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Does Raising the Minimum Wage Help the Poor? [PDF]

What is the impact of raising the minimum wage on family incomes? Analysing the characteristics of low wage workers, I find that those who earn near-minimum wages are disproportionately female, unmarried and young, without post-school qualifications and ...
Andrew Leigh
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Free Trade Zones and Corporate ESG: Evidence From a Quasi‐Natural Experiment in China

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how China's Pilot Free Trade Zones (FTZs) influence corporate ESG performance. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences model on Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2024, we combine coarsened exact matching (CEM) and geography‐based instrumental variables to ensure robust identification.
Wen Li, Yinghan Zhao, Brian Lucey
wiley   +1 more source

Predictors of health-related quality of life among rural adult residents of western Maharashtra, India. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Gothankar J, Patil S, Bargaje M, Deshmukh R, Devane A, Doke P.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Decomposition of Male-Female Earnings Differentials [PDF]

The participation of women in paid economic activities has increased in almost all the countries and Pakistan is no exception.1 However, the quantitative increase in female participation in market production has neither led to qualitative improvements in
Rehana Siddiqui, Rizwana Siddiqui
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From Awareness to Action: Consumer Behaviour, Attitudes and Business Strategy in Sustainable and Circular Electronic Devices

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological change and the increasing use of electronic devices have made electronic waste one of the fastest‐growing waste streams worldwide, posing significant environmental and social challenges. Thus, understanding consumer behaviour regarding the purchase, use and disposal of electronic products is key to developing effective circular ...
Idiano D'Adamo, Steven De Meester, Simone Di Leo, Massimo Gastaldi, Domiziana Lunadei   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rice price volatility and dietary diversity in Bangladeshi farm households: panel data evidence. [PDF]

Front Nutr
Mastura T, Alam MJ, Begum IA, Iqbal MA, McKenzie AM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Asset Redeployability and Biodiversity Risk

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine how asset redeployability influences a firm's exposure to biodiversity risk. Our empirical analysis provides robust evidence that firms possessing greater levels of redeployable assets exhibit significantly lower biodiversity risk.
Mostafa Monzur Hasan, Stewart Jones, Md Enayet Hossain   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Hospital Overcrowding Perceptions and Outpatient Care Quality Among Hypertensive Patients in Mampong, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]

Health Sci Rep
Darko G, Aguadze C, Dabuo P.
europepmc   +1 more source

The effect of sales tax holidays on household consumption patterns [PDF]

Sales tax holidays (STHs) are the temporary suspension of state (and some local) sales taxes on selected retail items for a brief period of time. The policy has gained popularity in recent years, beginning in one state in 1997 and growing to twenty by ...
Leslie McGranahan, Nathan Marwell
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Patents as Green Signals: Capital Market Responses to Corporate Green Innovation in Carbon‐ and Energy‐Intensive Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adopting a signaling perspective, this study examines whether corporate green patenting reduces the cost of equity by mitigating information asymmetry in capital markets. Using longitudinal panel data from South Korea, we find that green patenting—encapsulating technological innovation related to energy, environmental protection, and climate ...
Jeongdae Yim, Su‐Yol Lee
wiley   +1 more source