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Determinants of Labor Productivity in Emerging Markets: Evidence from Pre- and Post-Financial Crisis Mexico

Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business, 2018
Although the global financial crisis of 2008 had tremendous effects on global businesses, its impact on firm performance in emerging markets is unknown.
Young-Hee Kang, Kyunga Na
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Association between informal employment and mortality rate by welfare regime in Latin America and the Caribbean: an ecological study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objective We aimed to estimate the association between informal employment and mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by comparing welfare state regimes.Design Ecological study using time-series cross-sectional analysis of countries ...
Fernando G Benavides, Michael Silva-Peñaherrera, María Lopez-Ruiz, Pamela Merino-Salazar, Antonio Ramon Gomez Garcia   +4 more
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Youth justification of informality in the post-Yugoslav countries: Reflection of political socialization or pragmatism? [PDF]

Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu
Informal practices are rather widespread in post-Yugoslav societies, representing a complex problem with significant social, economic and political implications.
Gvozdanović Anja
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Formal and informal social care in people with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal diseases: a cross‐sectional multicentre survey

Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Introduction Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases(RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living(ADLs). This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disperate regions of England: Salford(urban) and Norfolk(rural).
Mehreen Somro, Karen Durrant, William G Dixon, John McBeth, Alex MacGregor, Max Yates, Jenny H Humphreys   +6 more
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A Perspective on Interactive Theorem Provers in Physics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Into an interactive theorem provers (ITPs), one can write mathematical definitions, theorems and proofs, and the correctness of those results is automatically checked. This perspective goes over the best usage of ITPs within physics and motivates the open‐source community run project PhysLean, the aim of which is to be a library for digitalized physics
Joseph Tooby‐Smith
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Click farm platforms : An updating of informal work in Brazil and Colombia

Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, 2022
The article analyses work on click farm platforms in Brazil and Colombia. It argues that work on these platforms updates and renews the historical informality of work in Latin America.
Rafael Grohmann, Maria Clara Aquino, Alison Rodrigues, Évilin Matos, Caroline Govari, Adriana Amaral   +5 more
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Scalable Wheat Bran‐Algae Composites for Edible Electronics with Spray‐Coated Food‐Grade Conductive Inks

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
A fully edible wheat bran–algae substrate is fabricated through scalable mould‐compression and spray‐coating, enabling robust, food‐grade platforms for sustainable electronics. A chitosan barrier improves water resistance and ink compatibility, while activated‐carbon conductive films form uniform electrodes with Ohmic behaviour.
Jaz Johari, Muhua Zhu, Zhiging Wang, Yichen Lang, Georgios Nikiforidis, Mingqing Wang, Mengyan Nie, Shahab Akhavan   +7 more
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Waste pickers in the Global South: understanding the key features that underpin the dominance of informality

Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
E-waste management in the Global South relies heavily on the informal sector. The associated workforce, vast in number, faces exposure to harmful substances and often represents society’s most vulnerable segments.
Nicolás Labra Cataldo, Alejandro Gallego-Schmid, Carly McLachlan   +2 more
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Mapping Informality [PDF]

lo Squaderno, 2010
While often understood as objective processes both mapping and informality are social constructs defined through a lens of subjectivity. This highlights the problematic nature of mapping the informal – a process loaded with complexity and contradiction ...
Ed Wall
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The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
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