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From Working Tourists to Permanent Residents: Experiences of Migrant Workers with Youth Mobility Schemes in Canada
In OECD countries, international mobility programs such as youth mobility schemes have gained popularity over the last years. In Canada, the...
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The power of having powerful friends: Evidence from a new dataset of IMF negotiating missions, 1985-2020
When countries are confronted with a crisis and have no alternative but to turn to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), speed is of the essence....
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Beyond vulnerability: contextualizing migrant worker views on rights and wellbeing in the Gulf Arab states
This paper examines migrant workers’ subjective views of their rights and wellbeing in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar. Since the announcement of the...
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“Let the State Decide It All for Me”: The Role of Migration and Integration Policy in the Decision-Making of Ukrainian Refugee Women in Germany
While German migration policies aim to provide temporary protection and integrate Ukrainian refugees into German society as early as possible, the...
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Listening to the Least: Engaging Communities in Development Programs in India
Engaging a community or following participatory practice in terms of development has been initiated by non-government organizations and various...
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Cultivating Welcoming Communities in a Neoliberal Era: Narrative Meets Practice in Rural Saskatchewan
The Canadian province of Saskatchewan, and particularly rural Saskatchewan, has an ageing population and has experienced a great deal of...
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Temporary and Child Marriages: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Issues in Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan
Target 5.3 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to eradicate child marriage by 2030. However, international efforts have...
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A European Unemployment Benefit to Protect Atypical Workers?
This paper evaluates the potential of a common unemployment insurance scheme for the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU-UI) to improve income...
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The Gender and Racial Construction of the Working Class: Temporary Mobility of Mexican Women Workers to the US and Canada
Labour precariousness, notably manifested in the loss of formal jobs, stagnation of wages and labour uncertainty, has increased on a global scale....
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Rethinking the US Global War on Terror in the Sahel (2001–2017) between deterrence and defeat of violent extremist groups
The protracted war against violent extremism provides plausible evidence about the ineffectiveness of purely militaristic approaches. The G-5 Sahel...
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Cultivating Integration via Placemaking: an ArcGIS StoryMap and Inventory of Refugee-Centered Farming Organizations in the USA
This paper inventories the number, type, location, and characteristics of refugee resettlement agencies and refugee third sector organizations...
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Between Marketization and Demarketization: Reconfiguration of the Migration Industry in the Agricultural Sector in Israel
This paper focuses on the consequences of the implementation of a bilateral agreement between Israel and Thailand for migrant workers in the...
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The New Blackbirds?
Similarities and differences exist between contemporary temporary migration schemes in Australia and much earlier schemes, notably nineteenth-century...
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The Politics of Transgressive Citizenship: Mobilizing Solidarity with Syrian Women in Turkey
This chapter examines women’s solidarity initiatives with Syrian women in Turkey. Syrians’ settlement, even if supposedly temporary, has generated...
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Child Care and Labor Deregulation Through the J1 Visa in the USA: Cultural Experiences and Temporary Work of Qualified Young Mexican People
Changes in labor markets in the USA have stimulated a selective temporary migration. The constant restrictions, the criminalization of immigrant...
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Policies, Potentials, and Pitfalls: the Impact of Economic Admission Categories on Recent Immigrant Earnings Disparities
We investigate the immigrant-native-born earnings gap by economic immigration sub-categories. We are interested in whether two-step immigration...
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“A Kind of Magic”: Pre-military Preparatory Schools (Mechinot) in Israel as Models for Informal Education
The pre-army preparatory programs established in Israel constitute a unique and popular model of education. Using the qualitative method and...
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When Cash Safety Nets Fade: SNAP-Participating Households with Children Without Cash Income
The proportion of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/food stamps-participating households with children with no reported cash income...
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The “Welfareization” of Disability Incomes in Ontario
Canada’s disability income expenditures are rising at an unsustainable rate and the largest and fastest growing program is income or social...
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“It saved us”: parent perspectives of the 2021 expanded child tax credit
In early 2021, Congress expanded the existing Child Tax Credit (CTC), increasing the credit’s maximum value (up to $3000 for school-age children and...
