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To Be or Not to Be a Worker: Legal Uncertainty and Precarious Employment in the European Union
Abstract Precarious employment has gradually moved onto the European Union (EU) policy agenda, so far culminating in the proclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (the Pillar). However, the effectiveness of these renewed social ambitions is challenged by legal uncertainty and entangled in ongoing political and legal disputes over the ...
Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen +2 more
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Capacity Planning (Capital, Staff and Costs) of Inpatient Maternity Services: Pitfalls for the Unwary. [PDF]
Jones RP.
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Abstract I analyze differences between the core and extended trading sessions in the high‐frequency reaction of equity markets to potential news. Using presidential tweets as unanticipated, potentially market‐stirring events, I find that volatility increases and liquidity deteriorates within fractions of a second after a tweet.
Stefan Scharnowski
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Persuadable voters decided the 2022 midterm: Abortion rights and issues-based frameworks for studying election outcomes. [PDF]
Kann C, Ebanks D, Morrier J, Alvarez RM.
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Corporate social (ir)responsibility and firm risk: The role of corporate governance
Abstract We study how corporate governance moderates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate social irresponsibility (CSI), and firm risk. We find that CSR reduces risk for firms with strong governance. In contrast, CSI increases firm risk more significantly for firms with stronger governance, suggesting that backlash ...
Craig Dunbar +2 more
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Challenges in Evaluating Emerging Battery Technologies: A Review. [PDF]
Costa R.
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Vernacularizing the Best Interests of the Child: Comparative Insights From Three Legal Systems
ABSTRACT The study investigates how the Best Interests of the Child principle in the UN Children's Rights Convention (Article 3) has been adapted in custody disputes in Egypt, Sweden, and Uzbekistan. Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child offers a common normative benchmark, divergent legal cultures shape its domestic meaning: Egypt is ...
Anna Lundberg +3 more
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The Capital–Labour–State Dynamics of Herbicide Adoption in Rainfed India
ABSTRACT This paper engages debates around the capital–labour–state dynamics of agrarian transitions to address the oft‐studied but still little‐understood question of why farmers adopt herbicides when they do. Over the last several years, smallholder farmers in India have begun using the herbicide bispyribac sodium at breakneck speeds, particularly in
Carly Nichols, Nidhi Kumari
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