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Reindustrialization meets rural reality: The limits of foreign direct investment‐led development

Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract As industrial policy drives new waves of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the U.S., rural areas are becoming key destinations. Using synthetic control, difference‐in‐differences, and propensity score matching, I examine whether rural FDI translates job growth into higher incomes.
Kara Jones
wiley   +1 more source

Research on optimization of train routing problem for railway hubs considering passenger demand. [PDF]

PLoS One
Wang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Politicized Medicine in the GDR: The Example of the Closed Venereology Ward at Dresden‐Friedrichstadt Hospital

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Summary Background and Objectives Closed venereology wards existed in both Western and Eastern European dictatorships. These institutions isolated, disciplined, and “educated” individuals with Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) or suspected infections.
Maximilian Schochow, Florian Steger
wiley   +1 more source

Entropy-Guided Regime Switching for Railway Passenger Flow Forecasting: An Adaptive EA-ARIMA-Informer Framework. [PDF]

Entropy (Basel)
Tan S, Shan X, Wei Z, Zhao S, Wu J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Speculation in the United Kingdom, 1785‒2019

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Speculation has long been thought to have significant economic effects, but it is difficult to measure, making it challenging to examine these effects empirically. In this paper we measure speculation in the United Kingdom since 1785 by using business and financial reporting in The Times newspaper.
William Quinn, John D. Turner, Clive B. Walker   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the applicability of big data driven urban vibrancy analysis in mixed urbanized-depopulated contexts: a case study of a Japanese city. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Ishii Y, Hayakawa K.
europepmc   +1 more source

Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

An optimization method for railway alignment schemes based on game-theoretic combination weighting and an interval number model. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Yang D, Han F, Gao Y, Li Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sick leave in the United Kingdom Post Office, 1850–1908

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses a large individual‐record‐level dataset on sick leave to examine adult morbidity in the United Kingdom between 1850 and 1908. From 1859 onwards postal workers were eligible to receive a pension or gratuity when they retired or were forced to stop working due to ill health.
Harry Smith, David R. Green, Laura Newman, Joe Chick, Kathleen McIlvenna, Holly Marley, Natasha Preger, Douglas Brown, Nicola Shelton   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indoor air pollution in kindergartens is a stronger predictor of preschool wheezing than household pets and passive smoking. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Taminskiene V, Prokopciuk N, Butikis M, Vaidelys L, Sceliokiene K, Bielousova O, Poluzioroviene E, Stukas R, Valiulis A.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source