ABSTRACT Using the European Quality of Government Index across 183 NUTS‐2 regions (2010–2024), this paper documents that education improves institutional quality in Western Europe but not in postsocialist regions. Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition reveals that 77 percent of the West–East institutional gap reflects different returns to education, not ...
Nikolaos Tzivanakis
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Chasing the perfida Albione: Anglo‐Italian productivity gap in the late 1930s
Abstract This paper presents new estimates of Anglo‐Italian labour productivity levels in manufacturing in the late 1930s, derived using the standard single‐deflation approach. The findings confirm a substantial productivity gap between Italy and the United Kingdom at the aggregate level, alongside pronounced intersectoral heterogeneity.
Tancredi Salamone
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Phylogenetic ancestry of Metamonada proteins points to a common origin of mitochondria in all eukaryotes. [PDF]
Záhonová K +5 more
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Interdisciplinary child custody dispute resolution in Slovakia: Innovation without safeguards?
Abstract Slovakia introduced a multidisciplinary approach (MAC), inspired by the German Cochem model, to promote interdisciplinary coordination and parental agreements in child custody disputes. However, the national MAC methodology addresses domestic violence/intimate partner violence (DV/IPV) only marginally and does not structurally integrate ...
Slávka Karkošková, Barbora Burajová
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Common pathways and outliers in glucose catabolism across Trypanosomatidae
Trypanosomatid parasites, including Trypanosoma sp., Leishmania sp., Phytomonas sp., and Vickermania sp., share a common motif: a metabolism built around the glycosome, a unique peroxisome‐derived organelle housing the first steps of glycolysis. Yet, these organisms have evolved remarkably diverse strategies to catabolize glucose, excreting distinct ...
Fred R. Opperdoes +5 more
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ABSTRACT Despite women's growing presence in male‐dominated occupations, men remain underrepresented in female‐typed occupations. This imbalance is commonly attributed to three factors: (1) the confinement of female‐typed occupations to a narrow range of stereotypical domains, (2) their lower socioeconomic rewards, and (3) the stigma men face in gender‐
Maik Hamjediers, Margarita Torre
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Social Status, Inequality, and Redistribution
ABSTRACT We explore implications of social status concerns for redistribution, income inequality, and growth in a political economy framework. Salience of such concerns leads to a propagation mechanism, whereby initial income inequality and reduced willingness to redistribute income reinforce each other, potentially giving rise to multiple steady ...
Mark Gradstein, Luigi Ventura
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Clustering All‐Cause Mortality Data: A Review
Summary Mortality data are relevant to demography, public health and actuarial science; such data are high‐dimensional, making broad patterns difficult to identify. Clustering is increasingly used to reveal such patterns, yet a review of its application to all‐cause mortality with a focus on country‐level data is lacking.
Pedro Menezes de Araújo +2 more
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Clinical benefit without sweat chloride response after ETI therapy in an adult with cystic fibrosis bearing the L467F;F508del complex <i>CFTR</i> allele: a case report and the role of AI-assisted chest CT in longitudinal monitoring. [PDF]
Kreslova M +14 more
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Gender Justice in the Triple Planetary Crisis: A Scoping Review
ABSTRACT Aim To identify and report how gender justice is conceptualised and discussed in contemporary health literature in relation to the Triple Planetary Crisis of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss, with a particular focus on the experiences of women and gender‐diverse populations, and the representation of nurses and other healthcare ...
Catelyn Richards +7 more
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