Search Results - "Socio-economic review"

The paradox of inequality: income inequality and belief in meritocracy go hand in hand by Mijs, Jonathan J B

“…Abstract Inequality is on the rise: gains have been concentrated with a small elite, while most have seen their fortunes stagnate or fall. Despite what…”
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Central banking and the infrastructural power of finance: the case of ECB support for repo and securitization markets by Braun, Benjamin

“…Abstract The pre-crisis rise and post-crisis resilience of European repo and securitization markets represent political victories for the interests of large…”
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Seeing like a market by Fourcade, Marion, Healy, Kieran

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Making sense of financialization by van der Zwan, Natascha

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New forms of competition in higher education by Musselin, Christine

“…This paper addresses the transformation of competition in higher education. Not only have competition and competitive schemes dramatically developed in the…”
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The platform economy matures: measuring pervasiveness and exploring power by Kenney, Martin, Bearson, Dafna, Zysman, John

“…Abstract Online platforms are pervasive and powerful in today’s economy. We explore the increased centrality of platforms in two ways. First, we measure the…”
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Mapping the business systems of 61 major economies: a taxonomy and implications for varieties of capitalism and business systems research by Witt, Michael A, Kabbach de Castro, Luiz Ricardo, Amaeshi, Kenneth, Mahroum, Sami, Bohle, Dorothee, Saez, Lawrence

“…Abstract Efforts to build a universal theory of the world’s business systems require empirical grounding in an understanding of the variety that need…”
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What is missing? Cultural processes and causal pathways to inequality by Lamont, M., Beljean, S., Clair, M.

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Antagonism beyond employment: how the ‘subordinated agency’ of labour platforms generates conflict in the remote gig economy by Wood, Alex J, Lehdonvirta, Vili

“…This article investigates why gig economy workers who see themselves as self-employed freelancers also engage in collective action traditionally associated…”
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Corporate Social Responsibility and institutional theory: new perspectives on private governance by Brammer, Stephen, Jackson, Gregory, Matten, Dirk

“…Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a pervasive topic in the business literature, but has largely neglected the role of institutions. This…”
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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and the Black–White child poverty gap in the United States by Parolin, Zachary

“…Abstract Black children in the USA are more than twice as likely as white children to live in poverty. While past research has primarily attributed this…”
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Unequal policy responsiveness in the Netherlands by Schakel, Wouter

“…Abstract Scholars have long recognized that equality in policy responsiveness is potentially undermined by the existence of economic inequality. However, there…”
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Between mutuality, autonomy and domination: rethinking digital platforms as contested relational structures by Schüßler, Elke, Attwood-Charles, Will, Kirchner, Stefan, Schor, Juliet B

“…Abstract This Special Issue advances a new understanding of digital platforms as dynamic and relational. An archetypal transaction platform, we argue, is…”
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Do economists make policies? On the political effects of economics by Hirschman, D., Berman, E. P.

“…Economics is often described as the most politically influential social science and yet economic advice is often largely irrelevant to prominent policy…”
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Odds stacked against workers: datafied gamification on Chinese and American food delivery platforms by van Doorn, Niels, Chen, Julie Yujie

“…Abstract This article presents a cross-national comparative study examining how American and Chinese platform companies approach the gamification of on-demand…”
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Theoretical and methodological pathways for research on elites by Cousin, Bruno, Khan, Shamus, Mears, Ashley

“…Abstract In this introductory essay to our special issue on elites, we outline some of the major challenges to research in this area and propose a series of…”
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The decline in the wage share: falling bargaining power of labour or technological progress? Industry-level evidence from the OECD by Guschanski, Alexander, Onaran, Özlem

“…Abstract We investigate whether the downward trend in the wage share is driven by technological change or a decline in labour’s bargaining power. We present an…”
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The emergence of a finance culture in American households, 1989–2007 by Fligstein, Neil, Goldstein, Adam

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The domestic politics of corporate accountability legislation: struggles over the 2015 UK Modern Slavery Act by LeBaron, Genevieve, Rühmkorf, Andreas

“…Abstract Over the last decade, the norm of corporate accountability for labour standards in global supply chains has become increasingly prominent within the…”
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Domesticating the market: moral exchange and the sharing economy by Fitzmaurice, Connor J, Ladegaard, Isak, Attwood-Charles, William, Cansoy, Mehmet, Carfagna, Lindsey B, Schor, Juliet B, Wengronowitz, Robert

“…Abstract The ‘sharing economy’ is a contested realm, with critics arguing it represents a further development of neoliberalism, as platforms such as Airbnb and…”
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