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Publication date: 14 April 2021

Policy measures taken in response to the economic crisis created by the pandemic have largely been gender-blind, exacerbating the long-standing economic precarity and gender…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB260805

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 2 October 2018

The rise of platform work.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB238876

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 3 February 2021

With the advent of President Joe Biden's administration, the country's experience with COVID-19 is becoming part of a new debate over whether healthcare should be a public good…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259240

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 11 October 2016

Reform of the household registration system.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214218

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 4 November 2020

Women, especially those from minorities, are more likely to have dropped out of the labour force or moved to part-time or precarious employment. Jobs recovery has also been slower…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257323

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 January 2024

Speaking out risks a backlash from employees and other stakeholders for 'picking sides', while saying nothing risks castigation for moral vacuity or being held complicit by…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284331

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 April 2023

Vivek Murthy, the surgeon general under the Obama and Trump administrations, has described loneliness as an epidemic and a public health crisis. Isolation increased during the…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278296

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 22 January 2024

One controversial feature of these conditions is payment-related speculation in the contractual terms of labour platforms. Such practices are especially sensitive in the case of…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284697

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