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Flexicurity of the Labor Market through the Formal/Informal Duality, in the Context of Globalization [PDF]
Revista de Management Comparat International, 2018 The new stage of globalization, marked by deeper integration of work, creates new opportunities, both in terms of economic growth and job creation, but at the same time creates new challenges and problems in the labor market, such as: increasing labor ...
Cristian MARINESCU
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Platformization of Inequality: Gender and Race in Digital Labor Platforms [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 We contribute empirical and conceptual insights regarding the roles of digital labor platforms in online freelancing, focusing attention to social identities such as gender, race, ethnicity, and occupation. Findings highlight how digital labor platforms reinforce and exacerbate identity-based stereotypes, bias and expectations in online freelance work.
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Micro‐ and Nano‐Bots for Infection Control
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review presents a strategic vision for integrating micro‐ and nanobots in the pipeline for infection diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. To develop these robots as a practical solution for infection management, their design principles are clarified based on their propulsion mechanisms and then categorized infection management domains based on ...
Azin Rashidy Ahmady +5 more
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Economic and Social Reports, 2023 For some individuals with a disability, the main labour market challenge is to find employment. Others may find it difficult to retain their jobs or qualify for promotion opportunities.
Sung-Hee Jeon, Jungwee Park, Dafna Kohen
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Minimum Wages in Concentrated Labor Markets [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Economists increasingly refer to monopsony power to reconcile the absence of negative employment effects of minimum wages with theory. However, systematic evidence for the monopsony argument is scarce. In this paper, I perform a comprehensive test of this argument by using labor market concentration as a proxy for monopsony power.
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Mechanical Homogenization Promoting Dual‐Directional Upcycling of Layered Oxide Cathodes
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This work introduces an efficient dual‐directional upcycling scheme enabled through a mechanical homogenization pretreatment. It enables various layered oxide cathodes to be reprocessed into fresh NCM cathodes with tailored Ni contents through boosted atomic diffusion in just 4 h of solid‐state sintering.
Nianji Zhang +3 more
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Hybrid Work Patterns: A Latent Class Analysis of Platform Workers in Denmark
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2022 This paper presents a novel approach for studying differences and similarities among platform workers, by taking into account the wider labor market position of platform workers.
Jonas Hulgård Kristiansen +2 more
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Local Labor Market Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions in Developing Countries: Evidence from Brazil [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 I use matched employer-employee records merged with corporate tax information from 2003 to 2017 to estimate labor market-wide effects of mergers and acquisitions in Brazil. Labor markets are defined by pairs of commuting zone and industry sector. In the following year of a merger, market size falls by 10.8%. The employment adjustment is concentrated in
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, 1994 Urban labor markets are characterized by the spatial proximity of households and businesses, which offers firms and workers advantages that lead to more efficient markets, enhanced productivity, and greater economic success. Nevertheless, the nation's city, while generating a large proportion of the nation's wealth, houses much of the nation's economic
Timothy J. Bartik, Randall W. Eberts
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Labor market access and labor market outcomes for urban youth [PDF]
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1991 This paper examines the importance of job access in explaining labor market outcomes for youth. The work sets forth a broader definition of 'access' which emphasizes the information links provided by social networks. Empirical analysis, based upon micro data from the public use sample and upon metropolitan wide aggregates, indicates that employment ...
O'Regan, Katherine M., Quigley, John M.
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