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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Systematic review of the measurement properties of performance-based functional tests in patients with neck disorders

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives The purpose of this systematic review is to identify and synthesise studies evaluating performance-based functional outcome measures designed to evaluate the functional abilities of patients with neck pain.Design Systematic review.Data sources
Michele Sterling, Pierre Côté, Samuel A McLean, Luke Connelly, Tonny Elmose Andersen, Steven McGee, Taylor Sipos, Thomas Allin, Celia Chen, Alexandra Greco, Pavlos Bobos, Joy MacDermid, Anne Söderlund, Michele Curatolo, James M Elliott, David M Walton, Helge Kasch, Linda Carroll, Hans Westergren, Gwendolen Jull, Genevieve Grant, Joy C MacDermid, Mandy Nielsen, Trudy Rebbeck, Annick Maujean, Sarah Robins, Kenneth Chen, Julia Treleaven   +27 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Turkeys Cannot Vote for Christmas’: Why Epistemic Disobedience in an Anti‐Black World Matters

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Never in the history of global coloniality has the idea of epistemic disobedience been as important as in the 21st century. This is not only because the struggle for decolonisation has shifted from physical confrontation between the coloniser and the colonised into a battle of ideas but also because the former has deployed the idea of ...
Morgan Ndlovu
wiley   +1 more source

The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe, Judith Bessant, Madeline Drake   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Entrepreneurial Role of Lawyers: A service-dominant logic paradigm

Journal of Modern Science
Objectives This article examines the roles of lawyers in entrepreneurship through the lens of service-dominant logic. Its aim is to understand how lawyers deal with the challenges of entrepreneurship while adhering to their core ethics and practice ...
Maria Urbaniec, Elżbieta Skąpska, Marzenna Błaszczuk-Zawiła   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Law and Behavioural Economics Analysis of High-Cost Lending in New Zealand

Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 2021
The most interesting recent developments in economics have come from behavioural economics, which attempts to model how people will behave in real life situations. The insights offered by behavioural economics can also be applied to law. This article discusses law and behavioural economics generally, and then applies it to the New Zealand high-cost ...
openaire   +2 more sources

[Nudges and the pandemic: An analysis from economics and behavioural law. SESPAS Report 2022].

Gaceta sanitaria, 2022
Behavioural economics (a combination of economics and psychology) provides keys to understand decisions made by politicians and citizens along the COVID-19 pandemic through the so-called cognitive biases. These biases can be offset by implementing behavioural interventions named "nudges" in order to promote responsible behaviours in the "new normality".
José María, Abellán-Perpiñán, César, Cierco Seira, David, Jimenez-Gomez   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Prevalence of surgery in Indigenous people with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysisResearch in context

The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific
Summary: Background: As cancer incidence increases globally, so does the prevalence of cancer among Indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples face significant barriers to healthcare, including access to and uptake of surgery.
Saira Sanjida, Gail Garvey, Roxanne Bainbridge, Abbey Diaz, Federica Barzi, Sherry Holzapfel, Michael Y. Chen, Harry Collin, Yaqoot Fatima, Xiang-Yu Hou, James Ward   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Consumer Protection in Energy Markets: Selected Insights from Behavioural Law and Economics and Regulatory Practice

, 2018
This paper discusses how biases and heuristics, e.g. the anchoring effect, affect consumer choices on the energy market. The first part is devoted to analysing the Dyson judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union, which concerned the EU vacuum cleaner energy label.
Tereszkiewicz, Piotr, Golecki, Mariusz J.   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Exergy and Economic Analysis of Hybrid Mechanical Vapor Compression and Membrane Distillation

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hybridization of two or more desalination processes has been identified as an attractive option for improved energy efficiency and recovery rate. To appropriately assess the performance enhancement of hybrid desalination systems, an integrated approach for energy, exergy, economic, and environmental investigations should be adopted. This study
Emad Ali, Jamel Orfi
wiley   +1 more source