Fleshing out Law: Embodied Encounters and the Material Geographies of Legal Space
Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract This article explores how legality is produced, negotiated and contested through embodied encounters in urban courtrooms. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in German district courts, it develops the modalities of appearing, suspending and filtering to analyse how bodies are made to perform, endure and navigate legal processes.
Sarah Klosterkamp
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COVID-19 and attitudes towards early withdrawal of pension funds: The role of trust and political ideology. [PDF]
J Econ Ageing, 2022 López F, Rosas G.
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Implicit pension debt: issues, measurement and scope in international perspective [PDF]
This paper argues that it is important to take into account unfunded public pension liabilities as part of an assessment of the overall fiscal situation, including the fiscal positions of pension schemes pre and post reforms.
Holzmann, Robert +2 more
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A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
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Sustainability of Healthcare Financing in Greece: A Relation Between Public and Social Insurance Contributions and Delivery Expenditures. [PDF]
Inquiry, 2022 Mavridoglou G, Polyzos N.
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The Pension Scheme in Vietnam: Current Status and Challenges in an Aging Society [PDF]
The publicly-managed Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) defined-benefit pension scheme in Vietnam is described, with an analysis of its financial sustainability in the context of an aging society in a dynamically efficient economy.
Giang, Thanh Long
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Envisioning the Future of Work: From Ideas to Reforms
British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Two different theoretical perspectives concerning technology and the future of work are examined. One is linked to mainstream economics, whereas the other is associated with critical (‘post‐work’) discourse. Ideas about work—its nature and impacts on well‐being—matter in both perspectives.
David A. Spencer
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Medical insurance, health risks, and household financial asset allocation: evidence from China household finance survey. [PDF]
Front Public Health, 2023 Li C +5 more
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Institutional investors and securities markets : which comes first? [PDF]
Institutional investors comprise pension funds, insurance companies, and mutual funds. Should a country promote their creation if it lacks well-developed securities markets? The answer to this question, says the author, varies by type of investor.
Vittas, Dimitri
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 2023, England's statutory children's services recorded the highest number of agency social workers since records began. The cost of these workers, and the impact of an unsettled workforce on the children in receipt of their services, has led to a new set of national rules for agency social workers in children's social care.
Ciarán Murphy
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