Optimal International Division of Labour by Thieß Petersen

“…Abstract The international division of labour implies both advantages and disadvantages to an economy. …”
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The division of labour after Durkheim by Hausner, S

The Spatial Division of Labour in Nepal. by Fafchamps, M, Shilpi, F

“…Applying a nonparametric von Thunen model to Nepalese data, we uncover a strong spatial division of labour. Non farm employment is concentrated in and around cities while agricultural wage employment dominates villages located further away. …”

Intergenerational continuation of household division of labour. by Ong, Xiu Li.

“…This research aims to fill the gap in the current literature on intergenerational continuation of household division of labour by examining the nuances and meanings couples place on housework and childcare. …”
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Division of labour in microorganisms: an evolutionary perspective. by West, S, Cooper, G

“…In this Opinion article, we explore the set of conditions that define division of labour and propose that cooperation between different phenotypes is a defining feature of division of labour. …”

Division of labour and the evolution of complex groups by Cooper, G

“…<p>Division of labour occurs when cooperating individuals specialise to perform different roles. …”

The Internet and the gender division of household labour by Schwanen, T, Kwan, M, Ren, F

“…These lines of inquiry have so far remained largely separate and this paper brings them together by analysing the interrelations between the Internet and the gender division of household labour. Multi-group structural equation modelling is applied to dedicated survey data collected among heterosexual couples in Columbus (Ohio, USA). …”

The evolution of division of labour in social insects by Bell-Roberts, L

“…<p>The division of labour between queens and the various types of workers has helped eusocial insects achieve ecological dominance across many of Earth’s terrestrial ecosystems. …”

Division of labour and the evolution of extreme specialization by Cooper, GA, West, SA

“…Division of labour is a common feature of social groups, from biofilms to complex animal societies. …”

British cohabitation and the household division of labour by Kozak, L

“…This dissertation is a significant contribution to the field of economic sociology because the household division of labour has not yet been explored during cohabitation in this way.…”

The evolution of division of labour in structured and unstructured groups by Guy Alexander Cooper, Hadleigh Frost, Ming Liu, Stuart Andrew West

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Resource sharing is sufficient for the emergence of division of labour by Jan J. Kreider, Thijs Janzen, Abel Bernadou, Daniel Elsner, Boris H. Kramer, Franz J. Weissing

“…Division of labour, where members of a group specialise on different tasks, is a central feature of many social organisms. …”
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Durkheim's Social Solidarity and the Division of labour: An Overview by Khairulyadi Khairulyadi, Siti Ikramatoun, Khairun Nisa

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The reproduction of difference: gender and the global division of labour by Ursula Huws

“…This article starts by outlining the complex relationship between the gender division of labour in the household and the division of labour in waged work, taking account of the social, technical and spatial dimensions of this global division of labour and showing how this contradictary inter-relationship affects both the different value of men's and women's labour and the different positions that women and men occupy in the labour market. …”
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The new helots : migrants in the international division of labour by Cohen, R

“…The New Helots is a wide ranging work of comparative and historical sociology, in which Robin Cohen argues that a major engine for the growth of capitalism lies in the employer’s ability to find successive cohorts of quasi-free or unfree workers to deploy in the lands, mines and factories of an expanding international division of labour. These workers, like the helots of ancient Greece are found at the periphery of ‘regional political economies’ or, in the form of modern migrants, sucked into the vortex of the metropolitan service or manufacturing industries. …”

Evolution in Time-Use and Division of Labour of Men and Women by Ignace Glorieux, Joeri Minnen, Theun Pieter van Tienoven, Jef Deyaert, Eszter Mészáros

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Social Learning versus Individual Learning in the Division of Labour by Moein Khajehnejad, Julian García, Bernd Meyer

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Rapid radiation in bacteria leads to a division of labour by Wook Kim, Stuart B. Levy, Kevin R. Foster

“…The division of labour—where individuals specialise on different tasks—is fundamental to many sophisticated and ancient biological systems. …”
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Division of labour in the domestic arena in dual-career households. by Kaur, Arvinder.

“…This paper explores the division of labour with regard to housework and childcare amongst dual-career couples in Singapore. …”
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The social impacts of changes in the spatial and technical division of labour by Huws, Ursula

“…As many analysts have observed (perhaps most notably Durkheim, 1893), its division of labour is perhaps the most fundamental distinguishing feature of any society. …”
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