This paper provides a review of how questions in labour economics link to the central concerns of development economics in understanding the mechanisms that both create, and perpetuate, poverty in some countries and not others and in some areas within countries. The paper frames this link by asking what determines first the price of labour, then the nature of employment open to labour and final...

AIM   To determine induction trends and delivery, maternal and neonatal health outcomes by gestational age following induction at term for women having a first baby. METHODS   Linked birth and hospital data were used to examine the rates of adverse maternal and neonatal health outcomes for the period 2001-2007, among the 212,389 nullipara with singleton cephalic-presenting fetuses delivering ...

BACKGROUND In the USA, between 1980 and 2004, the proportion of all births increased 2-fold in women aged > or = 30, 3-fold in women aged > or = 35 and nearly 4-fold in women aged > or = 40. The objective of this study was to evaluate the risks of pregnancy complications and adverse outcomes with increasing maternal age using national vital statistics data. METHODS The study population includ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the changes in perinatal outcomes in children born from 37 weeks of gestation after implementation of a more proactive labour induction practice from 2009. DESIGN Register-based cohort study. SETTING Denmark, 2000-12. POPULATION Newborns from 37 weeks of gestation. METHODS Perinatal outcomes were estimated using a logistic regression analysis with adjustment for gest...

BACKGROUND Previous work by us and others had suggested that cervical electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) may be predictive of the outcome of induced labour. We sought to determine which probe configuration of the EIS device is predictive of the outcome of induced labour and compare this to digital assessment by the Bishop score. METHODS In a prospective cohort of 205 women admitted for i...

The Unexpected Appearance of a New German Model Most Continental European labour markets and welfare states underwent a substantial transformation over the last two decades moving from a situation of low employment and limited labour market inequality to higher employment, but also more inequality. Germany is a case in point as it exhibits growing employment figures and growing shares of low pa...

BACKGROUND In developing countries such as Pakistan, poor training of mid-level cadres of health providers, combined with unregulated availability of labour-inducing medication can carry considerable risk for mother and child during labour. Here, we describe the exposure to labour-inducing medication and its possible risks in a vulnerable population in a conflict-affected region of Pakistan. ...

We use sequence analysis to compare the different trajectories that individuals take through education system and into work identify characteristics could be used target those who are at most risk of poorer labour market outcomes. As well as age 16 exam performance, we find parental advice, aspirations, attitudes towards HE important predictors pathways work. However, these not strongly determi...

Abstract We investigate the labour market effects of incarcerating children. Using linked administrative data to track outcomes for English schoolchildren, we estimate an econometric model transitions between education, custody, employment and NEET (not in employment, education or training), along with earnings those starting work. allow vary according individual’s state preceding spell and, by...