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Employer Offered Family Support Programs, Gender and Voluntary and Involuntary Part-Time Work [PDF]

Relations industrielles, 2010
This paper examines the availability of employer offered childcare and eldercare support in Canada. In addition, the associations between these support programs, gender and voluntary and involuntary part-time work are also examined. Using Statistics Canada’s 2003 Workplace and Employee Survey, results show that employer offered childcare programs exist
U. Zeytinoglu, Isik, B. Cooke, Gordon, L. Mann, Sara   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

No other choice: The fracturing of reflexivity in families' pathways into (non‐)elective home education in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In England, education is compulsory, but schooling is not: it is legal for families to home educate their children. This form of education is officially termed by the Department for Education as ‘Elective Home Education’. As this designation implies, many families home educate as a positive and preferential ‘choice’.
Katherine Davey, Lisa Russell, Ron Thompson, Jo Bishop   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An incomplete double movement: Spain’s legislative strategy for platform courier reclassification

International Labour Review
Digital labour platforms, which have long operated outside conventional employment frameworks, are now facing a regulatory drive. Spain seems to be at the forefront of this international effort, notably through a set of legislative initiatives – most ...
Tiago Alexandre VIEIRA
doaj   +2 more sources

Cyclical and Market Determinants of Involuntary Part-Time Employment [PDF]

, 2016
We examine the determinants of involuntary part-time employment, focusing on variation associated with the business cycle and variation attributable to more persistent structural features of the labor market.
Valletta, Robert G., van der List, Catherine, Bengali, Leila   +2 more
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Testing hysteresis for the US and UK involuntary part-time employment [PDF]

, 2023
In this paper we test the persistence of involuntary part-time employment, making use of large historical series for the US and UK. To evaluate the robustness of our results a comprehensive macro-econometric approach, a battery of panel and time series ...
Vilchez, Inmaculada, Congregado, Emilio, Rubino, Nicola, Garcia-Clemente, Javier   +3 more
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A Systemic Model for Understanding Business Interactions With Biodiversity and Ecosystems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation represent critical threats to human well‐being and economic resilience, challenging businesses to understand and manage their interdependence with natural systems. This study develops a systemic framework—the BioModel—that elucidates the reciprocal relationship between businesses, biodiversity, and ...
Lino Cinquini, Giacomo Pigatto, Andrea Tenucci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lucas on Involuntary Unemployment [PDF]

The aim of this paper is to examine critically Lucas’ arguments against Keynes’s General Theory and in particular against Keynes’s concept of involuntary unemployment. It comprises two main parts.
Michel, De Vroey
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The Perils of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Controversies: Implications for a Firm's Financial and Nonfinancial Performance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although ESG controversies are on the rise, research investigating them yields contradictory findings. The paper provides resolutions to the debate through investigating (a) how ESG controversies influence firms' short‐term and long‐term financial performance; (b) how firms navigate ESG controversies' effect; and (c) how ESG controversies ...
Amalesh Sharma, Sourav Bikash Borah, Anirban Adhikary, Sanjay Kumar Jena   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reporting What Matters, or Reporting What Looks Good? Materiality and Balance in Post–Rana Plaza Apparel Sustainability Disclosure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability reports (SRs) are widely criticized for vague disclosures and selective emphasis on positive outcomes, yet systematic research on two core SR challenges remains limited: materiality (whether disclosed content is relevant) and balance (whether both achievements and challenges are reported).
Mahsa Mohammadrezaei, José Carlos Marques   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data for The Ins and Outs of Involuntary Part-time Employment

, 2020
Data are transition probabilities of moving across full-time employment, voluntary part-time employment, involuntary part-time employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. Data are calculated at the monthly frequency and cover U.S.
Lale, E
core   +2 more sources