Appendix: Additional tables on state finances and state employment

In this paper the author develops and tests a model of regional responses to national business-cycles. The model divides cyclical decline in each state into two sectors: a basic sector and a nonbasic sector. The industrial mix, capital—labor ratio, age of capital stock, level of unemployment insurance benefits, labor shortage, and extent of labor-force unionization of a state are hypothesized to influence the response to national recessions by the economy of a state. Employment decline in the nonbasic sector of the economy of a state is a function of employment decline in basic industries and is transmitted through a short-run multiplier. The model is tested on data from five post World War 2 recessions between 1950 and 1975. The findings indicate that industry mix at the two-digit Standard Industrial Code level explains 36% of the across-state variation in cyclical employment. The results also indicate that an old capital-stock, a nonunion labor force, and generous unemployment insurance benefits promote cyclical stability in state economies.

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State employment policy in hard times, edited by Michael Barker. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1983, 252 pp. Price: $32.50 cloth

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management ◽

10.1002/pam.4050030445 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 636-636

Keyword(s):

Employment Policy ◽

Hard Times ◽

State Employment ◽

Duke University

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It Takes a Village: Civil Society Regulation of Employment Standards for Temporary Migrant Workers in Australian Horticulture

University of New South Wales Law Journal ◽

10.53637/nhbf9195 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Stephen Clibborn

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Migrant Workers ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Farm Workers ◽

System Level ◽

Temporary Migrant ◽

Employment Standards ◽

State Employment ◽

The Commons ◽

Migrant Farm

How can civil society actors address regulatory deficiencies in complex systems? The challenge of regulating employment standards in non-unionised industries is shared by many developed countries. In industries like horticulture, violation of minimum employment standards for vulnerable temporary migrant workers is widespread and state employment regulators struggle to enforce laws. This article examines the challenge at a system level incorporating a range of civil society stakeholders. It conceptualises a regional town and its surrounding horticulture-dependent economy and society as a complex system in which stakeholders face the challenge of reputational damage among temporary migrant farm workers, threatening future labour supply. This ‘tragedy of the commons’ was created by some stakeholders acting solely in their individual interests by underpaying and otherwise mistreating the workers. Using a qualitative approach including 30 interviews, focusing on a single farming region in Queensland, Australia, this article identifies the conditions in which civil society stakeholders in a horticulture system regulate employment standards through orienting and connecting with one another to advance both individual and shared interests.

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Formality and informality in an Indian urban waste economy

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy ◽

10.1108/ijssp-07-2016-0084 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 37 (7/8) ◽

pp. 417-434 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Barbara Harriss-White

Keyword(s):

Labour Force ◽

Field Research ◽

Legal Regulation ◽

Snowball Sampling ◽

Long Distance ◽

Content Type ◽

South Indian ◽

Informal Labour ◽

State Employment ◽

Informal Contracts

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute original evidence about the conditions for formal and informal contracts for commodities and labour in the waste economy of a South Indian town. Design/methodology/approach Field research was exploratory, based on snowball sampling and urban traversing. The analysis follows capital and labour in the sub-circuits of capital generating waste in production, distribution, consumption, the production of labour and the reproduction of society. Findings Regardless of legal regulation, which is selectively enforced, formal contracts are limited to active inspection regimes; direct transactions with or within the state; and long-distance transactions. Formal labour contracts are least incomplete for state employment, and for relatively scarce skilled labour in the private sector. Research limitations/implications The research design does not permit quantified generalisations. Practical implications Waste management technology evaluations neglect the social costs of displacing a large informal labour force. Social implications While slowly dissolving occupational barriers of untouchability, the waste economy is a low-status labour absorber of last resort, exit from which is extremely difficult. Originality/value The first systematic exploration of formal and informal contracts in an Indian small-town waste economy.

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Gender Differences in Commitment to State Employment: The Role of Coworker Relationships

Public Personnel Management ◽

10.1177/0091026017702612 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 46 (2) ◽

pp. 170-187 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Melissa M. Sloan

Keyword(s):

Gender Differences ◽

Affective Commitment ◽

Affective Organizational Commitment ◽

Supportive Relationships ◽

Coworker Relationships ◽

State Employment ◽

Public Sector Managers ◽

Cohesion Theory ◽

State Employees

Using survey data from a large sample of state employees, this research investigates gender differences in affective organizational commitment to state employment. Following relational cohesion theory, I hypothesize that perceived emotional support among workers within the workplace is positively associated with affective commitment to state employment. I also expect that women’s greater commitment to state employment compared with men is due to their higher levels of perceived coworker support. The results of the analyses largely support the hypotheses and suggest that public-sector managers would do well to encourage the development of supportive relationships among employees.

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DO STATE EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION LAWS AFFECT JOB TURNOVER?

Contemporary Economic Policy ◽

10.1111/coep.12251 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 36 (2) ◽

pp. 394-409 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Pia M. Orrenius ◽

Madeline Zavodny ◽

Emily Gutierrez

Keyword(s):

Job Turnover ◽

State Employment

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EVALUATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS ON THE STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH ON THE BASIS OF MICROIMITATION MODELING

Economic Analysis ◽

10.35774/econa2017.02.079 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 79-90

Author(s):

Dmytro Shushpanov ◽

Volodymyr Sarioglo

Keyword(s):

Research Policy ◽

Synthetic Data ◽

Simulation Models ◽

The State ◽

Data Sets ◽

Economic Determinants ◽

Micro Simulation ◽

State Employment ◽

Health Research Policy ◽

Main Determinants

In the article the essence and peculiarities of microimitational modeling are considered. The advantages of microimitational models over the statistics models are substantiated. Micro-simulation models, that prognosticate somehow dynamic changes in health and which are most appropriate to use in development and health research policy, such as POHEM, CORSIM and Sife Paths, are outlined. It is proposed to use elements of statistical and dynamic microimitation modeling, agent modeling and the concept of a life course for the estimation of the influence social and economic determinants. The synthetic model of population which has been formed on the basis of representative data sets of sample surveys of living conditions of households and economic activity of the population of the State Employment Service of Ukraine, as well as microdata of the Multicultural Survey of the Population of Ukraine (2012) and the Medical and Demographic Survey (2013). The generalized scheme of the method of microimulation modeling of the influence of social and economic determinants on the health status of the population of Ukraine has been developed. The influence of the main determinants on the health of certain age, gender and social and economic groups of the population is estimated on the basis of the methodology of synthetic data.

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Digitalization in public administration institutions

10.22616/esrd.2021.55.051 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Modrite Pelse ◽

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Sandris Ancans ◽

Lasma Strazdina ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Administration ◽

Information Technologies ◽

The State ◽

Mobile Internet ◽

The Public ◽

Employment Agency ◽

Positive Effects ◽

State Revenue ◽

State Employment ◽

And Migration

There is no doubt that digitalization processes make positive effects on the development of a company as emphasized and evidenced by many research papers and studies. However, there are a few empirical research studies on digitalization in the public sector, particularly in public administration institutions. Therefore, the present research aims to identify and compare the level of digitalization in four national public administration institutions: the State Revenue Service, the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, the State Social Insurance Agency and the State Employment Agency. In Latvia, very good technical solutions and a broadband mobile Internet network are available, the number of Internet users increases all over the world every year, but are they widely used by public administration institutions to provide consumers with appropriate digital services? The State Revenue Service has reached the highest level of maturity in digitalization, and the institution has also allocated the most funds from its budget to information technologies and the maintenance of their systems. The level of digitalization is low in the State Employment Agency and the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs. The public requires public administration services to be available digitally on a 24-hour/7day basis.

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Analysis of the level and features of emotional intelligence of staff of the State Employment Service of Ukraine

Організаційна психологія Економічна психологія ◽

10.31108/2.2020.2.20.4 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2-3 (20) ◽

pp. 42-50

Author(s):

Yana Dubyaga ◽

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Social Services ◽

Work Experience ◽

Work Performance ◽

Emotional Awareness ◽

Work Conditions ◽

The State ◽

Employment Service ◽

Professional Characteristics ◽

State Employment

Introduction. Social, political and economic transformations, which have been taking place in Ukraine, set strict requirements for the professionalism of staff of the State Employment Service of Ukraine in terms of emotional awareness and emotional flexibility, which are necessary for providing good social services to clients with negative emotional manifestations. Therefore, studying the level and socio-demographic and professional characteristics of the emotional intelligence of staff of the State Employment Service of Ukraine is of great importance. The aim was to empirically investigate the levels and socio-demographic and professional characteristics of the State Employment Service of Ukraine staff's emotional intelligence. Research methods. The instruments used included N. Hall's The Level of Emotional Intelligence and mathematical statistics (descriptive statistics, variance and correlation analyzes). Research results. It was found that a significant number of the staff of the State Employment Service of Ukraine had low level of emotional intelligence, which had certain relationships with staff's gender, age, work experience and profession-relevant characteristics. Conclusions. Underdeveloped emotional intelligence and its components among the staff of the State Employment Service of Ukraine can negatively affect their work performance. A special emotional intelligence development training program designed in line with this research findings can promote State Employment Service of Ukraine staff's work efficiency in stressful work conditions.

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