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Strained Compromises? Danish Flexicurity During Crisis
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2011 The Danish concept of flexicurity in a `Golden Triangle´ of low job protection, high income security and high employment security is not only about a balance between labor market flexibility and social security.
Christian Lyhne Ibsen
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Paving the Road to Better Income Options: Case Study on Promoting Women’s Livelihood and Employment Opportunities in Viet Nam [PDF]
, 2015 [Excerpt] Infrastructure projects and road networks have he potential to catalyze socioeconomic change. hey yield economic prospects for neighboring communities, enhance higher-value agricultural and industrial investment, and improve access to markets ...
Asian Development Bank
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Precarious Work in the Nordics
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2019 In recent years, we have seen a growing body of literature with a strong focus on labour market inequalities. In the Anglo-Saxon literature, concepts such as the working poor and bad jobs have been applied to jobs in, for example, the US to describe jobs
Anna Ilsøe +2 more
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The Global Challenge of Human Rights and Solidarity to Nordic Global Companies and Trade Unions
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2014 The idea that corporations, besides making profit, have a social responsibility to society is not new in history. Nor is it new that unions besides representing material interests stand for a universal ambition as defenders of the oppressed in the world.
Bernt Schiller
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Cooperation & Conflict in the Patriarchal Labyrinth [PDF]
, 2019 This essay offers a new way of visualizing structures of collective power based on gender, emphasizing the role of social institutions in shaping women\u27s ability to bargain over the distribution of the gains from cooperation with men.
Folbre, Nancy
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Social Class, Union Strategies, and Preference in Wage Outcomes in Norway
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2021 This article explores a potential socialization effect of unions on member preferences in wage outcomes and bargaining structures. This challenges notions of union wage policies simply reflecting the material self-interest of their constituency.
Ann Cecilie Bergene, Ida Drange
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Joint Responsibility at its Peak – Searching for a New Nordic Unemployment Model
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2012 Earlier research has shown that the Nordic Ghent systems seem to be weakened. The unemployment insurances administered by the unions have experienced a decline in numbers of members, very similar to the drop in trade union membership.
Tora Dahl
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Nonstandard Employment in the Nordics – Toward Precarious Work?
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2019 This article examines nonstandard employment and precariousness in four Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway). Drawing on data from the Labour Force Survey from 1995 to 2015, the article investigates and compares recent developments of ...
Stine Rasmussen +4 more
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Tanzania Country Climate Risk Profile Series, Kilolo District [PDF]
, 2020 The agricultural sector in Tanzania has been exposed to high climatic risks for the past several decades (Arce & Caballero, 2015). Experts and farmers assert that climatic risks including unpredictable rainfall, prolonged drought, and increased ...
Begasha, Edgar +2 more
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Building Skills and Alliances to Meet Demand in New Jersey's Labor Market [PDF]
, 2005 This summary report examines the Ready for the Job initiatve, which profiled the skill and occupational requirements of 73 occupations in New Jersey. This report highlights four cross-industry demand skills: math and technology skills, problem solving ...
Denise Pierson-Balik +6 more
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