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Growth, Fiscal Policy and the Informal Sector in a Small Open Economy [PDF]

We discuss the implications of informality on growth and fiscal policy by considering an informal sector based on low tech firms, in an open economy model of endogenous growth, where labour supply is elastic and increasing returns arise from public ...
Pedro, de Mendonça
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Is there space for dyslexia in high‐attainment educational environments? Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study into attainment grouping in English primary schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Attainment grouping is an important policy issue and is increasingly practiced in UK primary schools, with researchers presenting contrasting stances on the impact to pupils' attainment and academic self‐concept. This original research statistically analyses the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) data (N = 3510) and explores: (i) whether dyslexic ...
Esther Alice Outram
wiley   +1 more source

Trajectories of precariousness of tuk-tuk drivers in Portugal: A case study

Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation
In the aftermath of the Great Recession, the gig economy expanded in Portugal as an alternative form of income generation to overcome the accumulation crisis, especially in the tourism sector. One component of this, less well studied than platform labour
Isabel Roque, Renato Miguel do Carmo, Jorge Caleiras, Rodrigo Vieira de Assis   +3 more
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Is there a threshold effect of global value chains on informal employment in Sub-Saharan Africa? [PDF]

International Trade, Politics and Development
PurposeThe objective of this paper is to determine the threshold effect of global value chains (GVCs) on informal employment in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).Design/methodology/approachTo achieve our objective, we construct a panel of 32 Sub-Saharan African ...
Abena Abena, Siméon Serge Atangana, Fabrice Nzepang   +2 more
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Making the city of commons: popular economies between urban conflicts and capitalistic accumulation [PDF]

, 2018
A partire da una ricerca etnografica, in questo articolo analizzo i processi di produzione dell'urbano attraverso pratiche di commoning e processi di autorganizzazione in due differenti esperienze cooperative nell'area metropolitana di Buenos Aires ...
Castronovo, Alioscia
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Strategies teachers use to support students' self‐regulation skill development in mainstream primary schools: A scoping review

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This scoping review has explored the interventions and approaches used by teachers in mainstream (general education) primary schools (students aged 4–11) to support self‐regulation skill development in the classroom. The review followed the PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA‐ScR) guidelines for reporting and was guided by the Joanna ...
Kim Griffin, Kate Wilmut, Carol Brown, Tanya Rihtman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labour market information systems

For the consideration of the Government of Viet Nam in its ongoing revision of the Employment Law, this policy brief presents an overview of the main functions and features of a robust and reliable labour market information system. It draws on international standards and a review of global experiences, highlighting good practices in the Asia-Pacific ...
openaire   +1 more source

Creating space(s) for learning in prison: Developing an andragogical framework

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Learning in prison is too often excluded from wider discussions of educational experiences, processes and impact. This paper proposes, for the first time, an iterative andragogical framework to conceptualise learning spaces within prison contexts.
Morwenna Bennallick, Jayne Finlay, Ross Little, Helen Nichols   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of Labour Market Policies in an Economy with an Informal Sector [PDF]

In this paper, we build an equilibrium search and matching model of an economy with an informal sector. Our model extends Mortensen and Pissarides (1994) by allowing for ex ante worker heterogeneity with respect to formal-sector productivity.
James Albrecht, Lucas Navarro, Susan Vroman   +2 more
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‘The best year’/‘I struggled with everything’: Widening participation experiences of pandemic online learning

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Improving retention and graduate outcomes for students from a widening participation (WP) background is key to achieving more equitable outcomes. However, evidence suggests WP students experienced different challenges than their peers during the COVID‐19 pandemic.
Wilhelmiina Toivo, Emily Nordmann, Jacqui Hutchison, Alison Browitt, Jill R. D. MacKay   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source