The politics of the minimum wage: Explaining introduction and levels
Abstract There is much economics research on the effects of minimum wages, but little research on their politics. Yet, ever more advanced capitalist democracies have introduced minimum wages, and the setting of minimum wage levels has become increasingly politicized.
Michal Kozák, Georg Picot
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Towards Better Understanding of Party‐Union Relationship: An Empirical Analysis
ABSTRACT In many European democracies, political parties and trade unions have developed a long‐standing relationship. This relationship has certainly evolved over the last few decades as both actors have had to adapt to changes in their constituencies.
Paweł Kamiński, Szczepan Czarnecki
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Religious Conversions and Religious Diversification in Interwar Yugoslavia and Slovenia
With the foundation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, the respective nationalities and ethnic communities were faced with the reality of a multi-confessional state.
Mithans, Gašper
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Plea Bargaining Procedures Worldwide: Drivers of Introduction and Use
ABSTRACT Over the last three decades, plea bargaining has been adopted by many jurisdictions worldwide. However, a comprehensive account of both its adoption as well as its use is still missing. We survey 174 jurisdictions, finding that 101 allow plea‐bargaining.
Gabriele Paolini +2 more
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Posted work in the European Union: Towards a highly competitive social market economy?
Abstract This paper examines the EU's legal framework on the posting of workers—most notably Directive 2018/957—in light of the broader structural tension within European integration between economic freedoms and social protection. It argues that, although the revision marks a shift towards a more worker‐oriented approach, the underlying legal and ...
Marta Lasek‐Markey
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Electoral consequences of globalization for social democratic parties across European regions
Abstract The paper investigates the influence of regional import shocks from low‐wage countries on electoral support for European social democratic parties in 289 NUTS2 regions (2002–2022). The estimates suggest that a one standard deviation increase in the import shock from low‐wage countries over an election period may lead to a decline in support ...
Michal Mádr
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The Scandinavian states' staffing of the United Nations‐system
Abstract This paper examines the Scandinavian states' staffing of middle and senior‐ranking positions within the United Nations (UN)‐system, in comparison to other members of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It is true that the Scandinavian states are overrepresented per the size of their population in both staffing ...
Jonathan Pugh
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Being an Activist:Feminist Citizenship Through Transformations of Yugoslav and Post-Yugoslav Citizenship Regimes [PDF]
The Yugoslav wars of succession have had a great impact on how feminism in the region has been researched and written about. A lot of significant research has addressed relation of feminism to (anti-) nationalism and peace-building processes, whereas the
Zaharijevic, Adriana
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Self-management socialism compared to social market economy in transition: Are there convergent paths? [PDF]
Despite considerable and miscellaneous research in transition economics, some of its aspects have yet to evolve and come up with a more standard theory.
Mulaj, Isa
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As the world turned upside down: Left intellectuals in Yugoslavia, 1988–90 [PDF]
For decades, we had staked out various positions on “actually existing socialism,” a debate where sometimes static arguments on both right and left were ritually reenacted. Now the process was going off the rails in an unknown direction. A tired tale was
Sheehan, Helena
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