... companies to provide local employment and development support, as well as measures to bring artisanal and small-scale mining under formal regulation. But so far, hopes for a labor-intensive mining sector have still not panned out, while automation associated with new technologies threatens jobs...

... of all family members. Back in Tokyo, when he was working long hours as a salaried employee, he hardly spent any time at home, and had no energy left to help with domestic duties. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 Japan social change employment gender cities rural...

... racial inequality middle class social mobility corruption African National Congress education employment business Jacob Zuma Cyril Ramaphosa 169 The precarity of daily existence for so many black middle-class South Africans is heightened by dependence on political connections. South...

... Anirudh Krishna India social mobility inequality education employment jobs caste system health care women's rights Narendra Modi 123 How to extend equality of opportunity across a vast and growing population is one of the most important problems facing India to- day. The ideal...

... globalization nongovernmental organizations microfinance health care employment natural disasters 130 Few big countries . . . have had their fortunes so profoundly shaped by a weak position in the global system. Made in Bangladesh: Homegrown Development in a Global Economy NAOMI HOSSAIN In less...

... The Regents of the University of California Triadafilos Triadafilopoulos Germany immigration guest workers refugee crisis asylum Islam Angela Merkel employment labor integration Alternative Germany 108 The German experience shows that liberal democracies are able to develop effective...

... reserved. 2019 The Regents of the University of California Tomasz Inglot Eastern Europe social mobility middle class inequality communism employment labor inequality populism labor migration welfare family policy Poland Hungary 96 The region has seen a radical shift from...

... Maria Hagan Joshua Wassink Mexico United States immigration deportation return migration trade employment social mobility economic policy NAFTA urban rural work job skills 50 [L]abor-market reintegration is a complex and uneven process for return migrants. Return Migration...

... immigration migration asylum United Nations employment guest workers Europe 22 New policy designs will need to have an explicit dual purpose, combining the objectives of labor migration and humanitarian protection. Most high-income countries make a strict distinction in their immigration poli-cies...

...Emmanuel Teitelbaum Ironically, the interests and objectives of union leaders may align with those of the ruling coalition: employment growth in the organized sector is essential to the labor movement's survival in the coming decades, just as it is for the survival of the Modi government. © 2017...

... change is a problem for wel- fare states. Low-skilled individuals have greater difficulty accessing stable employment and are overrepresented in various social programs. This generates higher government spending and prob- lems of exclusion from mainstream society that can be extremely worrisome...