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Graduated Involution Under Compressed Modernity: Differences in the Summer Holidays as a Phase in the Public Life‐Course in Shanghai, China

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper develops the concept of graduated involution to explain how summer holidays have been reconstituted from leisure time into an educational arena for Chinese families under conditions of compressed modernity. Based on qualitative data from 32 households in Shanghai, including interviews and child self‐recordings, we analyze how ...
Leiping Bao, Rachel Murphy
wiley   +1 more source

Death by A Thousand Cuts: Double Burden and Subordination of Female Ride-Hailing Drivers Towards Social Security Services

Salus Cultura
Ride-hailing platforms have mushroomed ever since the digitalization and technology development occurred in Indonesia. This could absorb most of the workforce, one of which is the ride-hailing drivers.
Aqilatul Layyinah, Eksanti Amalia Kusuma Wardhani   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Underwriting and Substitution: Australian Peacebuilding in Bougainville and Solomon Islands, 1997–2021

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's two largest Melanesian engagements ended differently. This article compares the Bougainville peace process with the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) and distinguishes two modes of engagement. Underwriting funds settlements that domestic actors have negotiated, leaving authority in local hands; substitution ...
Muhammad Amir
wiley   +1 more source

Compensation Decisions on Disruption Recovery Service in Urban Rail Transit

Promet (Zagreb), 2019
Ride-hailing, in addition to a common mode of daily transportation, is an attractive option for evacuating stranded passengers and supplementing bus bridging in the early stages of an urban rail transit (URT) disruption.
Zhijie Yang, Xiaolong Chen
doaj   +1 more source

Accelerating Platform User Growth: Pinduoduo's Multi‐Motivational Selfish Referral Strategy

Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Referral strategies, whereby existing platform users recruit new users and thereby strengthen same‐side network effects, have long been central to digital platforms' efforts to grow the installed user base. Current referral strategies often require the referee to complete a transaction as a prerequisite for the referrer to receive the reward ...
Runyu Shi, Panos Constantinides, Federico Iannacci   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Make or Buy Decisions and Data Sharing

The Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms can share data to discover potential synergies between their data sets and algorithms, eventually leading to more efficient mergers and acquisitions (M&A) decisions. However, data sharing also modifies the competitive balance when firms do not merge, and a company may be reluctant to share data with potential rivals.
Antoine Dubus, Patrick Legros
wiley   +1 more source

User characteristics of shared-mobility: a comparative analysis of car-sharing and ride-hailing services

, 2021
Over the past 20 years, shared-mobility services have become important transportation options, as they provide on-demand, door-to-door mobility without requiring vehicle ownership.
Naz, Farah, Hyun, Kate, Leat, Sarah, Cronley, Courtney, Courtney Cronley, Kate (Kyung) Hyun, Farah Naz, Sarah Leat   +7 more
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Epistemological Friction: Embodied Expertise and the ‘Last Mile’ of Agricultural Automation in the US Tree‐Fruit Industry

New Technology, Work and Employment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autonomous and AI‐driven agricultural technology is often framed as a panacea for labour dependency. While proponents envision autonomous technologies seamlessly optimising farming, this rationalised model misunderstands the reality of on‐farm integration.
M. Anne Visser, Alex Bladimir Hernandez
wiley   +1 more source

Distinct Surcharge Effects in Taxi Markets: Evidence From New York City Yellow Cabs

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how alternative surcharge designs affect market outcomes in the New York City (NYC) Yellow Cab system. We study two distinct policies: a congestion surcharge that raises passenger fares without directly compensating drivers, and a rush‐hour surcharge that provides time‐based incentives to drivers during periods of high ...
Gyure Kim, Jihyun Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Apocalyptic Visions and Ecofeminist Narratives in Three Southeast Asian Women's Fiction

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Apocalypse that describes ‘end‐of‐world’ scenarios have been especially prolific in the past few decades since the climate crisis has prophesied the imminent destruction of natural and human habitats. Apocalyptic literatures present insights into the various problems that beset humanity currently and extrapolate the inevitable consequences ...
Chitra Sankaran
wiley   +1 more source