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Crowded‐out? Changes in informal childcare during the expansion of formal services in Germany
Social Policy & AdministrationAbstractInformal childcare care by grandparents, other relatives or friends is an important source of support in many Western countries, including Germany. Yet the role of this type of care is often overlooked in accounts of social policies supporting families with children, which tend to focus on formal childcare.
Ludovica Gambaro +2 more
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Poverty Simulations: Are the Learning Outcomes Consistently and Uniformly Positive?
Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives Research indicates significant improvement in average attitudes toward those in poverty following poverty simulations, but little research addresses whether students benefit uniformly. This study measured variability in poverty attitude change following poverty simulations and tested whether poverty attitudes are associated with ...
Michelle R. McQuistan +2 more
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Public Health in PracticeObjectives: Young children spend substantial time at formal childcare providers, including nurseries. Physical activity (PA) in childcare is highly varied. Qualitative research which can provide more in-depth understanding has been focused on adults, the
M. Winder, S. Busby, E. Wilson
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Attitudes of parents of preschool children to their own parenting education [PDF]
Nastava i Vaspitanje, 2018 This paper begins by offering a definition of the concept of parenting education and providing an analysis of parental motivation for parental education, and then goes on to examine the most common formal and informal forms and sources of parenting ...
Marić-Jurišin Stanislava D. +1 more
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The FASEB Journal, 2014 This study describes nutrition and physical activity (PA) policies in 50 childcare centers in North Carolina. Directors completed surveys about the presence or absence of policies, and provided copies of their centers’ policy documents. Reviews of these documents showed, 66% had a policy about offering fruits and vegetables for lunch, and 10%, about ...
Temitope Erinosho +4 more
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Journal of International Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mobile money—a digital financial service—has proliferated in many developing countries. Owing to its ability to reduce transaction costs and allow even the poor to be financially included, it has been widely adopted. While a growing body of literature has examined its welfare effects, its effects on diet quality of households and individuals ...
Francis E. Ndip +1 more
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Intergenerational Time Transfers and Internal Migration: Accounting for Low Spatial Mobility in Southern Europe [PDF]
This paper examines the hypothesis that living close to grandparents is optimal for Southern European young couples with children in which the wife works given the combination of, on the one hand, substantial help ows in the form of grandparenting and ...
Mendez, Ildefonso
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Back to the Mission. Revisiting Slack in Nonprofits and Introducing Tappable Slack
Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article contributes to and develops the previous literature on excess resources (“slack”) in nonprofit organizations through a conceptual analysis of the implications that the organizational distinctiveness of nonprofits carries for our understanding of slack in these organizations.
Marta Reuter +2 more
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Digital Jobs and Married Women’s Labor Supply: Evidence and Policy Lessons
JAKPP (Jurnal Analisis Kebijakan dan Pelayanan Publik)The digital transformation in the labor market has enabled individuals to work remotely from home, reshaping traditional employment structures. This study investigates the impact of remote work on the labor supply of married
Rakhmat Nurul Prima Nugraha +1 more
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Crisis Preparation, Capacity Building, and Community Resilience: Lessons From Maui
Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2023 Maui wildfires provide a unique context to explore the impact of nonprofit crisis networks taking a proactive role in community crisis response, leveraging resources, expertise, and networks. The Hawaiʻi Community Foundation (HCF) has been a key player in Maui's local response, providing critical support, mobilizing volunteers, and ...
Lauren Azevedo +3 more
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