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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster +4 more
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When No Law is Better than a Good Law [PDF]
This paper argues, both theoretically and empirically, that sometimes no securities law may be better than a good securities law that is not enforced. The first part of the paper formalizes the sufficient conditions under which this happens for any law ...
Bhattacharya, Utpal, Daouk, Hazem
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Transaction Structures in the Developing World [PDF]
While variations in public securities markets across nations have attracted increasing scrutiny, private financings have received little attention. But in developing nations, the bulk of financings are private ones. This paper analyzes 210 private equity
Antoinette Schoar, Josh Lerner
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Ford Foundation Grantees and the Pursuit of Justice [PDF]
, 2000 Provides a summary of Ford's early work with public interest law strategies. Looks at policy research, grassroots activism and advocacy, and law-related strategies that have been employed by foundation partners to pursue equity and social ...
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington +2 more
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Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue +2 more
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Predatory lending laws and the cost of credit [PDF]
Mortgages ; Banking law ; Home equity ...
Anthony Pennington-Cross, Giang Ho
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
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JurisprudencijaThis article analyzes the phenomenon of equity and its relationship with international law. Equity as such began to form in deep antiquity. Aristotle was the first author to use the term ‘equity’.
Saulius Katuoka
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Distributional analysis of prospective 2009 US individual income taxes: current law and the candidates’ tax plans [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to compare the distributional characteristics of two presidential candidates’ proposed reforms to the US federal individual income tax.
Berliant, Marcus, Strauss, Robert P.
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