Showing papers in "Economic and Labour Relations Review in 2020"
TL;DR: In this paper, a group of scholars across the fields of health, economics and labour relations argues that COVID-19 is an unprecedented humanitarian crisis from which there can be no retu...
Abstract: This discussion paper by a group of scholars across the fields of health, economics and labour relations argues that COVID-19 is an unprecedented humanitarian crisis from which there can be no retu...
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TL;DR: In this article, the bargaining power and agency of migrant workers in Australia under distinct policy regimes is analyzed. But, the analysis is limited to a single country, and it is restricted to a small subset of migrants.
Abstract: This article presents an historical and comparative analysis of the bargaining power and agency conferred upon migrant workers in Australia under distinct policy regimes. Through an assessment of f...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss how the restoration of capitalism in the former Eastern Bloc affected the economic development path in Eastern Europe after the collapse of real socialism, and how it affected the economy.
Abstract: Was neoliberal capitalism the only possible development path in Eastern Europe after the collapse of real socialism? How did the restoration of capitalism in the former Eastern bloc affect the econ...
25 citations
TL;DR: Human civilisation faces a series of existential threats from the combination of five global and human-engineered challenges, namely climate change, resource depletion, environmental degradation, and economic degradation as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Human civilisation faces a series of existential threats from the combination of five global and human-engineered challenges, namely climate change, resource depletion, environmental degradation, o...
18 citations
TL;DR: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is an institution, a set of programmes and policies designed to mark a number of important reforms not just in the post-Soviet space but also in the...
Abstract: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is an institution, a set of programmes and policies designed to mark a number of important reforms not just in the post-Soviet space but in the ...
16 citations
TL;DR: The authors explored policy options for an Australian Basic Income and found that little advance has been made in implementation in implementation, despite growing interest in proposals for a universal basic income, little advance is made in implementing it.
Abstract: Despite growing interest in proposals for a universal basic income, little advance has been made in implementation. Here we explore policy options for an Australian Basic Income. Our analysis respo...
14 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate emerging areas of precarious employment in Sweden based on the literature on dimensions of precariousness and neoliberalism, and propose a framework to investigate these areas.
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to investigate emerging areas of precarious employment in Sweden. Based on the literature on dimensions of precariousness and neoliberalism, this article will begin w...
13 citations
TL;DR: This article examined the causal relationship between education and the use of digital collaborative platforms as a first step in exploring the potential impact of the new digital labour markets on i.i.d. education.
Abstract: This study examines the causal relationship between education and the use of digital collaborative platforms as a first step in exploring the potential impact of the new digital labour markets on i...
12 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors re-assess the post-communist transformation in the Baltic countries from the perspective of labour and present an argument based on a history of labor.
Abstract: Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, this article re-assesses ‘post-communist’ transformation in the Baltic countries from the perspective of labour. The argument is based on a historica...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors offer an analysis of the processes of neoliberal transformation, or the transition from "real socialism" to "real capitalism" which took place roughly three decades ago in Central-Eas...
Abstract: The article offers an analysis of the processes of neoliberal transformation, or the transition from ‘real socialism’ to ‘real capitalism’, which took place roughly three decades ago in Central-Eas...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate new technologies, employment and working conditions are timeless and consequently have occupied research, public policy, and popular fiction for centuries, however, in addition...
Abstract: Investigations into new technologies, employment and working conditions are timeless and consequently have occupied research, public policy, and popular fiction for centuries. However, in addition ...
TL;DR: The implications of precarity for workers' education have not been adequately explored by scholars as discussed by the authors, and the implications of precarious forms of work have been extensively investigated by scholars in the literature.
Abstract: The increase in precarious forms of work has been extensively investigated by scholars. However, the implications of precarity for workers’ education have not been adequately explored. There is a g...
TL;DR: While traditional labour market estimates indicate that there has been little change in the proportion of workers holding multiple jobs in North America, survey instrument deficiencies may be hidingin... as mentioned in this paper found that survey instrument deficiency may be hidin
Abstract: While traditional labour market estimates indicate that there has been little change in the proportion of workers holding multiple jobs in North America, survey instrument deficiencies may be hidin...
TL;DR: Skills that are difficult to automate are expected to increase in demand and reward according to skill-biased technological change advocates, who have identified high rewards for cognitive and soci... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Skills that are difficult to automate are expected to increase in demand and reward according to skill-biased technological change advocates, who have identified high rewards for cognitive and soci...
TL;DR: The typical for crowdwork is low pay, volatile income streams and no social security benefits as discussed by the authors, which makes it difficult for people to be employed in this form of work in the gig economy.
Abstract: Crowdwork conducted via digital platforms is a young form of work, but a growing part of the gig economy. Typical for crowdwork is low pay, volatile income streams and no social security benefits. ...
TL;DR: For an increasing proportion of Australian households, the Australian dream of home ownership is no longer an option as mentioned in this paper, due to Neoliberal housing policy and the financialisation of housing has resulted in a...
Abstract: For an increasing proportion of Australian households, the Australian dream of home ownership is no longer an option. Neoliberal housing policy and the financialisation of housing has resulted in a...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the relationship of two "great transformations" from socialism to capitalism, more specifically in Eastern Europe in the 1990s, and the second from regulated to unregressed.
Abstract: This essay analyses the relationship of two ‘Great Transformations’: the first from socialism to capitalism, more specifically in Eastern Europe in the 1990s, and the second from regulated to unreg...
TL;DR: Higher education enrolment and graduation rates have increased rapidly intergenerationally across much of the world, offering employers the promise of more knowledgeable recruits and promising independents as mentioned in this paper...
Abstract: Higher education enrolment and graduation rates have increased rapidly inter-generationally across much of the world, offering employers the promise of more knowledgeable recruits and promising ind...
TL;DR: The race to develop and implement autonomous systems and artificial intelligence has challenged the responsiveness of governments in many areas and none more so than in the domain of labour market as discussed by the authors, where the responses of governments have been criticised.
Abstract: The race to develop and implement autonomous systems and artificial intelligence has challenged the responsiveness of governments in many areas and none more so than in the domain of labour market ...
TL;DR: This article investigated the employment relations in China-based multinational companies internationalizing to Europe, a still relatively unexplored topic, and investigated the trans-transition of workers from China to Europe.
Abstract: This article aims to provide insight into the employment relations in China-based multinational companies internationalising to Europe, a still relatively unexplored topic. We investigate the trans...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address the unresolved question of whether recent technological change causes job instability in a non-western context, and present a solution to the problem of job instability.
Abstract: This article addresses the unresolved question of whether recent technological change causes job instability in a non-western context. China is now the world’s largest user of industrial robots. A ...
TL;DR: This article argued that there is no such thing as a society, and that society is not a thing, and argued that it cannot be defined by any two individuals, i.e., Margaret Thatcher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Karl Marx.
Abstract: This article argues that society is not a thing. It is abbreviated and adapted with permission from a public lecture, titled There Is No Such Thing as Society: Margaret Thatcher, Ludwig Wittgenstei...
TL;DR: The Art of Choosing the right model by Hayes as mentioned in this paper is the second book by Hayes that gives a general overview of his reading on Keynes' writings and specifically of The General Theory.
Abstract: Mark Hayes’ John Maynard Keynes. The Art of Choosing the Right Model published by Polity Press is the second book by Hayes that gives a general overview of his reading on Keynes’ writings and specifically of The General Theory. It comes 13 years after The Economics of Keynes: A New Guide to The General Theory, (2006, Edward Elgar).
TL;DR: Sweden has adopted an active labour market policy as a means of transitioning out of the economic crisis created by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic as mentioned in this paper, which is to a significant extent reminiscent of our approach.
Abstract: Sweden has adopted an Active Labour Market Policy as a means of transitioning out of the economic crisis created by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The approach is to a significant extent reminiscent o...
TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between commute time and sickness absence, the heterogeneity of the commuting-absenteeism effect between rural migrants and urban citizens, and the relationship of commute time to sickness absence.
Abstract: This article addresses three main issues: the relationship between commute time and sickness absence, the heterogeneity of the commuting–absenteeism effect between rural migrants and urban citizens...
TL;DR: With economic reform, in China, labour turnover of seafarers became more possible However, little attention has been paid to its consequences A limited literature indicates that Chinese seafarers as discussed by the authors did not report high turnover.
Abstract: With economic reform, in China, labour turnover of seafarers became more possible However, little attention has been paid to its consequences A limited literature indicates that Chinese seafarers
TL;DR: This article examined the impact of the neoliberal restructuring of health services on female nurses in Turkey and provided a qualitative analysis of work-family conflict, establishing that not all women agree with the restructuring.
Abstract: This article examines the impact of the neoliberal restructuring of health services on female nurses in Turkey. It provides a qualitative analysis of work–family conflict, establishing that not onl...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the commonly shared belief that there was no alternative to the TINA hypothesis regarding the transformation strategy in Poland in 1989-1990 and showed that this belief is false.
Abstract: The article examines the commonly shared belief that ‘there was no alternative’ (the TINA hypothesis) regarding the transformation strategy in Poland in 1989–1990 This belief is shown to be incorr
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a snapshot of pervasive exploitation provided in this book, which inspires a feeling of momentum for resistance and change that offers hope and a way forward for the reader who finds it likely that they are a purchaser and consumer of goods produced by homeworkers.
Abstract: The snapshot of the pervasive exploitation provided in this book might well be confronting for the reader who finds it likely that they are indeed a purchaser and consumer of goods produced by homeworkers. The candid assessment of the many failed attempts to regulate this work may be cause for alarm, or even depression. How can we be anything but complicit when the system has been designed this way, and the problems are so deeply entrenched? Yet the book inspires a feeling of momentum for resistance and change that offers hope and a way forward. Conclusions drawn from years of research and activism have been distilled in a clear and accessible text. Aside from the important call to action that the book sounds in relation to such a substantial group of vulnerable workers, the insights and lessons drawn here may also be useful when considering approaches to other seemingly insurmountable ethical, legal and social challenges. Without shying away from the significant barriers that stand in the way of improvements, the authors suggest innovative solutions based on their observations and practical experience. This is a book for scholars and activists both.