BACKGROUND There is increasing international concern over the rising number of children involved in labour, particularly in developing countries. Despite the multitude of related risk factors, and some evidence on their social needs, there has been limited research on these children's mental health. METHODS The aim of this study was to establish the association between labour-related variable...

Policy makers recognise the importance of early identification of young people that are likely to end up jobless on entry to the adult labour market. This paper uses sequencing techniques to characterise 712 young people’s transitions from school to work into ‘types’, with jobless types interpreted as unsuccessful transitions. A logit model is estimated for transition type using a collection of...

This paper investigates the personal, regional, and family background characteristics of the unemployed youth using data from the General Household Survey. The main result noted is the different labour market experiences of males and females which may reflect the traditional genderspecific division of entry-level jobs. The variables which are found to be significant for both sexes include no qu...

Economists explain welfare dependency of the unemployed and in-work poverty by the low labour market quality of the poor. Work can be made to pay by working family tax credits. But these might lower wages and price nonrecipients out of the market, widening the eligibility for the wage supplementation and raising social welfare bills. This was precisely the effect of the Speenhamland system of w...

This paper examines the economic status and labour supply of older workers in Chile. It examines the extent to which the labour market is an important source of economic risk diversification for older workers and their households, and the influence of alternative sources: the family, social security, and accumulated assets. The main findings are firstly that there are important differences by a...

Farmers need up to date information on efficient use and management of labour for agricultural production. Yet, they lack adequate and needed information. Hence, this study was undertaken to explore the sources and use of labour information by farmers in southwestern Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select respondents for the study. Primary data were collected to elicit infor...

We argue that in the Netherlands, due to the growth of part-time work, work norms have declined. The mechanism behind this norm change is in the changed organization of family life. The increased labour market participation of women has put the traditional organization of family life under pressure. Working mothers in the Netherlands opt for part-time jobs, thus sacrificing career opportunities...

OBJECTIVE To investigate women's own labour pain perception, experiences and satisfaction with health care providers at a referral hospital of Sindh. METHODS A descriptive study conducted on 400 labouring women at Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department Unit-II and IV Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad/Jamshoro from January 2006 to July 2006. Four hundred full term labouring women in first s...