ISET is proud to announce that resident faculty member Norberto Pignatti has recently become a research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), a private, independent research institute based in Bonn (Germany), which conducts nationally and internationally-oriented labor market research. IZA runs the world's largest research network in economic science, comprising over 1,300 international Research Fellows and Affiliates, as well as Policy Fellows from business, politics, society, and the media.

Vocational education and training (VET) reform has been at the top of the reform agenda in Georgia for several months. The government authorities perceive reforming VET as a solution to a range of interconnected challenges the country faces, such as labor market mismatches, the “over-education” trap, high unemployment, as well as poverty rates.

ISET is pleased to announce that a paper by Professor Noberto Pignatti entitled “Encouraging Women's Labour Force Participation in Transition Countries”, has been published as part of the IZA World of Labour series, an international platform that produces evidence-based advice for policymaking.

2014 წელს საქართველოში დასაქმებულთა 22% აცხადებდა, რომ უწევდა ზეგანაკვეთური შრომა, ანუ მუშაობდა კვირაში 40 საათზე მეტს. ერთი შეხედვით, ეს მაინცდამაინც შემაშფოთებლად არ ჟღერს, მაგრამ, როგორც ყველა საშუალო მაჩვენებელი, ესეც მალავს ზეგანაკვეთური შრომის გეოგრაფიულ ვარიაციას. ძალიან ცოტა ადამიანი მუშაობს კვირაში 40 საათზე მეტს ისეთ ადგილებში, სადაც თითქმის არ არსებობს სამსახურები, მაგალითად კახეთსა და რაჭაში.

The relevance of agriculture in formal employment dropped in many European, Central, and East Asian countries over the previous decades. The mutually reinforcing and interdependent processes of development outside the agricultural sector, along with significant urbanization, have resulted in new dynamics and diversity in the rural labor landscape. Remittances, as the link between urban and international migrants and their original households, have gained importance in sustaining rural livelihoods, especially in poorer countries and regions.