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Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Family financial assistance with home ownership has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. However, the role of culture and ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in this practice remains significantly under‐addressed.
Julia Cook
wiley   +1 more source

A dataset for health insurance analysis: Integrating individual and area-based contextual variables. [PDF]

Sci Data
Lledó J, Espinosa P, Pérez V.
europepmc   +1 more source

Description, Articulation and Limitations in the Social Theory of Insurance

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There have been surprisingly few sustained efforts to explain or theorise the role insurance plays in society. Even the most theoretically inflected insurance scholarship, emanating from governmentality and Actor Network Theory scholarship, tends to be grounded in empirical cases, set in particular periods and places, and it is often ...
Liz McFall
wiley   +1 more source

Labour roots and migration routes: precarious employment as driver of irregular migration amongst women workers. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Lázaro Castellanos R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of the UK job retention scheme on mental health and well‐being using matched difference‐in‐differences

Fiscal Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In March 2020, the UK government implemented the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, otherwise known as furlough, to minimise the impact of job losses. The UK furlough protected jobs during the COVID‐19 crisis, covering up to 80 per cent of a worker's monthly wage for hours not worked. We evaluate the causal effects of furlough on mental health,
Christopher Deeming, Lateef Akanni
wiley   +1 more source

Services for Patients with Rare Genetic Diseases in Germany. [PDF]

J Community Genet
Schmidtke C, Kühnen P, Mai K, Mundlos C, Cepus JS, Heider N, Lipp T.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Abusive clauses in consumer and insurance contracts: Recent developments in Europe [PDF]

, 2014
Anna Tarasiuk
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Pass‐Through of Cocoa Prices Along the Supply Chain: What's Left for Farmers in Côte d'Ivoire?

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most cocoa farmers in Côte d'Ivoire are trapped in a cycle of poverty and farming practices that degrade the environment. This paper aims to provide an in‐depth understanding of the price formation process for cocoa at each stage of the supply chain in the world's largest cocoa‐producing country.
Kathrin Kaestner, Gunther Bensch, Colin Vance   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paying for hospital care in seven central and Eastern European countries - a comparative analysis. [PDF]

Health Econ Rev
Dubas-Jakóbczyk K, Davidovics K, Dimova A, Habicht T, Hroboň P, Imre L, Kasekamp K, Minev M, Murauskienė L, Smatana M, Rethazi G, Szalayova A, Szetela A, Šlegerová L, Topór-Mądry R.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Can Extensive Grassland Management Pay Off for Farmers Facing Drought Risks? A Cumulative Prospect Theory‐Based Approach

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Grasslands in Central Europe are increasingly affected by droughts, leading to lower hay yields and reduced profits for dairy farmers. The insurance hypothesis suggests that extensively managed, species‐rich grassland is more drought resistant than intensively managed grassland.
Julia Kunkel, Jürgen Groeneveld, Robert Finger, Birgit Müller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source