Is It Time for Some Countries to Implement a Brain Drain Tax?
A tax on migrating workers compensates the exporting country for loss of the human capital created by its education and skills development programs.
Labor Market Policies for the Changing (or Not) Status of Employment
We need to grapple with ‘protected mobility’ – protecting the worker in his/her status at work and mobile trajectory in the labor market.
Online Job Listings Rebounded Strongly After the Pandemic
Official labor statistics take significant time to produce. In contrast, online job portals are already providing a window into labor demand in the post-pandemic job market.
Philippines’ COVID-19 Employment Challenge: Labor Market Programs to the Rescue
As the Philippines rebounds from the pandemic, strengthening labor market programs will be critical to help workers and enterprises make the transition.
Picking Up the Pieces of the Philippine Labor Market as Recovery Beckons
After a difficult year during the pandemic, there are encouraging signs that workers in the Philippines will not only find employment but thrive in the post-COVID-19 labor market.
Promoting Skilled Labor Mobility and Migration in Southeast Asia
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are working together to encourage the free flow of skilled labor within their countries.
Protecting Construction Workers from Coronavirus
COVID-19 has highlighted the need to routinely inspect construction sites including camps and address any overcrowding and unsanitary conditions.
Protecting the Remittance Lifeline from COVID-19’s Economic Fallout
Families throughout Asia and the Pacific rely on money sent by relatives overseas. These remittances are threatened by the pandemic but policy actions can help.
Rethinking Work-From-Home After COVID-19
The implications of working from home on costs, productivity, and work-life balance are just now being understood by workers and companies around the world. Will this new awareness transcend the pandemic?
Robots To the Rescue: Three Ways Automation Can Cushion the Impact of Aging on Economic Growth
Population aging can turn the demographic dividend into a drag on economic growth. New research indicates automation can lessen the effects of unfavorable demographic change on labor productivity.