How the growing identity economy is reshaping the future of work
People no longer work just to put food on the table. In addition to funding basic needs, they work with a vision of self-fulfilment, purpose, and growth. They expect their …
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Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It
From the publisher: FINANCE IS A FEMINIST ISSUE. It’s 2021. The modern world is still rigged unfairly in men’s favour. Exploring injustices from pensions to boardroom bullying, Annabelle Williams, former …
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Men, Women See Different Job Listings on Facebook Due to Algorithm Bias, Research Shows
Facebook’s algorithm targets people for job listings based on their gender identity, new research has found. The study revealed that Facebook ads for jobs in fields dominated by men were visible to …
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The Passion Economy
From the publisher: Contrary to what you may have heard, the middle class is not dying and robots are not stealing our jobs. In fact, writes Adam Davidson—one of our …
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How migrants in the Gulf are fighting discrimination during the pandemic
Like millions before him, Manoj migrated from the southwestern Indian state of Kerala to the Gulf in search of work in 2019. He found a job at a construction company …
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In India’s informal economy, crores of women face gender bias and insecurity
Over the last two decades, Rehana*, 42, has been working on improving her tailoring skills, learning to cut, sew, and recently, design and stitch salwar suits for boutiques and individual …
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A Year Since the Lockdown, Women Migrant Workers Remain Unrecognised
It has been a year since a poorly planned and violently implemented lockdown led to the forced displacement of migrant workers from our cities. Countless stories of violence, hunger, death …
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Minimum wage policies offer a lesson for advancement of farming
It is not the case that any minimum wage is bad. Equally true, it is not the case that any biofuels demand is bad. Empirical evidence finds that a set …
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Ensuring fair working conditions in the online talent platform economy
Online talent platform work has experienced rapid growth in recent years and been embraced by individuals and businesses alike. While working via an online platform does not constitute a new …
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How new technology is helping to identify human rights abuses in the seafood industry
Every year, the U.S. imports billions of dollars worth of seafood from countries that may be using forced labor on distant water fishing vessels. A growing cadre of tech companies …
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