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Contractionary Effects of Devaluation and the Balance Sheet Effect in a Macroeconomic Model With Heterogeneous Firms

Metroeconomica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We propose a demand‐led heterogeneous firm macroeconomic model to study the impact of an exchange rate devaluation on output and financial stability. We simulate the model and find that, in the presence of foreign debt, a devaluation can have contractionary effects.
Lucca Gustafson Rodrigues, Lílian Rolim, Laura Carvalho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-sectional dataset of low- and semi-skilled gig workers in India: COVID-19 and human security. [PDF]

Data Brief
Afsharinia B, Gurtoo A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Revising Structuralism in Times of Crisis: Lance Taylor and the Neo‐Structuralist Synthesis in the 1980s

Metroeconomica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article places the work of Lance Taylor in the broader context of efforts in the 1980s to renew the structuralist tradition of development economics, into what was then newly coined as neo‐structuralism. These efforts centred around three groups: CEPAL, Lance Taylor and his team at MIT, and a group of economists based at the Institute of ...
Andrew M. Fischer
wiley   +1 more source

Work-related musculoskeletal disorders among gig-based food delivery workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Alrashidi Y, Sriram S, Beek MA, Fadlalmola HA, Albadrani M.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Online Gatherings to Industrial Relations Actors: A Framework for Understanding the Impacts of Digital Labour Groups

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital labour groups (DLGs)—online groups focusing on labour issues—are emerging as new actors in employment relations. While existing research documents various aspects of DLGs' activities, there is limited understanding of their impact on industrial relations (IR) or how an impact is achieved.
Yao Yao, Lorenzo Frangi
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing supply side constraints for digital work creation: A Concurrent Embedded Mixed Method Study in Kenya. [PDF]

Open Res Afr
Kiambati K, Gachugu E, Kariuki A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Gendered Parenthood and Platform Work Across European Welfare Regimes

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital platform labour has been growing and meanwhile successfully established in many parts of the world. Yet participation in platform work not only varies markedly across countries but also by individual‐level factors such as gender and parenthood.
Timon Kai Drewes
wiley   +1 more source

Invisible burdens of platform work: a qualitative study of food-delivery riders' lived experiences in urban India. [PDF]

Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being
Kariveliparambil A, R A R, R A R, Ahmad MS, Ramesh S, Kuriakose A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Digital Workplace Technologies and the Inclusion of Disabled Workers: A Realist Review and Synthesis of Evidence and Workers' Perspectives

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While digital technologies have transformed modern workplaces, research examining their impact on disabled workers' inclusion has focused on assistive technologies, overlooking the underlying social structures and organisational practices.
Bahareh Ansari, Qurat Ul Ain, Juliet Hassard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Gig Work Gets Ruff: The Affective Benefits of Daily Human-Animal Interactions for Mental Health. [PDF]

Int J Psychol
Junça-Silva A.
europepmc   +1 more source