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¿Debilitan los robots a los sindicatos? Depende de dónde
La Unión Europea y España están invirtiendo fuertemente en robótica e inteligencia artificial (IA) para no quedarse atrás frente a Estados Unidos (EE. UU.) y China. Pero ¿qué consecuencias tiene ello para la organización colectiva de los trabajadores? A lo largo de nuestra historia reciente, los sindicatos han sido una herramienta clave para repartir los frutos del crecimiento económico, un contrapeso frente a las élites económicas y un baluarte contra la dictadura.
Global competition, local unions, and political representation: Disentangling mechanisms
Supporting Information Filename Description ajps12979-sup-0001-SuppMat.pdf545.8 KB Appendix A: Roll call votes Appendix B: Other data sources and measures Appendix C: Additional results for trade shocks → union density Appendix D: Additional results for union density → roll call votes Appendix E: Invalid IV robust inference Appendix F: Debiased machine learning estimation of partially linear IV model Appendix G: Causal effect decomposition with two instruments Appendix H: Accounting for...
From Anti-vax Intentions to Vaccination: Panel and Experimental Evidence from Nine Countries
Survey Data from the project Attitudes on COVID-19: A Comparative Study, chaired by Sylvain Brouard and Martial Foucault (Sciences Po); the December 2020 and the June/July 2021 waves of the survey received ethics approval from IE University (IERC-12/2020-2021 and IERC-30/2020-2021). Financial Support from ANR (French Agency for Research) - REPEAT grant (Special COVID-19), Unicredit Foundation and French region Nouvelle Aquitaine are gratefully acknowledged.
Covid-hit citizens don't just blame govt. Buck is passed on to democracy too, survey finds
During the second wave of covid, a man burns the pyre at Seemapuri crematorium | Photo: Suraj Singh Bisht | ThePrint For many people dissatisfied with their country’s Covid-19 response, blame does not stop with the government. Democracy is also faulted, according to a survey conducted in 12 countries across four continents. We all know that the pandemic has taken a large human and economic toll.
¿Es la democracia el chivo expiatorio de la pandemia?
El descontento de los ciudadanos sobre la gestión de la crisis sanitaria y económica durante la pandemia se traduce también en una insatisfacción con el funcionamiento de la democracia Para muchas personas descontentas con la reacción de su país frente a la pandemia la culpa no se limita a su Gobierno. Según una encuesta llevada a cabo en doce países de cuatro continentes, la responsabilidad se extiende a la democracia misma. Es sabido que la pandemia ha tenido un elevado coste humano y económico.
¿Es la democracia el chivo expiatorio de la pandemia?
El descontento de los ciudadanos sobre la gestión de la crisis sanitaria y económica durante la pandemia se traduce también en una insatisfacción con el funcionamiento de la democracia Para muchas personas descontentas con la reacción de su país frente a la pandemia la culpa no se limita a su Gobierno. Según una encuesta llevada a cabo en doce países de cuatro continentes, la responsabilidad se extiende a la democracia misma. Es sabido que la pandemia ha tenido un elevado coste humano y económico.
COVID-19, Government Performance, and Democracy: Survey Experimental Evidence from 12 Countries
Author contributions: Michael Becher, Nicolas Longuet Marx, and Vincent Pons did the conceptualization of the research question and of the experiment, the data curation, the formal analysis, and the writing of the paper; Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault, Vincenzo Galasso, Eric Kerrouche, Sandra León Alfonso, and Daniel Stegmueller contributed to designing the survey questionnaire and to writing.
Ideology and compliance with health guidelines during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A comparative perspective
ORIGINAL ARTICLE Michael Becher, orcid.org/0000-0002-0570-3499 Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse and IE School of Global and Public Affairs, Madrid, Spain Search for more papers by this author Daniel Stegmueller, Corresponding Author daniel.stegmueller@duke.edu orcid.org/0000-0003-3188-1253 Department of Political Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA Correspondence Daniel Stegmueller, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Gender differences in COVID-19 attitudes and behavior: Panel evidence from eight countries
Gender differences in COVID-19 attitudes and behavior: Panel evidence from eight countries Vincenzo Galasso, Vincent Pons, Paola Profeta, Michael Becher, Sylvain Brouard, Martial Foucault Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Oct 2020, 202012520; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2012520117
Gender Differences in COVID-19 Related Attitudes and Behavior: Evidence from a Panel Survey in Eight OECD Countries
Author Abstract Using original data from two waves of a survey conducted in March and April 2020 in eight OECD countries (N = 21,649), we show that women are more likely to see COVID-19 as a very serious health problem, to agree with restraining public policy measures adopted in response to it, and to comply with them.
Reducing Unequal Representation: The Impact of Labor Unions on Legislative Responsiveness in the U.S. Congress
Ahlquist, John. 2017. “Labor Unions, Political Representation, and Economic Inequality.” Annual Review of Political Science 20:409–32. Ahlquist, John S., and Levy, Margaret. 2013. In the Interests of Others. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. American Political Science Association. 2004. “American Democracy in an Age of Rising Inequality.” Task Force on Inequality and American Democracy. Perspectives on Politics 2(4): 651–66. Ansolabehere, Stephen, and Jones, Philip Edward. 2010.
covid19 policy trackers
This is a collection of COVID-19 policy trackers and data. It covers cross-country research in the areas of non-pharmaceutical interventions, economic and social policy responses, public attitudes, politics and media coverage. View the Project on GitHub lukaslehner/covid19policytrackers We have now migrated to a new website.
Competitive compensation strategies
Participate in two CUES surveys by March 31 and take full advantage of industry data to support your talent management efforts. As job surpluses, quit rates and employee turnover rates continue to rise, so too does the need for employers to attract and retain employees. These factors have led to increases in employee expenses in the form of rising salaries, training and fringe benefits.
Do you know what your employees value?
Get better at attracting and retaining team members by participating in two CUES surveys by March 31—and then purchasing the data. Practically every employee at any organization has at least entertained the prospect of leaving their current workplace. Whether a fleeting thought or a serious consideration leads them to actively pursue other employment, this is the reality of the current marketplace. We are in the midst of unprecedented times of employment activities.
Is proportional representation a cure for democratic discontent? ǀ View
French president Emmanuel Macron and a body of political science research suggest that reform of the electoral system in favor of a “significant” component of proportional representation can contribute to a more responsive democracy. But the introduction of PR to address popular discontent with government is a trade-off that presents a dilemma: improving policy responsiveness but undermining another important dimension of democratic governance. Resolving this dilemma requires a value judgement.
Prime ministers and the electoral cost of using the confidence vote in legislative bargaining: evidence from France
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