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Could Mexico become the new ‘China’? Policy drivers of competitiveness and productivity [PDF]
The European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2016 Over the last decade, Mexico’s unit labour costs decreased relative to other emerging markets’, especially compared to China’s. This decrease boosted Mexico’s trade competitiveness, particularly in the manufacturing sector.
Sean M. Dougherty, Octavio R. Escobar
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Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2023 Cartagena is one of the cities with the greatest historical and cultural heritage in Colombia. It is surrounded by a system of islands, lagoons, creeks, and swamps among other water bodies.
Carolina Alvarado +4 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five‐year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of colour (16–28) in a university museum setting, focusing on a Young Collective established to address cultural inequalities.
Sadia Habib
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The Review of Economic Studies, 2016 We develop a search model of informal labour markets with realistic labour regulations, including minimum wage, and heterogeneous workers and firms. Smaller firms and lower wages in the informal sector emerge endogenously as firms and workers decide ...
Daniel Haanwinckel, Rodrigo R. Soares
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Earnings Inequality and the Informal Economy: Evidence from Serbia [PDF]
We analyse the extent and evolution of informality and inequality in the Serbian labour market between 2002 and 2007, using data from the Living Standard Measurement Surveys (LSMS). Two surprising results emerge.
Gorana Krstić, Peter Sanfey
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No. 68: Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Growth in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique [PDF]
, 2015 While increasing attention is being paid to the drivers and forms of entrepreneurship in informal economies, much less of this policy and research focus is directed at understanding the links between mobility and informality.
Chikanda, Abel +2 more
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Building worker power for day laborers in South Korea's construction industry [PDF]
, 2020 This article examines how unions build worker power for day laborers in South Korea’s construction industry in the context of widespread informality.
Chun, Jennifer Jihye, Yi, Sohoon
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Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The demand for online business education continues to grow, driven by the need for innovative and adaptable learning pathways to attain an MBA. This study investigates student perceptions across three predominantly online MBA programmes at Imperial College in England, ESMT in Germany and Ivey Business School in Canada, aiming to delineate the ...
J. David M. Wood +7 more
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Cogent Social SciencesThe research determines the relationship between competitiveness, the labour market and the protection of the right to work at the constitutional level in the member countries of the Pacific Alliance, analysing for this (i) the evolution of the labour ...
Vincenzo Domenico Julio-Rospigliosi Porretti +5 more
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