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Occupational Conditions and Well‐Being Among Informal Waste Pickers in Hong Kong: A Comparative Study of 2018 and 2023

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Informal waste pickers play a crucial role in urban recycling systems but often face precarious employment and systematic marginalization. This study examines the evolving demographic, occupational, and health trends of informal waste pickers in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2023.
Siu‐Ming Chan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asian industrial development news no. 4 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1969
With the fourth issue of the Industrial Development News, the first instalment of the directory of industrial projects is being issued. This issue also provides selected short-term industrial indicators. The directory, the first part of which covers the
Asian Industrial Development Council   +1 more
core   +1 more source

A Review on Current Challenges and Knowledge Gaps in Artificial Stone Silicosis

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The global emergence of artificial stone (AS) silicosis represents a critical occupational health challenge. The aim of this systematic review is to provide an overview of the clinical, functional, radiological, and occupational characteristics of patients affected by AS silicosis at the time of diagnosis, and to identify current ...
Paola Mason   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Privatization Methods and Productivity Effects in Romanian Industrial Enterprises [PDF]

open access: yes
Comprehensive panel data on privatization transactions and labor productivity in Romanian industrial corporations are used to describe the post-privatization ownership structure, and to estimate the effect of Romania's diverse privatization policies on ...
Almos Telegdy, John S. Earle
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‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land reshaping of lowland clay soils: I. Field study

open access: yes, 1992
Can-Ag Enterprises was contracted by Supply and Services in the fall of 1988 to conduct a three year study on land planing, focusing on a comparison of runoff quantity and quality, soils and agronomic aspects of planed versus unplaned fields.
Can-Ag Enterprises
core   +1 more source

Shell value dilution, valuation calibration, and the integration effect of registration-based IPO reform on the industrial space of corporate M&As

open access: yesInternational Review of Economics & Finance
Relying on the quasi-natural experiment setting of the phased pilot implementation of China's registration system reform across different market segments, we take completed M&A events of A-share listed companies from 2015 to 2023 as samples, and match ...
Yuling Wei, Ye Sun
doaj   +1 more source

Trade unions and employment relationship in privatised state enterprises : a case-study of the finance and petroleum industries in Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes
Privatisation (defined as change of ownership and control of State-owned enterprises- SOEs) is a controversial economic and political policy that elicits diverse opinions and academic conclusions on its impact.
Erapi, Godwin Esierumua
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Small and medium-size enterprises in economic development : possiblities for research and policy [PDF]

open access: yes
The World Bank's most important long-term advantage in promoting development, says the author, may lie in opportunities to address related obstacles simultaneously.
Winter, Sidney G.
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