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Technical Paper: The Effect of Pensions on Job Mobility: Empirical Evidence for the UK (PDF - 330 KB)

In this paper we study the effect of pension provision on employee turnover in the UK. In Great Britain, there are three forms of pension coverage: the public social security system, occupational pension plans and personal pensions. We focus on the effect of occupational pension plans on job mobility by studying the different patterns formed by workers in Defined Contributions vs. workers in Defined Benefit pension schemes. Using two distinct empirical approaches we find that workers in DB pension schemes are less likely to move jobs than those in DC schemes.

Insight: Who has what it takes? Determining the main constraints of labor markets in BRIC and Eastern Europe (PDF - 180 KB)

The purpose of this report is to shed light on some of the problems that a multinational company might face while recruiting to set up and expand operations in these locations, or when developing a long-term development plan in the offshored country.

Insight: Engaging the expatriate workforce in Asia-Pacific (PDF - 100 KB)

As more companies employ increasing numbers of expatriates in their workforce, there is a need to understand what it takes to engage them to improve a company’s performance.