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Policy Incoherence? The UK–Rwanda Asylum Partnership Arrangement
This chapter addresses the 2022 UK–Rwanda agreement allowing the British government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, a recent and controversial...
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Work-life balance during the COVID-19 pandemic. A European perspective
The EU’s remote working landscape, marked by heterogeneity, underwent significant changes due to COVID-19. We use Eurofound’s longitudinal Living,...
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The Profound Influence of Time Poverty on Women’s Work–Life Conflict
Time poverty is the time deficit caused by having little to no time for recreational activities owing to significant labour of both paid and unpaid...
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Work from home arrangements and organizational performance in Italian SMEs: evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic
We use survey data on Italian small- and medium-sized enterprises collected during the COVID-19 pandemic to explore the relationship between the...
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Remote work and location preferences: a study of post-pandemic trends in Italy
This study investigates how working remotely, by reducing workplace commuting, weakens the limitations connected to residential mobility and enables...
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“The Worst Currency” or “The Best Arrangement”?
The assessments of the monetary system in Qing period in China are divided. The changes in copper-silver price ratioCopper-silver price ratio were...
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Macroprudential Policy and Institutional Arrangement
Experience shows that various economic and financial crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, pose complex challenges for the central bank when it...
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COVID-19: An Opportunity to Explore Hybrid Work
Organizations need to rebuild themselves after the Great Confinement, and this chapter aims to analyze and address the effects of work during the...
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The impact of COVID-19 on Japanese firms: mobility and resilience via remote work
Drawing on the original survey of Japanese firms during the COVID-19 pandemic, we estimate the impact of the crisis on firms’ sales, employment and...
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Property Rights Arrangement, System Changes and Legislative Options for China’s Cultural and Natural Heritages
In the process of natural evolution and the development of human civilization, historical accumulation will be preserved in a certain way.
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Planning Gender-Inclusive Cities: Tactical and Strategic Support for the Reconciliation of Paid Work and Care Work
During the past 40 years, feminist researchers and practitioners have criticized urban planning for its androcentrism. Few childcare facilities,...
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Factors influencing work-satisfaction of global garments supply chain workers in Bangladesh
The purpose of this study is to assess different factors under the Bangladesh labour legislation for promoting work-satisfaction of the global...
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Persistent Vulnerabilities in the World of Work and Contemporary Capitalism: Some Reflections on India
The onslaught of COVID-19 has been catastrophic for India’s world of work. While it was a bolt out of the blue, its impacts on employment need to be...
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Is Work Organisation Causing Precariousness? Insights from Textile Industry in South India
This article illustrates workers' precarity in the textile industry using economic and social upgrading, underscoring the difference in work...
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Women, Work and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Paving the Path Forward
This paper focuses on the pandemic’s impact on women’s participation in the economy. The author outlines the various barriers to the full and equal...
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How Can the Circular Economy Contribute to the Achievement of SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth?
The circular economy is a model of consumption and production, which includes reusing, sharing, repairing, recycling, and refurbishing existing...
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Disability and work intensity in Italian households
The 2030 Agenda of the United Nations clearly sets the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the labour market as a main goal. However,...
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Care Work, Individualisation and Risk
This chapter examines how Australia’s new individualised social care system, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), introduces new risks...