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Outsourcing Domestic Work in the Crisis of Social Reproduction: Platform‐Mediated Cleaning and the Role of Clients

open access: yesNew Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid the crisis of social reproduction, outsourcing domestic work has become increasingly appealing, with labour platforms offering new avenues to do so. This article explores the largely overlooked perspective of clients using platform‐mediated cleaning services, focusing on Helpling in Germany.
Stefanie Gerold   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Migration on Age Structure Conducive to Human Development Across the Urban Hierarchy

open access: yesPopulation and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract A larger working‐age population supports economic and social development, and many developing countries are currently benefiting from this demographic window. However, internal migration—often age‐selective—can create subnational inequalities by redistributing working‐age individuals from less developed areas to cities in search of employment ...
Wenxiu Du   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The angiogenic growth of cities. [PDF]

open access: yesJ R Soc Interface
Capel-Timms I   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Grocery Retail Location Patterns in Brno: Clustering, Inequality and Street Network Centrality

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract This study aims to evaluate the spatial distribution and clustering patterns of grocery retail chains in Brno, Czech Republic, focusing on national and multinational stores. By employing Geographic Information Systems and advanced spatial analysis techniques, including the nearest neighbour method, standard deviational ellipse, Kernel density ...
Josef Kunc   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Owning‐Renting Dichotomy: Owner‐Renting in Urban China

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines owner‐renters, households that rent their current residence while owning property elsewhere, using data from the 2013 and 2019 China Household Finance Survey. It explores how household characteristics influence owner‐renting and the drivers of this phenomenon.
Jinqiao Long   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of the Boom-Bust Cycle on the Effectiveness of Policies for Moderating the Consequences of Sprawl on Residential Development

open access: yes
urban sprawl, spatial discrete-choice model, Land Economics/Use,
Roberts, Roland K.   +3 more
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