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The economic analysis of the effects of remittances has become an increasingly important issue in recent years because of the rapid growth of this form of financial flow. Official estimates put global remittances at around $80bn in 2002, but the total amount, which includes flows through unofficial channels, is thought to be far greater than…

The quality of labour market information (LMI) to inform and guide employment and skills policy formulation is still indicted, even in official circles, of not being fit for the job. However, these doubts are nothing new; they have been voiced on various occasions in the past. Back in 1999, for example, the Skills Task Force…

This paper outlines the development of a new data source that combines workplace information from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) with employee data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE). Illustrative analysis of the gender wage differential demonstrates how the inclusion of additional workplace characteristics collected from WERS can be utilized to…

In this paper we present estimates of the penalty in pay associated with motherhood for 11 European countries. Firstly, analysis of the European Community Household Panel Survey (ECHP) reveals that significant penalties in pay exist within Germany, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. Analysis for Germany (using the German Socio-Economic Panel) and the…

Yn 2024 cynhaliwyd yr Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth nid yn unig wyneb yn wyneb ond hefyd drwy arolwg ar y we. Mae’r rhediad cyfochrog hwn yn darparu ffordd o archwilio effaith bosibl y newid mewn dyluniad samplu a modd ar amcangyfrifon arolwg.  Mae’r adroddiad hwn a’r tablau hwn yn crynhoi maint a chyfeiriad y gwahaniaethau…