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Crowdwork for young people : risks and opportunities

O'Higgins, Shane Niall; Caro, Luis Pinedo - 2022

In recent years, crowdworking has emerged as a small but rapidly growing source of employment and income principally for young(er) people. Here, we build on previous work in identifying the determinants of crowdworkers' earnings. We focus on the reasons why young crowdworkers earn significantly...

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Intergenerational trends in educational and income mobility in the United States of America since the 1960s

Ernst, Ekkehard; Langot, François; Merola, Rossana; … - 2024

Concerns about widening inequality have increased attention on the topic of equality of opportunities and intergenerational mobility. We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to analyse how educational and income mobility has evolved in the United States of America. We show...

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Technological solutions to guaranteed wage payments of construction workers in China

Huang, Kun - 2022

For many years, wage arrears have been a prevalent problem facing rural migrant workers in the construction sector in … China. The difficulties of addressing wage arrears are multifaceted, but are clearly exacerbated by the complex layering of … timely and full wage payment to migrant workers. With the legal framework in place, central and local governments of China …

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The current state of research on the two-way linkages between productivity and well-being

Sharpe, Andrew; Fard, Shahrzad Mobasher - 2022

Interest in the topic of well-being has burgeoned in recent years as the weaknesses of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita as a proxy for well-being have become more apparent. At the same time, the global economy has experienced a productivity slowdown. Since productivity growth is...

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Employment and wage disparities between rural and urban areas

Ananian, Sévane; Dellaferrera, Giulia - 2024

Statistical evidence from 58 countries shows that although people in rural areas are more likely to be in employment than those in urban ones, they also tend to have jobs that can put them at risk of experiencing inadequate labour protection as well as low pay. In particular, rural workers are...

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The platform economy and transformations in the world of work : the case of delivery platform workers in Santiago, Chile

Asenjo Cruz, Antonia; Coddou Mc Manus, Alberto; Dhir, … - 2023

The growth of digital labour platforms has significantly changed the world of work in Santiago, Chile, especially in the taxi and delivery sectors. This has gained even further prominence since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Delivery platforms, in particular, have...

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The impact of Covid-19 on South African migrant wage workers and the self-employed

Visser, Margareet - 2023

When Covid-19 struck, the South African government declared some of the strictest lockdowns worldwide. The impact of lockdowns on the working classes was especially severe. Initially many workers were left with no income, leading to warnings that a pandemic of hunger may eclipse the deadliness...

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Adopting green measures in exporting firms : what are the effects on labour market outcomes?

Maître, Nicolas; Richiard, Pelin Sekerler - 2024

This study contributes to the literature on the relationship between trade, labour and environmental sustainability by providing empirical evidence at the firm level. For this purpose, it first explores whether exporting firms are more likely than non-exporting firms to adopt green measures....

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Gendered safety nets and growing inequality : pandemic-induced recession in India

Nathan, Dev; Rahul, S. - 2022

In the absence of adequate social security for migrant workers, the recession induced by the COVID-19 pandemic forced the mass return of millions of circular migrants who were supported by their rural households of largely left-behind women. In addition, the recession rendered destitute small...

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