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Exploitation And Social Reproduction In The Japanese Animation Industry, James Garrett May 2018

Exploitation And Social Reproduction In The Japanese Animation Industry, James Garrett

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Japanese animation, or ‘Anime’ is considered a unique creative cultural product that has become a global phenomenon, but little attention is paid to its industrial production process, the poor working conditions of domestic animators, and their position within the structure of labor organization in Japan. By analyzing research concerning the current stakeholders in the industry, historical conditions that led to the creation of television broadcast animation, overseas subcontracting networks, and the development of commercial fan cultures through Maurizio Lazzarato’s concept of Immaterial Labor, Michael Hardt’s concept of Affective Labor, Laikwan Pang’s concepts of the intensification of contradictory creative logics and …


Welfare-To-Work: The Effect Of Childcare Subsidies On Labor Force Participation Rates For Low-Income Single Mothers, Ariana Cubela Jan 2018

Welfare-To-Work: The Effect Of Childcare Subsidies On Labor Force Participation Rates For Low-Income Single Mothers, Ariana Cubela

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

The allocation of funding toward childcare has historically been debated due to conflicting views on the effect childcare subsidies have on low-income, single mothers. Some suggest that federal, state and local funding could put the money allocated for childcare subsidies to better use – or perhaps that there is no need for additional federal, state and/or local funding. However, there is sufficient evidence that children raised in a family structure with low-income single mothers may face long-term negative consequences not only socially, but also economically. An increase in labor force participation rates as a result of childcare subsidies not only …


Relaciones Y Variables Que Inciden En La Informalidad Laboral En La Ciudad De Bogotá (2017) : Una Aproximación Estructural Y Econométrica, Andrés Julián Rivera Ariza, Luis Eduardo Benavides Jurado Jan 2018

Relaciones Y Variables Que Inciden En La Informalidad Laboral En La Ciudad De Bogotá (2017) : Una Aproximación Estructural Y Econométrica, Andrés Julián Rivera Ariza, Luis Eduardo Benavides Jurado

Economía

Según cifras DANE actualmente para el primer trimestre del 2018 existe en promedio un 48,4% de población ocupada informal para 23 ciudades y sus respectivas áreas metropolitanas, encontrando en Cúcuta, Riohacha y Florencia las más altas cifras 69,5%; 64,5% y 63,1% respectivamente, las cuales son cifras altísimas, pasando a unas más bajas en el área metropolitana de Medellín y Manizales con 41,7% y 42% respectivamente y finalmente la ciudad en la cual se desarrolla esta investigación Bogotá D.C con un 42%(DANE, 2018a), si bien estas últimas son más bajas que las ciudades con los porcentajes más altos, no deja de …


The Effects Of An Increasing Federal Minimum Wage On Federal Unemployment And Job Automation Levels, Kiana Krayeski Jan 2018

The Effects Of An Increasing Federal Minimum Wage On Federal Unemployment And Job Automation Levels, Kiana Krayeski

Honors Undergraduate Theses

The industrial revolution was the start of increasing technological advancements that are continuing to grow today. Technology improves accuracy, efficiency and is more productive in comparison to human labor as it does not require breaks and cannot violate any labor laws. With many innovations available today, firms have more options to choose from and can select the relatively cheaper solution. The push for a fifteen-dollar minimum wage affects the firm's options, and the use of technology might increasingly become the more viable choice. This study took data from the years 1993 to 2016 and created two regressions using the unemployment …