…in supporting women’s empowerment.” “Negotiating Gender Relations: Muslim Women and Formal Employment in Pakistan’s Rural Development Sector” Grünenfelder, Julia. Gender, Work and Organization, 2012. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2012.00609.x. Abstract: “Drawing on…
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…(CERCLIS database). Information on current hazardous-waste sites, potential sites and remedial activities in the United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Enforcement and litigation statistics on employment discrimination. Tabular data…
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…the composition of an immigrant’s social network that determines its impact on his or her employment prospects. The study, “Social Networks and the Dynamics of Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from…
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…Weather Patterns.” The following is a list of useful studies relating to winter’s impact: _____ “Did Abnormal Weather Affect U.S. Employment Growth in Early 2015?” Report from the Federal Reserve Bank…
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…with desktop computing. Major employment losses for men were in production occupations, likely related to the decline in manufacturing employment.” The returns to higher education are clear: “Workers with a…
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…movie production employment. The analysis does not consider indirect employment in industries ancillary to movie production. Key takeaways: The analysis generated “mixed” findings. According to one examination of the data,…
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…Act of 1963 provides federal protection so that men and women receive “equal pay for equal work,” according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency that enforces workplace…
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…Affairs papers, “Hospital Employment Of Physicians In Massachusetts Is Associated With Inappropriate Diagnostic Imaging,” Gary Young, director of the Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research at Boston’s Northeastern University,…
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…the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There are two primary numbers in the release — the unemployment rate and the nonfarm payroll employment data. What to write about: Has the unemployment…
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…U.S. depends on the location to which jobs have been move abroad: “A one-percent increase in employment in low-income countries reduces domestic employment by 0.023% while a 1% increase in…
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