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Revista Internacional del Trabajo, Volume 142, Issue 4, Page 611-638, December 2023., 2023 Resumen Pese a la evidencia de que la educación universitaria mejora las perspectivas laborales, preocupan sus desiguales rendimientos. Sobre los datos administrativos de toda la población de graduados en universidades australianas en el periodo 2005‐2011, se estudian las trayectorias laborales de los individuos procedentes de entornos sociales ...
Tomasz ZAJĄC +3 more
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European Policy Analysis, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 311-336, Summer 2023., 2023 Abstract Active Labor Market Policies (ALMPs), which include state‐funded apprenticeships, have long been used as a way of encouraging unemployed youth into skilled and semiskilled trades. However, new forms of “nonstandard” employment are now dominating young people's experience of the labor market.
Jonathan Arlow
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Emergency powers, anti‐corruption, and policy failures during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Puerto Rico
Law &Policy, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 253-272, July 2023., 2023 Abstract This paper explores how the use of emergency powers by the US and Puerto Rican governments exacerbated the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and manufactured the conditions for furthering the multilayered economic, legal, political, and humanitarian crisis affecting Puerto Rico since 2006. The paper discusses three cases.
Jose Atiles
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Poverty &Public Policy, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 133-149, June 2023., 2023 Abstract The present study assessed whether Whites' anti‐African American bias correlates with states placing greater emphasis on work incentives in two government assistance programs. The study regressed the representation of “able‐bodied adults without dependents” in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programs (SNAP, also known as food stamps) and ...
Lonnie R. Snowden
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The Role of Tax‐Benefit Systems in Reducing the Gender Income Gap in Latin America
Social Policy &Administration, Volume 60, Issue 3, Page 390-408, May 2026.ABSTRACT This paper aims to assess the extent to which cash transfers, direct taxes, and social insurance contributions help to reduce gender income inequalities in seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay.
María Cecilia Deza +4 more
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Politics &Policy, Volume 54, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT The Great Depression was a turning point in the development of social programming in North America. This paper explores the politics of social policy expansion during the Great Depression in the United States and Canada through an analytical lens that combines the insights of historical institutionalism and the analysis of transnational ...
Daniel Béland +2 more
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Unemployment Benefits in the EU: The Commission's Approach
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 533-558, March 2026.Abstract Unemployment insurance is a major component of European welfare regimes, whereby each EU member state has its own distinctive scheme. Despite falling under national competence, the European Commission has exercised pressure over this policy area since the establishment of the European Employment Strategy.
Igor Guardiancich +2 more
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Public perception of Ghana's Free Senior High School policy: A north–south comparative analysis
Review of Policy Research, Volume 43, Issue 1, January 2026.Abstract Ghana's Free Senior High School (SHS) policy, implemented in 2017, aims to increase access to secondary education, promote equity, enhance educational outcomes, and foster human capital development. This study examines public perception of the Free SHS policy, focusing on the variations between the northern and southern regions of Ghana and ...
Michael K. Dzordzormenyoh +3 more
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Poverty &Public Policy, Volume 17, Issue 4, December 2025.ABSTRACT With most unemployed youth residing in rural areas of South Africa, incentivising youth participation in smallholder farming can help address the increasing youth unemployment crisis. The study integrated the theory of planned behavior and the sustainable livelihood framework to investigate the factors influencing rural youth participation in ...
Humbulani Portia Rambuda +2 more
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Racial Capitalism and the Workhouse–Plantation Nexus in the Atlantic World
Antipode, Volume 57, Issue 5, Page 2015-2044, September 2025.Abstract This paper re‐examines the British workhouse within the framework of racial capitalism and the Atlantic world. Traditionally understood as a domestic mechanism for managing poverty and labour in an era of industrial capitalism, we argue the workhouse was deeply intertwined with global systems of racial exploitation and accumulation from the ...
Andrew Williams, Jon May
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