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Business, Finance
Francesco Savoia, Federica Bandini, Daniela Bolzani, Eleonora Grassi
Summary: This paper empirically examines the impact of regional institutional quality on employment growth in social enterprises. Using a panel dataset from 2011 to 2020, fixed effects and generalized method of moments (GMM) estimates reveal three findings: First, higher institutional quality at the regional level positively affects employment growth. Second, the effect varies across firms of different sizes. Third, corruption in public service provision significantly hinders the speed of employment growth for micro and small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
FINANCE RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
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Environmental Sciences
Xueli Wei, Lijing Li, Fan Zhang
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the global economy and social well-being, causing issues in employment, poverty, food security, and other aspects.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Management
Steven Rolf, Jacqueline O'Reilly, Marc Meryon
Summary: Platform capitalism has resulted in the replacement of employment contracts with contracts for services, offering fewer social and employment protections for independent contractors. The future of national social and employment protection systems remains uncertain under UK law. Private social protection systems have emerged as a potential solution, with benefits and risks for both platforms and workers.
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Engineering, Environmental
Lars Repp, Marko Hekkert, Julian Kirchherr
Summary: There is a lack of evidence-based discussion on the global social impacts, both intended and unintended, of the European Union's transition towards the Circular Economy. This paper evaluates the global employment shifts induced by the Circular Economy, focusing on the apparel value chains imported to the EU from top exporting countries. The results suggest that the benefits and disadvantages of the circular transition appear to be unevenly distributed, with non-EU stakeholders bearing the main adverse effects.
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
(2021)
Correction
Clinical Neurology
[Anonymous]
Summary: The article contains an error in figure 1, which the authors acknowledge and regret.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Bochao Zhang, Wanhao Dong, Jin Yao, Xiaolong Cheng
Summary: This article analyzes the impacts and mechanisms of digital economy development on the economic structure and income distribution in China. The research finds that the development of the digital economy improves factor allocation efficiency, addresses the issues of surplus labor and insufficient capital in the agricultural sector, and significantly reduces the urban-rural income gap.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Melanie Valencia, Nancy Bocken, Camila Loaiza, Simon De Jaeger
Summary: This article explores the social implications of the circular economy (CE) and proposes a set of socioeconomic strategies to facilitate its implementation. It also identifies specific areas where the social dimensions of the CE can be prioritized.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2023)
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Economics
Niels van Doorn, Fabian Ferrari, Mark Graham
Summary: In urban gig economies, migrant workers make up the majority of platform labor. However, research on the intersection of the gig economy and labor migration is lacking. Through two action research projects in six cities across four continents, the authors have discovered how platform work affects the vulnerability of migrant workers. They argue that while platform labor provides opportunities for migrants to improve their livelihoods, it also degrades working conditions. They also contend that reclassifying gig workers as employees alone is not enough to address the insecurity of migrant gig work, and instead, ambitious policies are needed to counter the commodification of migrant labor facilitated by digital platforms worldwide.
WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Dong Han, Liang Chen, Hao Wu, Xinyuan Wang, Yi Xiao, Haonan Yang, Shiyu Liu, Shuangshuang Xu, Huan Huang, Ming Chang
Summary: This paper evaluates the comprehensive development of the population economy and eco-geological environment composite system in the twin-city economic circle of Chengdu-Chongqing region from 2000 to 2020. The results reveal that there is a long-term coordinated relationship between population, economy and eco-geological environment in Chengdu-Chongqing region. The subsystems show an overall upward trend, with the Sichuan part outperforming the Chongqing part. The coupling coordinated development of the composite system has shown a benign upward trend.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Marcello Graziano, Karen A. Alexander, Scott J. McGrane, Grant J. Allan, Evangelia Lema
Summary: This article analyzes the economic size and resilience of five established definitions of the Blue Economy in Scotland (UK) and Michigan (USA). It examines sector-level employment, labor productivity, and Gross Value Added (GVA) data, and visually represents the differences in conceptualizing the Blue Economy that affect its impact on regional economies. Furthermore, it assesses the performance of each definition after the 2007/2011 crisis and problematizes the divergent definitions of the concept.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Wai Ching Wilson Au, Nelson K. F. Tsang
Summary: This study applies protection motivation theory to investigate Uber drivers' self-protective behavior against legal risks and finds that threat appraisal, coping appraisal, and maladaptive perceptions influence drivers' engagement in illegal work and weekly working hours.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
(2023)
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Urban Studies
Juliana Ashaley-Nikoi, Emmanuel Abbey
Summary: This paper used data from the food service industry in Ghana to measure informality and explore the motivations and challenges influencing informal entrepreneurship. It showed that a sector-specific definition is necessary to accurately measure informality in the food service industry. Using data from 406 female street food vendors in Ghana, it revealed that approximately 62% of enterprises in the food service industry are wholly informal. The study also found that higher levels of informality are associated with survivalist and opportunist motivations, as well as economic and spatial challenges.
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Behavioral Sciences
Eino Partanen, Siiri Laari, Oona Kantele, Leena Kamppi, Taina Nybo
Summary: Younger age, higher education, and seizure freedom after epilepsy surgery are associated with employment. This study investigated the associations between cognition and employment status in epilepsy surgery patients, and found that mistakes in executive function tasks and poorer working memory may hinder performance in a complex work environment.
EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Xiumei Wang, Yongjian Huang, Yingying Zhao, Jingxuan Feng
Summary: This study empirically tests the impact of digital skills (DS) on employment choices for rural laborers using the Mprobit model. The results show that acquiring DS significantly increases the rate of off-farm employment and entrepreneurship for rural laborers. DS influences employment choices by alleviating information access and financing constraints. Heterogeneity analysis reveals that males and rural laborers in wealthy regions benefit more from entrepreneurship, while females and low-skilled and rural laborers in middle and poor regions benefit more from off-farm employment.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ting Wang, Shiqing Li
Summary: This study examines the impact of employment values on college students' choice intention of slow employment. It found that long-term income orientation and cost avoidance orientation positively predict the choice intention of slow employment, while short-term income orientation negatively affects it. Employment anxiety plays a mediating role, and social support moderates the relationship between employment income orientation and anxiety.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Thomas Bo Jensen, Espen Jimenez-Solem, Rikke Cortes, Cecilie Betzer, Sara Boge Breinholt, Kasper Meidahl Petersen, Tonny Studsgaard Petersen, Jakob Kjellberg, Hanne Rolighed Christensen, Jon Traerup Andersen
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2020)
Article
Psychiatry
Lene Halling Hastrup, Erik Simonsen, Rikke Ibsen, Jacob Kjellberg, Poul Jennum
SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN
(2020)
Article
Psychiatry
L. H. Hastrup, P. Jennum, R. Ibsen, J. Kjellberg, E. Simonsen
ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA
(2019)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Poul Jennum, Rikke Ibsen, Jakob Kjellberg
EPILEPSY & BEHAVIOR
(2019)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Poul Jennum, Rikke Ibsen, Jakob Kjellberg
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Soren Thorgaard Skou, Ewa Roos, Mogens Laursen, Lars Arendt-Nielsen, Sten Rasmussen, Ole Simonsen, Rikke Ibsen, Arendse T. Larsen, Jakob Kjellberg
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Orthopedics
S. T. Skou, E. M. Roos, M. Laursen, L. Arendt-Nielsen, S. Rasmussen, O. Simonsen, R. Ibsen, A. T. Larsen, J. Kjellberg
OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE
(2020)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Jakob Kjellberg, Christian K. Tikkanen
Summary: This study estimated the 3-year societal costs associated with the onset of cardiovascular comorbidities among individuals with obesity. The costs were mainly driven by healthcare expenses and productivity loss, emphasizing the importance of managing obesity and cardiovascular disease risk factors to prevent costly and debilitating comorbidities.
EXPERT REVIEW OF PHARMACOECONOMICS & OUTCOMES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Critical Care Medicine
Christine Marie Baeko Halling, Morten Hylander Moller, Soren Marker, Mette Krag, Jakob Kjellberg, Anders Perner, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen
Summary: Pantoprazole reduces clinically important gastrointestinal bleeding in ICU patients at risk, but does not significantly impact 1-year mortality, healthcare resource use, or employment status.
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Marie Lynge Buchter, Jakob Kjellberg, Rikke Ibsen, Catarina Sternhufvud, Birte Petersen
Summary: People with spinal cord injury or multiple sclerosis may experience bladder and bowel dysfunction due to acquired neurogenic damage, leading to significant personal and societal costs. Medical and social interventions are needed to reduce the burden of illness.
EXPERT REVIEW OF PHARMACOECONOMICS & OUTCOMES RESEARCH
(2022)
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Genetics & Heredity
Line Kessel, Jakob Kjellberg, Kamilla Nissen, Anette Rasmussen, Morten la Cour
Summary: A study on patients with childhood-onset inherited retinal dystrophies (IRD) showed that a few were able to achieve high educational levels, but many received disability pension or were unemployed in adulthood, resulting in markedly reduced lifetime income, despite comparable grade mark points from primary education.
OPHTHALMIC GENETICS
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Annika von Heymann, Emma Finsted, Mai-Britt Guldin, Elisabeth Anne Wreford Andersen, Jesper Dammeyer, Per Sjogren, Hans von der Maase, Kirstine S. Benthien, Jakob Kjellberg, Christoffer Johansen, Pernille Bidstrup
Summary: The Domus study, a randomized controlled trial, examined the impact of home-based specialized palliative care with a psychological intervention on advanced cancer patients' time at home and number of home deaths. However, the study found that this intervention did not significantly reduce caregiver burden.
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Health Care Sciences & Services
Marie Lynge Buchter, Jakob Kjellberg, Rikke Ibsen, Catarina Sternhufvud, Birte Petersen
Summary: This study examines the burden of illness among patients with urinary retention (UR) caused by non-neurogenic conditions. The results show that patients requiring intermittent catheterization (IC) have significantly higher healthcare utilization and costs compared to matched controls, primarily driven by hospitalizations. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most frequent bladder complications often requiring hospitalization.
EXPERT REVIEW OF PHARMACOECONOMICS & OUTCOMES RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Psychiatry
Merete Nordentoft, Mikkel Rasmussen, Lene Hogh, Christian Legind, Jakob Kjellberg
Summary: Denmark has agreed on a 10-year plan for psychiatry, which was developed collaboratively by the Danish Health Authority and the Danish Authority for Social Services and Housing, involving various stakeholders. The government has recently proposed an investment plan to increase the overall budget in Danish regions and municipalities by nearly 20 percent over 10 years. The need for improvement in psychiatric services was emphasized by epidemiological research showing shortened life expectancy and high disease burden among individuals with mental disorders. The Psychiatry Alliance, a unified organization consisting of user organizations, trade unions, and scientific societies in the field of mental health, took a proactive approach to influence politicians and media, resulting in significant impact.
EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Rheumatology
Bente Glintborg, Rikke Ibsen, Rebecca Elisabeth Qwist Bilbo, Merete Lund Hetland, Jakob Kjellberg