Wages and benefits
Research Topic
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Research problems linked to this topic
- What is the effect on wages, employment and survival on UK exporters versus non exporters?
- Which interventions are most effective at recruiting and retaining good teachers within a constrained funding envelope - particularly in shortage subjects such as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and Modern Foreign Languages, and in the most challenging schools/areas?
- What are the most effective non-pay related solutions for addressing FE workforce shortages? What are the potential impacts of improved pay and financial incentives compared to non-pay solutions in tackling barriers?
- Increasing the recruitment, retention and progression of high quality staff, particularly those with protected characteristics
- How can the Civil Service develop cost effective and flexible reward structures that attract, retain and develop the very best talent?
- Conditions and wages of low-skilled migrant workers compared with native employees.
- How do economic cycles affect employment, unemployment, economic activity and wages? How do any effects vary for different groups?
- Improving workforce wellbeing and reducing sickness
- How do employers view pension obligations within overall costs and benefits packages or legal obligations? What evidence is there of employer cost mitigation through, for example, wage suppression?
- How do wages of creative Higher Education graduates progress over time and what factors determine short and long-term wages? For example what factors can explain why arts and design graduates have some of the lowest earnings one and five years after graduation?
- Wages: What would be the impact of AI deployment at work on wages and costs for employees and employers?
- Detailed company data on workforce composition and compensation.