One of the central features of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant is promoting work and job preparation for parents (mo...

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 established the hourly minimum wage rate at 25 cents for covered workers. Since then, it has been raise...

This book discusses unemployment and its relations to economic, political and social aspects. The first chapter studies the relationship of unemplo...

This paper examines the relationship between schizophrenia and employment. While most other studies have used cross-sectional data to estimate this...

Women make up almost half of the nation's workforce, yet research shows that they continue to hold a lower percentage of corporate board seats comp...

The problems of women workers in general -- and in the unorganised sector in particular -- deserve special attention and focus in view of their mar...