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The Role of Sanctions in Frontline Work with Jobseekers

open access: yesSociologický Časopis
Active labour market policy emphasises applying an individual approach to the unemployed and understanding and acknowledging their individual needs. However, the staff at the Labour Office of the Czech Republic (PES), who are in direct contact with the ...
Miroslava Rákoczyová   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monetary Policy and Polish Labour Market in the years 1999–2008

open access: yesComparative Economic Research, 2010
This article sets out to analyse how the monetary policy pursued by the National Bank of Poland (NBP) determined the labour market situation in the country in the decade 1999-2008. The article consists of introduction as well as five sections.
Tomasz Grabia
doaj   +1 more source

Behavioral Coping With Food Price Inflation: Patterns Among U.S. Households

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent food price inflation has placed substantial pressure on household budgets, food security, and mental well‐being. Using Household Pulse Survey data, we combine k‐modes clustering and Double Machine Learning to identify distinct household coping groups and examine differences in how households respond to rising food prices across groups ...
Yuxiang Zhang, Yizao Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Swedish Employers and Trade Unions, Varieties of Capitalism and Labour Migration Policies

open access: yesNordic Journal of Migration Research, 2012
This article explores the extent to which the varieties of capitalism (VoC) approach can inform our understanding of the role of organised interests in the process of labour migration policy reform in Sweden during the 2000s.
Jesper Johansson
doaj   +1 more source

Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers' Preferences for Fossil‐Free Mineral Nitrogen Fertilizers: Role of Prices, Climate, Production Origin, and Identity

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disruptions in global fertilizer markets and climate targets have increased interest in fossil‐free mineral nitrogen fertilizers. This study examines farmers' preferences for conventional (fossil‐based) and fossil‐free fertilizers using a labeled discrete choice experiment with 211 Swedish farmers.
Nasir Adam   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Active labour market policies in emerging adulthood may act as a protective factor against future depressiveness: an analysis of the long-term trajectories of depressive symptoms in the Northern Swedish Cohort

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
IntroductionDrawing upon the framework of life course epidemiology, this study aligns with research on the mental health consequences of significant social transitions during early adulthood.
Pekka Virtanen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agronomic and Nutritional Perspectives on Vegetable Crops in Africa

open access: yesAgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Vegetable production plays a key role in food security, nutrition, and livelihoods across Africa. Moreover, African indigenous vegetables emerge as underutilized yet highly valuable crops, rich in macro‐ and micronutrients, as well as bioactive compounds with an array of health benefits.
Đorđe Vojnović   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Book Review: The Implication of the EU Membership on Immigration Trends and Immigrant Integration Policies for the Bulgarian Labour Market [PDF]

open access: yesRomanian Journal of European Affairs, 2009
A publication of the Economic Policy Institute, Sofia, the book presents the outcomes of a series of contributions discussing the implication of immigration on the Bulgarian labour market.
Ivanka Petkova
doaj  

Winners and Losers: Literacy and Enduring Labour Market Inequality in Historical Perspective

open access: yesRevue Interventions Économiques, 2013
Changes in the global economy have transformed the nature of competitiveness and heightened the importance of basic skills for the economic success of those in the labour market.
Shanti Fernando, Alyson E.King
doaj   +1 more source

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