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Do women's pre-birth relative wages moderate the parenthood effect on gender inequality in working hours? KU Leuven Universiteit Antwerpen
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Although young couples increasingly divide paid and unpaid work equally, the transition to parenthood is associated with the production of gender inequality. Given the rising prevalence of female breadwinner households in Europe, this paper assesses whether the parenthood effect on gender inequality in employment is counteracted in couples where women were the main income providers before the onset of family formation. Using ...
The Role of Fairtrade Certification for Wages and Job Satisfaction of Plantation Workers KU Leuven
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Worker welfare and employment conditions in the agri-food-producing and processing sectors in the global south have become an increasing concern for consumers. Sustainability standards, such as Fairtrade, play an important role in agri-food markets of horticultural produce and may be a tool to address these concerns. However, so far the implications of Fairtrade certification for extrinsic and intrinsic employment factors of ...
Law, Religion, and Debt Relief: Balancing above the 'Abyss of Despair' in Early Modern Canon Law and Theology KU Leuven
© 2017 The Author. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Debt forgiveness is at the heart of the gospel message. The Lord sent His Son to redeem the debts of the world created by Adam and Eve and that were transmitted to subsequent generations of humanity. The New Testament restored older biblical ideas of debt relief, such as the Jubilee. The Lord's Prayer begs God to forgive the pious their debts, as they also forgive ...
The effect of minimum wages on employment in emerging economies: a survey and meta-analysis KU Leuven
© 2017 Oxford Department of International Development. Using both qualitative and quantitative (meta-analysis) methods, this paper reviews the growing evidence on the impact of minimum wages on employment in 14 major emerging economies (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Poland, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Thailand and Turkey). Overall, minimum wages are found to have only a minimal ...