Abstract After the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, European Union (EU) governance has become more tolerant towards national policy adaptation and experimentation. Right‐wing populist governments in East Central Europe (ECE) have used this increased flexibility amongst other things to develop various economically nationalist strategies to reassert ...
Gerhard Schnyder +2 more
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20th anniversary of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control coming into force: time for a step change in ambition. [PDF]
Gilmore AB +6 more
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Abstract In 2024, the EU adopted a much‐debated directive on improving working conditions in platform work, which aims to facilitate the correct classification of people performing platform work and regulates the use of algorithmic management. The initiative attracted intense lobbying from digital platforms and trade unions, whilst dividing the member ...
Sven Schreurs
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Plastic mulch productivity-sustainability tradeoffs and pathways toward an eco-friendly framework: insights from a global meta-analysis. [PDF]
Wang L +24 more
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Vernacularizing the Best Interests of the Child: Comparative Insights From Three Legal Systems
ABSTRACT The study investigates how the Best Interests of the Child principle in the UN Children's Rights Convention (Article 3) has been adapted in custody disputes in Egypt, Sweden, and Uzbekistan. Although the Convention on the Rights of the Child offers a common normative benchmark, divergent legal cultures shape its domestic meaning: Egypt is ...
Anna Lundberg +3 more
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Health equity and the global social contract: beyond incrementalism and illusionary solidarity. [PDF]
Mulumba M +4 more
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Has the Euro Paid Off? A Study of the Trade‐Induced Welfare Effects of the EMU
Abstract This paper aims to provide policy‐relevant insights into the effect of the euro on trade. It uses a new data set of bilateral international and intranational manufacturing trade flows for 69 countries over the period 1986−2016. A general equilibrium gravity model is estimated to quantify the welfare effect of the euro and its impact on ...
Silviano Esteve‐Pérez +3 more
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Examining Latin America's Transition to a Circular Economy for Plastics. [PDF]
Rodríguez-Meza LR +2 more
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Demographic Dynamics and International Trade: Stylized Facts and Theoretical Insights
ABSTRACT Demographic change within a country has economic repercussions for other countries through international transactions. Ongoing shifts in population size and age structure across countries have important implications for international trade, operating through changes in market size, consumption preferences, and labor supply.
Kumuthini Sivathas
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Tobacco control policies that influence Filipino adults who smoke: Results from a discrete choice experiment. [PDF]
Czaplicki L +7 more
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