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“Don’t look down on us”: Assessing the vulnerabilities of female massage parlor workers in Phnom Penh
Glenn Miles, Theresa Geyer, Rachel Ding, Olivia Blasé, Katie ClarkAlthough some research has been done with entertainment workers in KTV bars, little has been done to gain a qualitative understanding of the vulnerabilities of masseuse women…
“Don’t look down on us!”: Assessing the vulnerabilities of female massage parlor workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Glenn Michael Miles, Olivia Blase, Katie Clark, Rachel J. Ding, Theresa GeyerAlthough some research has been done with entertainment workers in KTV bars, little has been done to gain a qualitative understanding of the vulnerabilities of masseuse women…
Impact of globalization on income inequality in Asian emerging economies
Kashif Munir, Mahnoor BukhariThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of three modes of globalization, i.e. trade globalization, financial globalization and technological globalization, separately…
Cronyism as an outcome of institutional settings: the case of pre-2011 Egypt
Mohamed Ismail SabryWhy are state business relations in Egypt characterized by widely acknowledged high levels of cronyism? The purpose of this paper is to investigate the institutional factors…
Active citizenship in Europe: the role of social capital
Giuseppina Guagnano, Isabella SantiniThe purpose of this paper is to show if and to what extent in the EU countries the probability of being an active citizen depends on individual/household social capital endowment…
Polarizing the middle: internet exposure and public opinion
Bethany P. BrysonResearch on opinion polarization in the USA repeatedly finds more divergence among politically privileged groups: respondents who are college educated, politically interested…
Do women in board represent less corporate tax avoidance? A moderation analysis
Rakia Riguen, Bassem Salhi, Anis JarbouiThe purpose of this paper is to empirically examine how women in board represent moderates the relationship between audit quality and corporate tax avoidance.
The role of procrastination in students’ consumer behavior: Budget planning and impulse buying
Angelina Parfenova, Sofya RomashovaThis research paper is devoted to the academic procrastination, and the purpose of this paper is to reveal the role of academic procrastination in the consumer behavior of…
United States paid parental leave and infant mortality
Brandy SnyderThe purpose of this paper is to synthesize findings on the effects of existing paid parental leave programs on infant mortality rates (IMR) in the USA as an attempt to aid in…
Political trust, political party preference and trust in knowledge-based institutions
Arttu Saarinen, Aki Koivula, Teo KeipiThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the association between political party preference and trust in knowledge-based institutions, while also considering how political trust…
Reframing civil disobedience as a communicative action: Toward a critical deliberative theory of civil disobedience
Hatice AtilganCivil disobedience is often defined as a public, conscientious, nonviolent act of breaking the law in an attempt to change an unjust policy or law. When applied to real-life…
The role of informal competition in driving export propensity of emerging economy firms: An attention based approach
Rouhin Deb, Harsh Vardhan Samalia, Santosh Kumar PrustyCompetitive pressure from informal firms has always been a threat to the formal enterprises. However, the strategic choices a firm makes to deal with such competitive pressures…
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