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| Spain |
| Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament de Treball i Indústria |
| Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales |
| Europe |
| European Commission of Employment and Social Affairs |
| European Parliament. Committee on Employment and Social Affairs |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs The aim of the Directorate is to help governments find ways to boost employment and improve social welfare. It watches and studies employment and earning patterns, how and why people move between countries, the effectiveness of health care, the impact of an ageing workforce on the labor market and how technology affects workers. |
| Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Labour Markets The OECD reviews labor market developments and assesses how policy can improve the functioning of its market on a regular basis. It has produced a set of country-specific recommendations for reforms in the labor market. |
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| Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) |
| Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) |
| Centre for European Labour Market Research (CELMR) It became an official research center in January 2000. Then became part of the University of Aberdeen Business School (UABS). Its research program reflects both the interests of the contributors and the academics in this field of investigation and includes topics as education, skills and labor mobility; inequality in the labor market; health and work; the public sector and wage determination. |
| Centro di Economia del Lavoro e di Politica Economica (CELPE) The institute attached to the Università di Salerno, has the aim to promote and divulge the research, theoretic and applied, into the field of labor economics, local economics and the public policy. |
| CLS (Centre for Labour Market and Social Research in Aarhus) It was founded in 1993 as a research center for empirically based research in labor market and social issues. The CLS was started as a research center under the Danish National Research Foundation. The center is now hosted by the University of Aarhus (Department of Economics) in cooperation with the Aarhus School of Business and the Danish National Institute of Social Research. |
| HIVA (Higher Institute for Labour Studies) It is a research institute founded in 1974, attached to the Catholic University of Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven). HIVA's research activities are carried out in support of government policy and focus on problems facing employees, underprivileged and disadvantaged groups, social organizations and movements in society. The research activities are organized into four sectors: work and organization; education and labor market; social and economic policy; and sustainable development. |
| Institute for Labour Research (ILR) It was established at the University of Essex in March 1996 as a vehicle to focus and promote economic and social research into the evolution of labor market structure, into unemployment and its links with technical and structural change, etc. The main project title is "Labour Market Dynamics in a Changing Environment", but there are individual research projects too. |
| IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor) It is a private, independent research institute, which conducts nationally and internationally oriented labor market research. It operates as a nonprofit limited liability company. IZA also takes an active part in international research networks. It analyzes the problems associated with the organization of labor in a rapidly developing world - wide economic environment. |
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| Canadian International Labour Network (CILN) It is a collaborative research venture between the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and McMaster University, with other universities. The theme of CILN's research is Labor Market Institutions and Outcomes. Its investigations will focus on the effects of labor market laws and institutions, on labor market outcomes... |
| Canadian Labour and Business Centre (CLBC) It was established in 1984 and has evolved as a center for business labor dialogue and consensus building. In addition to labor and business, the Center enjoys active Board participation from federal, provincial and territorial governments, and from universities and community colleges. |
| Center for Labor Economics The Center for Labor Economics was established in the fall of 1997 to promote economic research on the programs and policies that affect the labor market. It is attached to the University of California, Berkeley. |
| Center for Labor Research and Education As part of the Institute of Industrial Relations (IIR) and the Institute for Labor and Employment (ILE), the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education plays a unique role as a bridge between the university and the labor community in Southern California. It is an important information resource between unions and workers. An advisory committee comprised of about forty Southern California labor leaders (representing more than one million members in the public and private sector) provides advice and support for the Center. |
| CLMR (Centre for Labour Market Research) It is a consortium formed by different Australian universities. Its objectives are to further the knowledge and understanding of labor markets and related issues (with special reference to Australian labor markets and other markets in the Asia Pacific Region) and to promote the exchange of knowledge and expertise on labor economics and industrial relations between the academic community, governments, business and trade unions. |
| Industrial Relations Section Princeton University |
| Institute for Labor and Employment (ILE) It is a new research program involving different campus, which belongs to the UCLA and the UC Berkeley, that is devoted to studying, and finding solutions for, problems of labor and employment in California and the nation. It expands upon the existing Institutes of Industrial Relations (IIRs) at UC Berkeley and UCLA. |
| Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations (ILIR) The ILIR at the University of Michigan was created in 1957 to provide a vehicle for research and a focus within the University on issues pertaining to employment and labor relations. The Institute brings research together with practice to address a wide variety of topics, from labor relations and labor market structure to services in the workplace, employment discrimination, and the "underground" economy. |
| Labor Center Is a project of the Institute of Industrial Relations at UC Berkeley and the UC Institute for Labor and Employment. Our mission is to improve the lives of working people by linking the University of California's vast resources with initiatives for social and economic equity. |
| National Institute of Labour Studies (NILS) It is a research center attached to the Flinders University. NILS produces high quality research and consulting in the following key areas: analysis of labor market developments at national, industry, occupational and regional levels; industrial relations developments and issues; employment, unemployment and labor mobility; labor productivity and workplace performance; employee and management opinion surveys; education and training; immigration; earnings and wage trends. |
| NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research) |
| Associations |
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| AIEL (Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro) It is a nonprofit association open to all the lecturers, research fellows and scholars interested in labor economics. |
| ESPE (European Society for Population Economics) It was founded in 1986 and was created in order to facilitate communication and exchange between researchers in different European countries, as well as with scientists from other parts of the world. Equal emphasis is given to theoretical and applied research focusing on the role played by human capital and demographic variables in economics. |
| European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) It was founded in 1989 in order to promote the advancement of knowledge in the field of labor economics in Europe and elsewhere. It is a broad-based organization in which all schools of analysis are welcome to participate. Its activities include the organization of international conferences and workshop, the promotion of the study and application of labor economics, the formation of international groups concerned with research and teaching, and support to publications in the field of labor economics. |
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| Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) It was founded in 1996 to promote the study of labor economics and to make more significant the contribution of labor economics and labor economists. The Journal of Labor Economics is the official journal of the Society. |
| University departments |
| Universitat d'Adelaida. Gender studies and labour studies |
| Research program |
| Peer Review Program The program was launched by the European Commission in 1999 with the aim of promoting the transferability of good practice in active labor market policy throughout the European Union. |
| Other interesting webs |
| Education, Training and the Labour Market Research Group (ETLM) The ETLM Research Group is a multidisciplinary research group at the Westminster Business School, University of Westminster. The research group has a wide range of interests, specialties, languages and technical skills, which have enabled the successful completion of numerous research projects, which can be split into five categories: qualifications, skills and the labor market; labor market reform; the construction industry; segregated labor markets; wage relations and social protection. |
| Laborlink It is a gateway to several institutions and comprehensive reference sources related to employment law, labor relations, organized labor, workplace issues, etc. |
| Labornet It was founded in 1991 to build a democratic communication network for the labor movement. To that end we established the first regular labor news web page in the United States. |
| Labour Economics Gateway Gateway which collects Internet-sites that are of interest to labor economists. |
| Labourstart Web page which collects international labor news. |
| LRA (Labor Research Association) Labor Research Association is a New York City-based nonprofit research and advocacy organization that provides research and educational services for trade unions. |
| National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) It is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1935 to administer the National Labor Relations Act, the primary law governing relations between unions and employers in the private sector. |
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