An institute is a permanent organizational body created for a certain purpose. Often it is a research organization (research institution) created to perform investigations in a certain area or it is a Professional body.
The word comes from the Latin word institutum meaning facility or habit, from instituere meaning build, create, raise or educate.
Center for Human Resources, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania - Research on the strategic role of human resource management.
Center for Research on Economic Fluctuations and Employment - Research on the dynamic interaction between the labor market and economic fluctuations.
Center for the Study of Work Teams, University of North Texas - Education and research in all areas of collaborative work systems.
Meta Description: [ The Center for Collaborative Organizations focuses on education and research in the interest of all areas of teaming and collaboration in the work place. ]
Centre for Labour Market and Social Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark - Empirically based research in labour market and social issues.
Meta Description: [ Centre for Labour Market and Social Research ]
Economic Policy Institute - A Washington D.C. think tank with a focus on labor issues.
Meta Description: [ The mission of EPI is to inform and empower people to seek solutions that will ensure broadly shared prosperity and opportunity. ]
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Employment Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin - Research on employment in Ireland and Europe.
Meta Description: [ Website of Trinity College, Dublin, with information on studying
at Trinity, courses, research, academic units, the Library and more ]
Industrial Relations Section, Princeton University -
Institute for Employment Research, Warwick University - A focus on the United Kingdom, along with comparative European research on employment and training.
Meta Description: [ Institute for Employment Research ]
Institute for Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley - Supports multi-disciplinary research about labor and employment relations and sponsors research centers. Links to all of the centers may be found on the Programs page.
Meta Description: [ An organized research unit of the University of California at Berkeley, supporting multidisciplinary research about labor and employment relations in California. ]
Institute for Labour Research, University of Essex - Focuses on and promotes economic and social research into the evolution of labour market structure.
Institute for the Study of Labor, University of Bonn - Research in all fields of labor economics and policy consultancy on labor market policy.
Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Michigan -
OECD - Directorate of Education, Employment, Labour, and Social Affairs - Provides many documents on the labour market and social policy.
Meta Description: [ High unemployment, exclusion and poverty tear at the fabric of society and can unravel economies.
The OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs helps economies to formulate policies ... ]
School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University - Promotes greater knowledge and expertise in industrial and labor relations through academic programs, research, extension courses, conferences, and publications.
Meta Description: [ School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University ]
Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) - Research in labour economics, living standards, and social policy.
The Labour Education and Training Research Network, York University, Toronto - Includes articles, working papers, conference information, current projects, and links.
The NBER Labor Studies Program - Research in issues of employment and compensation, including the determinants of unemployment, the effects of labor unions, and the role of fringe benefits as part of a worker's compensation.
The Peer Review Programme of Active Labour Market Policy - Promotes good practice in active labour market policy throughout the European Union. Site includes evaluations of various labour market policies in EU countries.
Meta Description: [ The Peer Review Programme of Active Labour Market Policy was launched by the European Commission in 1999 with the aim of promoting the transferability of good practice in active labour market policy throughout the European Union. In high-level expert meetings (reviews) and reports good practice i... ]
The Work/Family Initiative, Pennsylvania State University - Working papers, a newsgroup archive, seminar notices and related links.
W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - Devoted to finding, evaluating, and promoting solutions to employment-related problems.
Meta Description: [ This is the web site for the W.E. Upjohn Institute for
Employment Research. It features information about the Institute's Grant and Publications
Programs, its Dissertation Award, senior staff and their activities, and staff working papers. ]
Welsh Economy Labour Market Evaluation and Research Centre - WELMERC - Based in the economics department at the University of Swansea, provides evidence-based economics policy advice.
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