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Dutch disease, unemployment and structural change
Abstract We find that Dutch disease effects on unemployment are small even in a commodity‐rich economy like Australia. Using an estimated open‐economy model with frictional unemployment, we quantify how business‐cycle shocks and structural changes shape aggregate unemployment.
Mariano Kulish +3 more
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Abstract Economic sanctions and consumer boycotts are common tools to punish organizations for undesirable behavior and attempt to coerce them to change their actions. However, these tools occasionally spill over beyond the intended recipients and affect guiltless supply chain members, jeopardizing the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion in ...
Timofey Shalpegin +2 more
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Contrasting Spaces in Plautdietsch: Language Variation and Change
In this article, I explore linguistic variation in Plautdietsch through the lens of social variation and the resulting redistribution of linguistic forms across the community.
Roslyn Burns
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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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THE EXPANSION OF POST-SECULAR INFLUENCE BY CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS SUCH AS CHRISTIAN ZIONISTS
This research work discusses the various ideas on, and various roles of Christian belief that affect communities, national and international policies. To do this, initially the origins and characteristics of phenomena such as; secularism, post-secular era, de-secularization have been briefly examined with the help of various scholars’ perspectives ...
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future
Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
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Social Justice as a Catalyst for Ecumenical Engagement
Abstract This article provides a comprehensive overview of the historical formation of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America (FCC), examining the social and political context in the United States that shaped its adoption of ecumenical practices focused on social justice.
Geneva Blackmer
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ABSTRACT This paper examines trust in women's organizations as a gendered and contextually embedded dimension of institutional trust, drawing on data from 90,192 respondents across 60 countries using the 2017–2022 World Values Survey, the World Bank, and Varieties of Democracy.
Ruby Amanda Oboro‐Offerie
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The Dilemma of Polygamy in Nigerian Pentecostal's Theology of Marriage
This paper examines marriage and polygamy in the teachings of two Nigerian Pentecostal denominations. Prior to the advent of the nineteenth-century missionaries in Africa, Africans practised polygamous marriage for its economic and social benefits.
Adewale J Adelakun
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