This study adopted the Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) method using household-level demographic and socio-economic data to measure the vulnerability of rural households in Central Vietnam to the COVID-19 pandemic. It found that most households suffered from a partial or total loss of...

Als Reaktion auf die hohe und verfestigte Arbeitslosigkeit in der Bundesrepublik in den 1990er Jahren wurden in der Bundesagentur für Arbeit verschiedene Reformen durchgeführt. Eine der wichtigsten Reformen betraf die Reorganisation der Arbeitsvermittlung durch die sukzessive Einführung der...

The COVID-19 pandemic is continuously spreading all around the world causing an unprecedented human, economic, and social crisis, whose consequences are still unpredictable. Albania is also facing a crisis caused by the lockdown of economic activity and the isolation of the population to control...

Purpose: The Covid-19 pandemic affected customers' shopping and returns behaviours and significantly aggravated the problem of high product returns rates and returns fraud. Measures for public health and safety resulted in retailers modifying their returns processes. This study describes the...