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Assessing African Energy Transitions: Renewable Energy Policies, Energy Justice, and SDG 7
(2021-02-26)
Renewable energy has made significant inroads in addressing growing energy demands on the African continent. However, progress towards SDG 7 is still limited and difficult to trace. Furthermore, the results-oriented rationale of the SDGs means that both policy change and the dimension of environmental justice are not covered properly. We argue that the energy justice concept may provide a powerful tool to offset looming trade-offs and enhance the co-benefits of SDG 7 within broader transition endeavours. In doing so, ...
Working paper

Legal Aid Ontario lawyers organizing against the odds: A case study of professional workers unionizing
(kassel university press, 2020-06)
Working paper

Determinants and Forecasting of Female Labour Force Participation Rate in India: Testing of Feminization U hypothesis
(kassel university press, 2020-06)
Greater involvement of women within the labour force has economic and social impact.
The Female Labour Force Participation Rate (FLFPR) for India remains appallingly low
at around 27%, while the male labour force participation rate has been 79.9%. In India,
during 1990–2016, the FLFPR (% of female population age 15+) showed a declining trend.
In this paper, the determinants of FLFPR for India have been estimated using regression
analysis for the time period 1990–2016. Data on all the relevant variables have ...
Working paper
Opportunities and constraints of peri-urban buffalo and dairy cattle systems in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
(ICDD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2012-01)
In the big cities of Pakistan, peri-urban dairy production plays an important role for household
income generation and the supply of milk and meat to the urban population. On the other hand,
milk production in general, and peri-urban dairy production in particular, faces numerous problems
that have been well known for decades. Peri-urban dairy producers have been especially neglected
by politicians as well as non-government-organizations (NGOs).
Against this background, a study in Pakistan’s third largest city, ...
Working paper
Sozial verantwortliche Beschaffung von Informationstechnik
(ICCD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2013-01)
Working paper
Work and economic security in the 21st century
(ICDD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2011-02)
In recent decades there has been a transformation of two central concepts
of modernity – labour and the household. Ela Bhatt – the founder of the
Self-Employed Women’s Association of India (SEWA), has made an
important contribution to this transformation. Through the emergence of
unions such as SEWA, the notion of who represents labour is being
broadened; the marginalised are finding an institutional voice. Increasingly,
the household is being recognised as a site of both production and
reproduction. SEWA is ...
Buch
Zukunft der Wirtschaft
(Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, 2001)
Working paper
Social Inequality and Social Policy outside the OECD
(ICDD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2012-01)
Almost all Latin American countries are still marked by extreme forms of social inequality –
and to an extent, this seems to be the case regardless of national differences in the
economic development model or the strength of democracy and the welfare state. Recent
research highlights the fact that the heterogeneous labour markets in the region are a key
source of inequality. At the same time, there is a strengthening of ‘exclusive’ social policy,
which is located at the fault lines of the labour market and is ...
Working paper
Core Labor Rights
(ICDD, International Center for Development and Decent Work, University of Kassel, 2012-01)
The working paper’s main objective is to explore the extent to which non-compliance
to international labor rights is caused by global competition. From the perspective of
institutional economics, compliance with core labor rights is beneficial for sustainable
development. Nonetheless, violations of these rights occur on a massive scale. The
violators usually blame competitive pressures. A number of studies have come to the
conclusion that non-compliance does not provide for a competitive edge, thereby
denying ...