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Demographic trends in Sweden [PDF]
In the present note, we present the main features of recent trends in vital family-demographic behavior in Sweden. For this purpose, published indices of marriage, divorce, and childbearing risks by calendar year are updated by adding another two or ...
Gunnar Andersson
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Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gender equality in the economy is a key issue on the political agenda. Western countries have long pursued policies promoting free competitive markets, with the EU focusing on harmonisation for market freedom. This study examines how economic freedom impacts gender equality using an instrumental variable approach. Results reveal mixed effects:
Matteo Migheli
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Economics &Politics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine how state ownership and CEO financial incentives jointly condition the market valuation of acquisition‐related leverage adjustments in 2251 completed M&A deals by Chinese A‐share listed acquirers (2013–2023). Acquirers draw on spare financing capacity at deal completion, with larger leverage increases among underleveraged firms.
Chun I. Lin +3 more
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Measuring Thematic Funds Performance via an Approach Based on Observable and Latent Factors
European Financial Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether thematic equity funds deliver abnormal performance relative to conventional global equity funds. Using Fama‐French models augmented with latent factors, we estimate fund‐level alphas, and apply the false discovery rate methodology to an estimated three‐group mixture distribution, separating good, null and bad ...
Maria Debora Braga +2 more
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Systematic mining and engineering of signal peptides to achieve efficient secretion of cephalosporin C acylase in <i>Escherichia coli</i>. [PDF]
Synth Syst BiotechnolRen X +13 more
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Focusing on the distinctive characteristics of the highly gendered long‐term care (LTC) sector, in this study, we analyze wages and earnings within caring sectors through an integrated theoretical approach that includes theories of ageism, compensating wage differentials, and gender‐based devaluation.
Viktoria Szenkurök, Ricardo Rodrigues
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Political Accountability During Crises: Evidence From 40 Years of Financial Policies
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We show that politicians facing a binding term limit are more likely to engage in financial deliberalization than those facing reelection, but only in the wake of a financial crisis. In particular, they implement policies that tend to favor incumbent financial institutions over the general population, such as increasing barriers to entry in ...
Orkun Saka, Yuemei Ji, Clement Minaudier
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Valorization and Functional Enhancement of Mature Assam Tea Leaves Through Indigenous Filamentous Fungi-Based Fermentation for Functional Drink Development. [PDF]
FoodsUnban K +7 more
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Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.Fusions of a transactivation module and a double‐stranded DNA‐binding domain produced effective Cas12i3 variant‐based cytosine and adenine base editors, with improved C‐to‐T and A‐to‐G base editing efficiency and expanded editing window. Generated herbicide‐resistant rice germplasm by using these base editors demonstrates their potential for precise ...
Chen Zhang +7 more
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