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{"title":"Linkages between Innovation, Financial Development and Female Labor Force Participation: Evidence from India","authors":"Muskan Aggarwal","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3903166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3903166","url":null,"abstract":"When the effect of innovation is studied, labor is treated as a homogenous entity devoid of gender segregation which has led to a lack of insights as to how innovation impacts male and female labor differently. This paper examines the relationship between innovation, financial development, and female labor force participation rate in India between 1995 and 2019. Vector Autoregression model and Granger Causality tests have been employed to assess the linkage and direction of causality among female labor force participation, innovation, and financial development controlling for female unemployment and per capita income. A bidirectional causality is found between female labor force participation and innovation and they significantly and positively influence each other. Evidence for finance-innovation nexus was found where the results showed financial development granger causes innovation while the vice versa is not true. Financial development acts as a channel through which innovation positively influences female labor force participation and therefore positively impacts it indirectly. However, the direct relationship between financial development and female labor force participation is negative. This paper is a first of its kind which examines the relationship between innovation, female labor force participation, and financial development in India through the VAR framework. It also adds to the literature on innovation externalities in the labor market. It provides significant empirical evidence to integrate the importance of innovation with gender demographics in employment, in not only economic but policy terms.","PeriodicalId":104525,"journal":{"name":"SociologyRN: Work","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132327461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Negotiating the Digital Transformation of Work: Non-Standard Workers’ Voice, Collective Rights and Mobilisation Practices in the Platform Economy","authors":"Antonio Aloisi","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.3404990","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.3404990","url":null,"abstract":"This paper attempts to grapple with the collective dimension of the phenomenon of the digital transformation of work. In particular, it explores the relevant legal framework, as well as practical obstacles and concrete responses to the process of “platformisation” of labour. It questions why and for what collective bargaining may be a viable tool to “negotiate” the direction(s) of this paradigm shift. In particular, it focuses on institutional approaches that pursue inclusive and engaging strategies aimed at organising across labour market segments. It also discusses the extent to which trade unions are interested in the fate of non-standard workers, what strategies they follow and what tools they employ. At the same time, it maps other actions and initiatives carried out by self-organised groups. It focuses on the actors and factors which either hinder or facilitate the development of solidarity. \u0000 \u0000The topic of mobilisation has been a central interest of academics in the fields of industrial relations, labour sociology and social movement studies. By adopting an empirical approach and a cross-disciplinary analytical lens, this work places itself at the crossroads of these disciplines. \u0000 \u0000The paper is organised as follows. After providing an outline of the main implications of the spread of new technologies and its impacts on employment relationships, part 2 explores the legal framework regulating collective rights, by considering a number of supranational systems of regulation and discussing the potential impediments arising from a narrow interpretation of antitrust immunities and restrictions. However, practical, in addition to legal, obstacles hamper or make less attractive the exercise of fundamental freedoms for non-standard workers. Accordingly, after describing current difficulties, principal actors, key actions and success factors in a selection of European countries, part 3 assesses recent initiatives and achievements. Finally, part 4 sets out the paper’s key conclusions by estimating future developments and offering policy pointers.","PeriodicalId":104525,"journal":{"name":"SociologyRN: Work","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127660491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}