Summary New forms of work, technological change, demographic and epidemiological conditions, poverty and inequality, pose challenges and require social security, keep pace with change, diversify and adapt for the benefit of the whole population. In this context, international solutions have emerged...

En el artículo se analiza el uso de la red social Facebook por parte de bibliotecas populares de La Plata, Berisso y Ensenada (Argentina). Se realiza una revisión bibliográfica, se expone el procedimiento metodológico utilizado en la identificación de estas instituciones, la constatación del empleo...

This study uses human capital and gender stratification theory to answer three research questions concerning the gendered patterns of precarious employment, the effects of human capital investments and family obligations on precarious employment, and the extent that these investments and obligations...

Goodwin’s predator-dam model predicts cycles in the direction of the clock at the user/distribution level. Qualitative evidence of non-linear behaviour is provided for: a sample of 67 countries, some with cycles such as Goodwin. The estimated sites run out of the observed cycles. The type of cycle (...

Based on a qualitative study of the trajectories of 22 workers aged 50 or older who lost or left a standard job and then undertook some form of non-standard employment, this article wants to shed light on the quality of non-standard jobs often held by seniors. Can these jobs be categorized as precar...

Based on a qualitative study of the trajectories of 22 workers aged 50 or older who lost or left a standard job and then undertook some form of non-standard employment, this article wants to shed light on the quality of non-standard jobs often held by seniors. Can these jobs be categorized as precar...

This work addresses the study of employment trends between 2005 and 2018 in the Spanish economy using the theoretical framework of the Theory of Labour Segmentation (TSL). First, atypical employment is quantified at 50 % of total affiliation, following a temporary drop mainly caused by the economic...

this article describes an atypical teaching work, with the intention of being a breaker, aimed at contributing in a friendly and affordable way to a docent-breaking innovation of a university subject dedicated to the fundamentals/principles of an area of knowledge. Analytical chemistry and Nanotechn...

[u'Numerous studies have highlighted the existing mismatch between labour laws conceived for bipartite relations involving an employee and a single and clearly identifiable employer, and tripartite labour relations ensuing from the new modes of organizing production adopted by firms in search of fle...