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Guaranteed Basic Income from the Perspective of Self‐Determination Theory

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In capitalistic societies the concepts of income and labour are inseparable, and as such, providing all citizens with an unconditional living wage is a contentious issue. Capitalist ideals that emphasize individual effort, competition, and financial prosperity have spurred tremendous economic growth but underestimate human motivation and have ...
Joshua L. Howard
wiley   +1 more source

Hidden in Plain Sight: Conceptualizing Platform Auxiliaries and Their Conflicting Impacts on Platforms' Value Architecture

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper introduces the concept of platform auxiliaries to identify a set of actors that provide independent resources explicitly designed to support complementors in their value creation and capture activities. Platform auxiliaries capitalize on unmet needs of complementors within platforms, offering services such as third‐party software ...
Donato Cutolo, Andrew Hargadon, Martin Kenney   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Airbnb on Housing Prices: Evidence From the 2017 Solar Eclipse

Journal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study exploits the 2017 solar eclipse as a natural experiment to estimate the causal impact of Airbnb activity on housing prices. The eclipse created a temporary demand shock that induced a persistent increase in Airbnb supply. Using an IV/2SLS framework, we find that a 1% increase in Airbnb listings raises housing prices by 0.037%–0.043%,
Denvil Duncan, Justin Ross
wiley   +1 more source

Kant on Bullshit Jobs—Mere Means and True Means

Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs, there has recently been academic and public discussion about useless work. Immanuel Kant maintains that we ought to be means for others and that there is a duty to be useful. Graeber and Kant are both concerned with a form of harm often overlooked in contemporary ethics and political philosophy, namely,
Martin Sticker
wiley   +1 more source

“We Have Come to Offer Something Which (They) Were Not Even Looking for”: U.S. Christian Conservative Evangelical Faith Missions in the Ecuadorian Upper Amazon

The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
Diego Mauricio Cortés
wiley   +1 more source

Output Gap Uncertainty, Sovereign Risk Premia and the Contingent Importance of the Bond Vigilantes

Metroeconomica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the implications of output gap uncertainty for the conduct of fiscal policy using a small‐scale macroeconomic model with boundedly rational agents. Specifically, agents use an adaptive updating mechanism to approximate the unobservable potential output that suffers, similarly to the Hodrick and Prescott (1997) filter ...
Christian R. Proaño, Jonas Dix
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Perceived Algorithmic Control on Gig Workers' Turnover Intention: Mediating Roles of Perceived Usefulness and Psychological Contract Breach. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Wu A, Zhang S, Sun L, Yuan X, Wang X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Pseudo, or Not? Neo‐Goodwinian Growth Cycles With Financial Linkages

Metroeconomica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A profit‐led Goodwin mechanism generates the observed counterclockwise activity–labor share cycle. Introducing a financial linkage can reproduce this pattern even when demand is not profit‐led. This paper extends neo‐Goodwinian theory by incorporating the valuation ratio into a four‐dimensional model.
Rudiger von Arnim, Luis Felipe Eick
wiley   +1 more source

Platform algorithmic stress and career commitment of Chinese gig workers: a double-edged sword effect study. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Xu L.
europepmc   +1 more source