The Canadian workforce is aging. At the same time, we’re facing a skills shortage. Keeping older workers on the job past 65 is an obvious solution but the federal parties are silent on the topic.
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Our inability to foresee the jobs of the future should be tempered by the realization that that jobs have always appeared in the past, regardless of technological advances.
With most new jobs going to women, their workforce participation rate is growing at nine times the rate for men. But, while participation is on track for parity in a decade, pay is another matter.
A big increase in employment but the unemployment is flat. Addressing this will be a challenge as all our options have downsides.
Allowing women to drive could boost the Saudi economy: by bringing more women into the workorce and making men more productive.
Even if policies could be found to bind new immigrants to regional areas, workers’ movements would continue to weaken the long-run impact on regional populations and economies.
Women have less to fear than men, and probably more to benefit, from the advent of robots.
Provincial governments in Atlantic Canada have been trying to encourage immigrants to become entrepreneurs for more than a decade. Some are boldly answering the call.
Despite relatively stable and low levels of unemployment, workers are increasingly concerned that their jobs are at risk.
Australia loses nearly A$2 billion of GDP every year due to people with cancer leaving the workforce.
Men and young people are more likely to be ageist, but few Australians are resolutely ageist in their views, a new survey finds.
Queensland Labor claimed it has ‘created 122,500 jobs – more than four times the number of jobs created under the Newman-Nicholls government’. Is that right? We asked the experts.
Two experts assess the prime minister’s claim and what the evidence says about the impact of a ban.
Even though the shift towards part-time employment has actually been happening for many years, it now appears to be slowing.
Estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggest that the number of direct full-time equivalent jobs in renewable energy activities has continued to fall from its 2011-12 peak.
In the lead up to the state election, Western Australian Labor leader Mark McGowan said WA has the highest unemployment rate in Australia. Is that correct?
Australia’s labour market does a relatively good job of accommodating the preferences of the majority of workers. But that’s not to say there’s no-one who wouldn’t prefer to work more – or less.
Ahead of the Mid Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, minister for defence industries Christopher Pyne said a lot of jobs were created in 2016 and Australia has the highest growth rate in the G7. Is that true?
Many US voters appear to believe that deporting illegal immigrants would boost job opportunities and wages for US workers. But economic modelling suggests different conclusions.
Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen said Australian wages growth is at record lows. Is that true?
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Professor, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University
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Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Guelph
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Director, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Professor of Employment Relations and Director of the Work, Organisation and Employment Relations Research Centre (WOERRC), University of Sheffield
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Professor, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University