International Journal of Manpower: Volume 42 Issue 8

Eastern European immigrants in the UK

Anna Rosso

The paper aims at examining wage developments among Eastern European immigrants vs UK natives before and after the 2004 enlargement by measuring the extent to which inter-group…

Personal income tax design and background-related earnings advantages: evidence from Italy and Poland

Francesco Bloise, Maurizio Franzini, Michele Raitano

The authors analyse how the association between parental background and adult children's earnings changes when net rather than gross children's earnings are considered and…

What to do when the robots come? Non-formal education in jobs affected by automation

Sierdjan Koster, Claudia Brunori

Ongoing automation processes may render a fair share of the existing jobs redundant or change their nature. This begs the question to what extent employees affected invest in…

Organizational justice, psychological ownership and organizational embeddedness: a conservation of resources perspective

Sultan Adal Mehmood, Muhammad Abdur Rahman Malik, Muhammad Saood Akhtar, Naveed Ahmad Faraz, Mumtaz Ali Memon

This paper draws on the conservation of resources (COR) theory to understand how organizational embeddedness develops through psychological ownership and organizational justice…

Unemployment and labor force participation in Italy

Francesco Nemore, Rocco Caferra, Andrea Morone

Our main purpose is to test the unemployment invariance hypothesis in Italy.

Wealth transfers and labour supply: impact of inheritances and gifts by gender in Europe

Miguel Á. Malo, Dario Sciulli

The authors analyse how the receipt of a wealth transfer (inheritance or gift) affects labour force participation in 14 EU countries. They compare the effect of receiving an…

Predictors of applicant attraction among Gen-X and millennials: evidence from an emerging economy

Debolina Dutta, Sushanta Kumar Mishra

A better understanding of applicant attraction enables organizations to manage their talent needs, thus enhancing HR effectiveness. Even though generational difference exists in…

The promise and peril of youth entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa

Caroline Krafft, Reham Rizk

Entrepreneurship is promoted as a solution to high rates of youth unemployment around the world and especially in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This paper investigates…

Does gender matter for the unemployment hysteresis effect among Asian countries?

Zheng-Zheng Li, Chi Wei Su, Ran Tao

This study aims to examine the unemployment hysteresis effects from the perspective of the heterogeneity of genders within Asian countries.