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The role of structural transformation in regional convergence in Japan: 1874–2008
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Japan's regional convergence of productivity levels throughout the twentieth century can be best described as a cumulative process of ‘catching up, forging ahead, and falling behind’. Using a novel dataset spanning 135 years (1874–2008), this study finds support for a crucial role played by structural transformation in convergence. The pace of
Kyoji Fukao, Saumik Paul
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Indian deindustrialization revisited: New data, estimates, and interpretations
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract The fate of the handloom cotton textile industry is one of the most debated topics in the economic history of India. This paper presents novel employment estimates for cotton textile handweaving and spinning in the period 1800–1940. I put together plausible values for labour productivity and combine these with aggregate input usage to generate
Alexander Nagar
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Effects of Soldier-Derived Terpenes on Soldier Caste Differentiation in the Termite (Reticulitermes flavipes) [PDF]
, 2009 Primer pheromones play key roles in regulating division of labor, which is one of the most fundamental and defining aspects of insect sociality. Primer pheromones are chemical messengers that transmit hormone-like messages among colony members; in ...
Rocca, James R +3 more
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Ethology, EarlyView.In the social pseudoscorpion Paratemnoides nidificator, populations across contrasting urban and peri‐urban environments exhibit marked morphological divergence and consistent sexual dimorphism. Crucially, relative development of the prey‐capture pedipalp apparatus (rather than absolute body size) is positively integrated with proactive collective ...
Renan Filgueiras Ribeiro +1 more
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on Gendered Opportunity Structures Theory (Ely and Meyerson), this cross‐national qualitative study examines how formal policies, informal practices, and symbolic cultural narratives jointly configure employer support across three phases of the maternity transition—before leave, during leave, and after leave—in Brazil and the United ...
Letícia Maria Barbano +1 more
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From Occupational Stigma to Mukti: Liberation, Place, and Agency Among Sex Workers in Sonagachi
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how former sex workers in Sonagachi, Kolkata, India, navigate occupational and place‐based stigma through spiritual repertoires, of which mukti (liberation) is a central tool. Drawing on critical, embedded ethnography across three fieldwork periods (2001, 2011, and 2019) with long‐term engagement in the Freeset community,
Edwina Pio +3 more
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The Rhythmic and the Metronomic: On Charlie Chaplin's Gait
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Matthew Beaumont
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To determine the level of obstetric violence among pregnant women and identify associated sociodemographic and obstetric factors in Türkiye. Design A descriptive cross‐sectional study. Methods The study was conducted with 505 pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Training and Research Hospitals in the Black Sea region of Türkiye ...
Kıymet Yeşilçiçek Çalık +2 more
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Rereading the Anxious City in Gillian Rose and Xi Xi
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Roy Chan
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Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how long‐standing local conflicts concerning the nature of common property, the distribution of access and administrative rights associated with it, and more broadly the nature of the community and the forms of citizenship that organise its governance shape demands for justice regarding land transfers to outside investors
Eric Léonard +2 more
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