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“Green Developmentalism” and the Role of International Law in Negotiating the Energy Transition
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Policy evolutions in North American and European capitals have prompted debates about ongoing shifts in global economic governance from a primary emphasis on promoting markets to a more extensive role for the state in steering economic relations.
Lorenzo Cotula
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines transformations in contemporary global migration governance, with a particular focus on the effectiveness, robustness and democratic credentials of the UN Global Compacts on Migration and on Refugees. We examine valuable innovations, such as the workings of regularly organised platforms, which adopt a ‘whole of society ...
Felix Peerboom +2 more
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Examining the Incidence of Downsizing and Its Effect on Establishment Performance [PDF]
The interest in examining job security and job stability has been driven in part by the phenomenon of downsizing. The distinctiveness of downsizing, as opposed to more traditional layoffs, is that the job cuts do not necessarily appear to be driven by ...
Peter Cappelli
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Accounting Perspectives, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Building on evidence that firms grant employee stock options (ESOs) in order to retain employees, we assess the impact of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) 123R, and the reduction in ESO use that followed its adoption, on employee retention at the metropolitan statistical area (MSA) level.
Muhammad Azim, Francesco Bova, Nan Li
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Efficient public sector downsizing
Most downsizing operations show high financial returns, but their economic returns depend crucially on their design. After comparing public sector employment across countries, the author analyzes the optimal design of downsizing operations from a ...
Rama,Martin G.
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Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recent AICPA surveys indicate disproportionate attrition among Black professionals attaining partnership in US public accounting firms, underscoring the need to better understand their experiences. Despite repeated calls for examination, understanding of these experiences remains limited, partly due to the difficulty in accessing the few Black
Jennifer Joe +2 more
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Why Civil Service Reforms Do Not Work [PDF]
Public sector reform (PSR) efforts in developing countries have been less than successful in the past. Motivated by budgetary considerations, they have focused on downsizing and procedural changes without radically altering the outmoded incentive system,
Nadeem Ul Haque
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American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
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Within‐Sector Job Mobility and Worker Outcomes in England's Adult Social Care Sector
British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT England's adult social care sector faces persistently high staff turnover. This article examines the effects of individual‐level within‐sector job mobility on hourly pay and working hours and identifies the employer types and contractual arrangements that attract such mobility.
Akbar Ullah +3 more
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Deindustrialization and demographic change: Evidence from big plant closures and downsizing
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.Abstract We estimate the causal effect of big manufacturing plant closures and downsizing on the socioeconomic composition of Canadian cities between 2001 and 2021. Our instrumental variables estimates show that big manufacturing plant closures and downsizing—large local labour demand shocks—lead to less population growth and a shift in the demographic
Kristian Behrens +2 more
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