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Herd Effects in United States Internal Migration: Complementary Emulation Mechanisms Across Distance and Educational Attainment

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Internal migration in the United States is highly structured, concentrating into persistent corridors that link specific origins and destinations. While earlier studies have focused on social networks and push‐pull factors, less is known about how individuals emulate migration choices across regions. This study decomposes herd effects into two
Shih‐Keng Yen, Ernesto F. L. Amaral
wiley   +1 more source

Unhappy Regions and Cities? Urban Agglomeration and Individual Happiness in Spain

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how individual subjective well‐being varies across space in Spain, with a particular focus on the roles of city size and long‐term population growth. Using individual‐level data from multiple waves of the Spanish Centre for Sociological Research surveys between 2013 and 2025, adjusted measures of area‐level happiness are ...
Rafael González‐Val
wiley   +1 more source

Is Care a Virtue? A New Account of Care's Relationship With Virtue Ethics

open access: yesJournal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aims to address a lingering misconception about an ethics of care: that it is simply a form of virtue ethics that includes the straightforward virtue of care. Care cannot be a standard virtue of character, I argue, because care is a necessary precondition of virtue.
Jasmine Shaban‐Potter
wiley   +1 more source

Second home in Třeboň area as the first stage for amenity migration

open access: yes, 2014
The diploma thesis deals with two contemporary phenomena, second home and amenity migration. These phenomena often overlap in the conditions of the Czech Republic, so it is difficult to find a clear border between them. Second home can be understood as a
KADLEC, Lukáš
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Established and Emerging Biomarkers to Characterize Persons at Risk for Obesity—Paving the Way for Targeted Clinical Intervention Trials—A Comprehensive Position Paper

open access: yesObesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite all efforts, obesity remains a major health concern worldwide, with continuously increasing rates, affecting approx. 14% of the total world population, being as high as 43% in some countries. As obesity is related to numerous comorbidities, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and some types of cancer, the consequences ...
Farhad Vahid   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of amenity migration in amenity landscape conservation strategy. With implications for mountain tourism and ecological integrity in an information society.

open access: yes, 2000
A strategic framework for conserving amenity landscapes of mountain and upland zones that are especially attractive to amenity migrants. The amenity migration phenomenon is studied especially in relation to (1) sustaining and rehabilitating the ...
Akademie ved Ceske republiky, Praha (Czech Republic)   +1 more
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High Temperatures and Rural Household Expenditure: Evidence From Longitudinal Data in Colombia

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of rising temperature on rural household expenditure in Colombia by combining high‐resolution gridded weather data with a rich longitudinal household survey. Our results show that a one‐standard‐deviation increase in average daily temperature during the rainy months significantly reduces rural household ...
Cristhian D. Prieto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Differentiating Rural Aging Out of Place: A Conceptual Framework and Illustrative Australian Cases

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aging in place depends not only on formal care supply or continued residence. Existing research identifies many conditions that support aging in place, including housing, mobility, social connection, and care This article builds on that literature by conceptualizing aging in/out of place as a continuum reflecting whether the supports required ...
Bingqin Li, Rachel Winterton, Ilan Katz
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Sorting of Well‐being in Sweden: The Role of Attitudes Towards the Neighbourhood and Neighbourhood Type

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, spatial sorting of well‐being at the neighbourhood level has received attention. As most studies merely focus on the distribution itself or one neighbourhood aspect in relation to well‐being, this study examined well‐being by neighbourhood type, and how residents’ attitudes to the neighbourhood might influence this relationship.
Gijs Westra, Karen Haandrikman
wiley   +1 more source

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