It is widely believed that the presence of a large informal sector increases the efficiency cost of social programs – transfer and social insurance programs – in developing countries. We evaluate such ...

The majority of labor migrants working in the Netherlands depart within ten years, and their decision to stay or return home is closely linked to income, job security, and whether they have a partner.

There used to be 143 federal mediators across the US. After Trump’s cuts, there are just four. The change “is terrible for labor relations and, ultimately, it’s trouble for the economy ...

In Bengaluru, domestic workers have organised with many organisations that are broadly of two forms—DW unions and labour non-governmental organisations—with discrete yet intertwined histories. The ...

Abstract: In this paper, we study symbol-level precoding (SLP) design for time-domain peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) reduction in a multi-user MISO-OFDM transmission through the idea of ...

But many Labour lawmakers balked at the changes, which the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank estimated would cut the income of 3.2 million people by 2030.

How will technological, cultural and environmental change transform employment? Labour Studies provides you with the knowledge and experience to tackle complex issues shaping the lives of workers and ...

Shivi Nathan has settled liability in a substantial claim on behalf of a now 8-year-old boy left severely brain damaged following negligent care during his mother's labour at Hillingdon Hospital, ...

In this paper, we consider the average symbol error probability (SEP) performance of a hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay network with non-orthogonal multiple a ...

Going to college has consistently conferred a large wage premium. We show that the relative premium received by lower-income Americans has halved since 1960. We decompose this steady rise in ...

Decline Prof Lucien van der Walt, director of the Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit at Rhodes University, said child labour has “to a large extent, sharply declined in post-apartheid South Africa”.