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Bicycles, ‘informality’ and the alternative learning space as a site for re-engagement: a risky (pedagogical) proposition? [PDF]

, 2020
The great possibility of alternative education programs rests in the affront to established conventions that these present for what counts as learning, engagement and the experience of schooling.
Hickey, Andrew, Myler, Tanya, Smith, Carly   +2 more
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Listening to Hong Kong children's perspectives through pretend play

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) has become an increasing concern in recent years. The issue has been regularly discussed by different stakeholders. However, the rising concern regarding quality in ECEC has not seriously taken into account children's perspectives.
Suzannie K. Y. Leung
wiley   +1 more source

Easing the tension between the state and the market? Developing social protection and labour law during Latin American industrialization

Cogent Social Sciences, 2019
The onset of industrialization across Latin America put the social question squarely on the agenda of policy-makers. Although Latin American countries in many respects did not meet the conditions of socio-economic and political development that proved to
Ulf Thoene
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The Costs and Benefits of Informality [PDF]

We explore the costs and benefits of informality associated with the informal sector lying outside the tax regime in a two-sector New Keynesian model.
Emanuela Lotti, Nicoletta Batini, Paul Levine   +2 more
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The Mexican Wage Curve 2000-2003: A Quantile Analysis [PDF]

, 2012
This paper exploits the Mexican Encuesta Nacional de Empleo Urbano (ENEU) to determine the existence of the wage curve—an empirical phenomena first suggested by Blanchflower and Oswald (1990)—during the period 2000–2003. We propose an innovative approach
Gutierrez Rufrancos, Hector Elias
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Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic

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
wiley   +1 more source

Analysing the heterogeneity in working conditions of migrant informal workers in China: a test of the WIEGO model of informal employment

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
This paper sheds light on the internal heterogeneity within the informal economy by examining the working conditions of migrant informal workers in China.
Gengzhi Huang, Bowei Cai, Shuyi Liu, Desheng Xue   +3 more
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Taxing the Informal Economy: The Current State of Knowledge and Agendas for Future Research [PDF]

, 2014
This paper reviews the literature on taxation of the informal economy, taking stock of key debates and drawing attention to recent innovations. Conventionally, the debate on whether to tax has frequently focused on the limited revenue potential, high ...
Abor J., Alm J., Anuradha Joshi, Assobo A. B., Baross P., Bird R., Bird R., Bird R., Bird R., Bodin J.-P., Boesen N., Casanegra de Jantscher M., Chen M., Christopher Heady, Coolidge J., Cross J., Daly J., de Mel S., de Soto H., Everest-Phillips M., Fjeldstad O.-H., Fjeldstad O.-H., Foreign Investment Advisory Service, Garcia-Bolivar O., Gordon R., Hart K., Hategeka E., Heredia B., Hickey S., Howell J., International Monetary Fund (IMF), James S., Jaramillo M., Jibao S., Jibao S., Kamunyori S., Kanbur R., Kanbur R., Keen M., Kenyon T., Kloeden D., Korsun G., Levi M., Lindell I., Lipsky M., Loeprick J., McCarten W., McKerchar M., Meagher K., Ngoi G. K., Pimhidzai O., Portes A., Prichard W., Prichard W., Prichard W., Prichard W., Roever S., Sadka E., Sander C., Schneider F., Schneider F., Schomerus M., Shekidele C., Stella P., Tegera A., Terkper S. E., Titeca K., Torgler B., Torgler B., Vincent U., Warner J., Warner J., Wilson Prichard   +72 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

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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