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The fault is not in our stars: Gender-bias in the European Troika’s policy design and implementation

What can a gender analysis teach us about the nature of Troika’s economic adjustment programs (EAPs) in Greece? Most importantly, the Troika has been found…

Work beyond the pay cheque: boosting employees’ spirits for societal gain

Shifting of business ethics: from traditional goals in the workplace to a focus on purpose, self awareness and spirituality.

Should and can development cooperation reduce labour migration?

Lowering migration pressure by improving the livelihoods of migrants in its regions of origin; the ‘can’ and the ‘how’ in addressing the root causes and ‘push-factors’ of labour migration.

Job Booster: promoting employment services in LIMCs

What we learnt from collected knowledge on boosting youth employment in low and middle income countries.

The Capital Markets Union: new limits on a democratic Europe

Critiquing the Capital Markets Union plan is invaluable, but only effective as part of a larger critique on the historical, anti-democratic form of European integration.

Western Europe’s urge for a ‘healthy’ labour market and the race to the social bottom

Western European states are facing continued budget cuts and restructuring of their health policies. The result is an increasingly informal, decentralized and often more expensive health care provision for those in need of care. As less public budgets are available to support care seekers in meeting their needs, health care workers willing to fill those vacancies are now travelling from Central and Eastern European countries for work. With an eager migrant workforce now fulfilling their domestic labour demands in the health sector, Western European countries are facing issues concerning international employment relations. Should we discuss fair competition between domestic and migrant workers, or should we be more concerned with upholding labour rights and quality standards?

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