Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world
Abstract This paper contributes to the international debate on the changes affecting recruitment and orientation processes toward higher education. Based on qualitative research involving 19 Italian public universities, the study analyses the transformations in communication, recruitment and orientation activities within platformization and increasing ...
Marco Pitzalis +2 more
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Agriculture land-use change is driven by socioeconomic flows across local to global scales. [PDF]
Van Zeghbroeck J +4 more
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A Three State Model of Worker Flows in General Equilibrium [PDF]
We develop a simple model featuring search frictions and a nondegenerate labor supply decision along the extensive margin. The model is a standard version of the neoclassical growth model with indivisible labor with idiosyncratic shocks and frictions ...
Toshihiko Mukoyama +3 more
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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
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Where talent flows: Trends and determinants of Chinese students' city preferences. [PDF]
Wang L, Zhang X, Wang Y, Li Y.
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Monetary and labor policies under market frictions. [PDF]
The thesis analyzes monetary and labor policies under different market frictions. In the first part several versions of a microfounded dynamic general equilibrium model with monopolistic competitors in the product and/or labor market are derived and ...
Merkl, Christian
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Is the well‐known phrase ‘small is beautiful’ true of small transnational education institutions?
Abstract The purpose of this research is to consider the potential attractiveness of operating a small international branch campus (IBC). Drawing upon resource‐based and legitimacy theories, we examine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with the business model that is based on having a small institution size.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
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The transformative potential of Social and Solidarity Economy in elder care: social needs, social relations and provisioning systems. [PDF]
Adam S +3 more
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Business cycle comovement and labor market institutions: An empirical investigation [PDF]
This paper examines the impact of labor market institutions (LMI) on business cycle (BC) synchronization. We first develop a two-country right-to-manage model of wage bargaining.
Raquel Fonseca +2 more
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Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton +4 more
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