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Coordination in labour market policy: the influence of governance and institutional logics.

Thesis
Fuertes, V. Coordination in labour market policy: the influence of governance and institutional logics. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1033234
This PhD analyses the factors that affect the existence or absence of coordination in the field of labour market policy for the long-term unemployed in three cities in Great B...

The Impact of an Ageing Workforce on Employers in Hong Kong: A Study of the Service Sector

Report
Egdell, V., Fuertes, V., Tjandra, N., Chen, T. & Raeside, R. (2017)
The Impact of an Ageing Workforce on Employers in Hong Kong: A Study of the Service Sector. Edinburgh: Lawrence Ho Research Fund 2016-2017
No abstract available.

The Impact of an Ageing Workforce on Hong Kong’s Service Sector

Presentation / Conference
Egdell, V., Fuertes, V., Tjandra, N., & Chen, T. (2017, July)
The Impact of an Ageing Workforce on Hong Kong’s Service Sector. Paper presented at British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2017, Swansea, UK
The aim of this research is to explore the impact of the ageing population on employers in the Hong Kong service sector.

Women in ICT and Digital Technologies: An investigation of the barriers to women entering, staying, and progressing in the sector, and actions to ameliorate this - Executive Summary

Report
Graham, H., Fuertes, V., Egdell, V. & Raeside, R. (2016)
Women in ICT and Digital Technologies: An investigation of the barriers to women entering, staying, and progressing in the sector, and actions to ameliorate this - Executive Summary. Edinburgh: Skills Development Scotland
This report summarises research conducted to explore the under-representation of women in the ICT and Digital Technologies sector in Scotland, and the possible reasons for, an...

Between cooperation and competition: The organisation of employment service delivery in the UK and Germany: Cooperation and competition in employment service delivery

Journal Article
Fuertes, V., Jantz, B., Klenk, T., & McQuaid, R. W. (2014)
Between cooperation and competition: The organisation of employment service delivery in the UK and Germany: Cooperation and competition in employment service delivery. International Journal of Social Welfare, 23(S1), S71-S86. doi:10.1111/ijsw.12100
The increased emphasis on labour market activation in many European countries has led to new forms of governance in recent decades. Primarily through qualitative data and docu...

Findings from LOCALISE.

Presentation / Conference
Fuertes, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2014, May)
Findings from LOCALISE
LOCALISE (Local Worlds of Social Cohesion), funded by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme, has analysed the coordination of social and employment policies during t...

Day Programme: LOCALISE Event - Labour market policies from development to implementation.

Conference Proceeding
Fuertes, V. (2014)
Day Programme: LOCALISE Event - Labour market policies from development to implementation

Brief report from Early-stage Researchers' Conference - Bordeaux.

Report
Fuertes, V., Zimmermann, K., Bourgeois, C. & Bussi, M. (2014)
Brief report from Early-stage Researchers' Conference - Bordeaux. Bordeaux, France: European Commission
At a time of major challenges to welfare systems and specifically to labour market policies the theme of the conference is extremely topical. Understanding of the most effecti...

Local Worlds of Marketization: Employment Policies in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom compared.

Journal Article
Zimmermann, K., Aurich, P., Graziano, P. R., & Fuertes, V. (2014)
Local Worlds of Marketization: Employment Policies in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom compared. Social Policy and Administration, 48, 127-148
The majority of the European countries have experienced a turn towards activation policies during the last two decades (Serrano Pascual and Magnusson 2007; van Berkel and Borg...

Sustainable Integration of Long-term Unemployed: From Work First to Career First.

Presentation / Conference
McQuaid, R. W., & Fuertes, V. (2014, January)
Sustainable Integration of Long-term Unemployed: From Work First to Career First. Paper presented at European Network on Regional Labour Market Monitoring conference, At Frankfurt-a-M., Germany, Germany

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