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Improving the Life of Former Female Migrant Domestic Workers [PDF]

, 2018
Some studies exploring the life of migrant domestic workers found that the main factor that push Indonesian migrant domestic workers is experiencing severe economic condition (Raharto, 2000; Silvey, 2004; Pitoyo, 2007). The poor economic condition forces
Tandos, Rosita
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U.S. Agriculture, Biofuel Markets, and Trade: Challenges and Opportunities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using an enhanced Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model (GTAP‐BIO), this study assesses how the expansion in demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) and the reduction in exports of agricultural products induced by trade disputes negatively affect US agriculture.
Rayan Wolf, Farzad Taheripour
wiley   +1 more source

A gender critique of the EU directive on platform work from the perspective of feminised and racialised labour

Labour & Law Issues
The Directive on improving working conditions in platform work challenges deeply entrenched inequalities in platform work by regulating some aspects of the labour process that remain unregulated in most EU Member States.
Nelli Kambouri
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Domestic Violence Facts and Information Powerpoint Slides by Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County

, 2017
Copy of powerpoint slides that describe domestic violence and how to ...
Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County
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Integrating Perennial Groundcover in Corn and Soybean Acres: Impacts on U.S. Agriculture

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable agricultural practices such as cover cropping can improve soil health, water quality, and carbon sequestration, yet U.S. adoption remains limited due to economic and operational barriers. We evaluate market and economic impacts of integrating perennial groundcover into U.S.
Sagar Dahal, Amani Elobeid, John Crespi
wiley   +1 more source

Decolonising Labour, Reclaiming Subaltern Epistemologies: Brazilian Domestic Workers and the International Struggle for Labour Rights

Contexto Internacional
This study explores the labour rights discourse produced by Brazilian domestic workers. It shows that the 2015 Brazilian legislation which extended labour rights to domestic workers was not simply a ‘boomerang effect’ of ILO Convention 189 on decent work
Louisa Acciari
doaj   +1 more source

Gendered division of domestic work and willingness to have more children in China

Demographic Research, 2017
Background: Fertility research in the new century has shifted from how gender equality may suppress fertility to issues of how gender equality in the family may help recover fertility, as low fertility persists among developed countries. In contrast with
Juhua Yang
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Ex‐Ante Assessment of Farm Resilience to Institutional Shocks: A Modeling Approach

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using the agent‐based model SWISSland, we simulate farm‐level responses and interactions under two institutional shocks: tariff reductions and direct payment reductions. Using a framework we developed, we assess resilience capacities, resilience attributes, and the provision of private and public goods, following the shock.
Nadja El Benni, Gabriele Mack
wiley   +1 more source

Socioeconomic characteristics and domestic work as correlates of family satisfaction in Hong Kong mothers of young children. [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2023
Cerin E, Zhang CJP, Mellecker RR, Ming WK, Barnett A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Feminist Reflections on the Scope of Labour Law: Domestic Work, Social Reproduction and Jurisdiction [PDF]

, 2014
Drawing on feminist labour law and political economy literature, I argue that it is crucial to interrogate the personal and territorial scope of labour.
Judy Fudge, Fudge, Judy
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