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Adam Smith’s Bourgeois Virtues in Competition [PDF]

, 2012
Whether or not capitalism is compatible with ethics is a long standing dispute. We take up an approach to virtue ethics inspired by Adam Smith and consider how market competition influences the virtues most associated with modern commercial society.
Graafland, Johan, Wells, Thomas
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"Nourishing European Interest Groups: The Delors Commission and Labour" [PDF]

, 1995
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Martin, Andrew, Ross, George.
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Promotion of Self-employment: Manager Justifications for Online Labor Platform Operations

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies
The emergence of online labor platforms (OLPs) has raised concerns about the treatment of platform workers and the legality of OLPs’ contractual relations and control.
Jere Immonen
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Targeting Industries, Training Workers and Improving Opportunities: The Final Report from the Sectoral Employment Initiative [PDF]

, 2008
Over the past 30 years, American workers have faced daunting challenges, including declines in real wages and dwindling upward mobility. Paths to advance within companies have deteriorated, leaving many low-skilled workers "stuck" indefinitely in low ...
Anne Roder, Carol Clymer, Laura Wyckoff
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Labor Market Institutions, Mobility, and Dualization in the Nordic Countries

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2013
Comparing the Nordic countries, this article examines different combinations of permanent and temporary employment protection legislation, and whether such differences are reflected in patterns of labor market transitions.
Jørgen Svalund
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The Social and Economic Impacts of FreshWorks: An Examination of Three Northgate Gonzalez Grocery Store Investments [PDF]

, 2016
In order to better understand and maximize FreshWorks' impact, TCE commissioned a two-year evaluation of the program's food access, social, and economic outcomes.

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Cohort Differences in Swedish Union Membership 1956–2019 and the Role of Individualization

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2022
Discussions of the role of cohort differences have long been part of academic research on union membership, with a central hypothesis being that the general decline in unionization is caused by changes toward more individualistic values in the younger ...
Erik Vestin, Patrik Vulkan
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From Emancipation through Employment to Emancipation through Entrepreneurship: An Analysis of the Special Labor Market Initiatives (BRYT) and Tax Deduction for Domestic Services (RUT) in Sweden

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2015
Debates on gender equality policy in Sweden assume that women’s labor market participation is central to gender equality and should be promoted via special initiatives and programs.
Elin Kvist, Johanna Overud
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Development in the Regulation of Wages and Working Conditions: The Employee Perspective

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2017
The Nordic countries are renowned for their high level of unionization and collective bargaining. However, globalization, Europeanization, and an increasing individualization are often pictured as factors suppressing collective regulation.
Laust Høgedahl, Henning Jørgensen
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Labour Migration and Development: ILO Moving Forward [PDF]

, 2013
[Excerpt] This document has been prepared for the Tripartite Technical Meeting on Labour Migration, to be held in Geneva from 4 to 8 November 2013.
International Labor Office
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