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Sari‐Sari: Filipino Grocery Stores and Transnational Migrant Food Networks in Hong Kong

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite being one of Hong Kong's largest ethnic minorities, Filipino migrants have a significant albeit understated impact on its foodscape. Hong Kong has a reputation for being a culinary melting pot, yet Philippine food has only recently gained popularity and visibility among its broader population.
Josef Adriel Olindan De Guzman
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The Limits of Convergence in the Enlarged Europe: Change in Labour Conditions in a Shipbuilder's Sites in Norway and Romania

British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the 2000s, questions were open on whether the EU eastern enlargement would contribute to upwards or downwards convergence in labour standards, or even to divergence. Over two decades later, it is possible not only to attempt an answer, but also to identify the industrial relations processes that mediate economic integration between widely ...
Jon Erik Dølvik, Aurora Trif, Guglielmo Meardi, Ines Wagner   +3 more
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Foreign ownership and transferring of gender norms

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, we study foreign ownership as a vehicle for transferring gender norms across international borders. Using detailed matched employer‐employee data from Sweden, we analyze how the within‐firm gender pay gap is affected by the degree of gender inequality in the home country of foreign investors.
Daniel Halvarsson, Olga Lark, Patrik Gustavsson Tingvall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indirect labour market impacts: Spillovers, displacement and policy evaluation

Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.
Abstract This survey reviews approaches to measuring indirect labour market effects of policies and shocks. Fixed‐price multipliers organize gross supply‐chain and expenditure linkages, but do not generally measure net job creation. Regional exposure and quasi‐experimental designs provide credible evidence on local responses, but usually identify ...
Huw Lloyd‐Ellis
wiley   +1 more source

Migrant Motherhood and Child Protection: The Ecuador–Genoa Case

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant motherhood is often accompanied by a dual stigma, both in the country of origin and that of migration, where migrant mothers are frequently associated with a failure to parent adequately. Drawing on a case study of Latin migration in Genoa (Italy), this article examines the phenomenon in relation to the dynamics of the globalised ...
Francesca Lagomarsino, Chiara Lanini
wiley   +1 more source

Reindustrialization meets rural reality: The limits of foreign direct investment‐led development

Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract As industrial policy drives new waves of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the U.S., rural areas are becoming key destinations. Using synthetic control, difference‐in‐differences, and propensity score matching, I examine whether rural FDI translates job growth into higher incomes.
Kara Jones
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Access to Credit and Employment Liquidation. Firm‐Level Evidence From Eastern and Central Europe (2001–2007)

Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the changes in the structure of employment in Central and Eastern European firms between 2001 and 2007, before the Global Financial Crisis and following the reforms in the labour and credit markets in these economies.
Elisabetta Magnani
wiley   +1 more source

Chinese Lending and Sovereign Debt Distress in Developing Countries

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China has emerged as the world's largest bilateral creditor to developing countries, yet its effects on sovereign debt outcomes remain contested. Competing theoretical perspectives predict opposing effects: Chinese lending may increase debt vulnerability through opacity, moral hazard, and unsustainable obligations, or reduce it by providing ...
Patrick E. Shea
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Sustained Higher Education Expansion and Firms' Productivity: Evidence From China

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between China's sustained higher education expansion and the productivity of A‐share listed firms from 2004 to 2020. We find that a larger supply of university graduates is associated with significantly higher firm total factor productivity (TFP) on average, a result robust to extensive testing ...
Haozhi Tong, Hamish Anderson, Jing Chi
wiley   +1 more source

Remote investing in Latin America, 1869–1929

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Substantial amounts of British capital flowed to Latin America during the first era of globalization. Companies financed by this capital were typically headquartered in the United Kingdom, but operated thousands of miles away. This paper asks how this geographic separation between governance and business activities affected the valuation of ...
Gareth Campbell, Áine Gallagher, Richard S. Grossman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source