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Gender and Anticipatory Labour in the Gig Economy: How Employability Is Unequally Performed by Women and Men on Project‐Based Platforms

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Work mediated by digital labour platforms is often framed as flexible and autonomous, yet accessing paid tasks commonly requires extensive unpaid effort. Drawing on 65 qualitative interviews with Australian workers on project‐based platforms (including Airtasker, Fiverr and Freelancer), we develop the concept of anticipatory labour: the unpaid,
Brendan Churchill   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of the COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai on maternal and neonatal outcomes. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy Childbirth
Chen X   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of the UK job retention scheme on mental health and well‐being using matched difference‐in‐differences

open access: yesFiscal Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In March 2020, the UK government implemented the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, otherwise known as furlough, to minimise the impact of job losses. The UK furlough protected jobs during the COVID‐19 crisis, covering up to 80 per cent of a worker's monthly wage for hours not worked. We evaluate the causal effects of furlough on mental health,
Christopher Deeming, Lateef Akanni
wiley   +1 more source

Defining and measuring homicide rates for birth cohorts: Methodological and theoretical challenges and solutions

open access: yesCriminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Social scientists have long been interested in understanding how age, period, and cohort effects shape long‐term homicide trends. Yet fundamental measurement challenges remain pervasive in estimating age‐specific homicide rates for birth cohorts.
Jason Robey, Matt Vogel
wiley   +1 more source

Menstrual Wellbeing of Professional Workers: A Work Demands‐Resources Perspective

open access: yesHuman Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Menstrual symptoms compromise the menstrual wellbeing of more than a quarter of the global workforce. However, to the best of our knowledge, the human resource management (HRM) literature, as well as the HR policy and practice, is almost silent on employee menstrual wellbeing.
Muhammad Shujahat   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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