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Editorial

open access: yes, 2018
The articles included in this special issue of the Journal of Income Distribution are a selection of papers originally presented at the first LIS-LWS Users Conference, hosted by LIS, the cross-national data center in Luxembourg. The conference took place
Gornick, Janet, Checci, Daniele
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Business and Biodiversity: Scaling Conservation Enterprises Within and Beyond Place for Transformative Change

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Transformative change is required to address persistent and systemic drivers of biodiversity loss. There is an urgent need for innovative solutions that tackle root causes in place‐specific contexts. Evidence indicates that small, innovative, purpose‐driven businesses can serve as vehicles for developing place‐based solutions.
Shova Thapa Karki, Bradley D. Parrish
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of social security on the distribution of wealth in Italy [PDF]

open access: yes
The degree of substitutability between social security wealth and private wealth is a widely discussed topic. Much less effort is devoted to study the distributive properties of a measure of wealth which sums the future streams of pension benefits net of
Carlo Mazzaferro, Stefano Toso
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Updated facts on the U.S. distributions of earnings, income, and wealth [PDF]

open access: yes
Wealth ; Income ...
Javier Diaz-Gimenez   +3 more
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Validated Signalling: How Ownership Structure Enhances ESG Disclosure Credibility in an Emerging Market

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While signalling theory predicts that ESG disclosure reduces information asymmetry and supports forward‐looking firm valuation, this relationship remains contested in emerging markets with concentrated ownership. Using a panel of 84 Turkish listed firms over 2014–2024 (924 firm‐years) and two‐step system GMM, we examine whether business groups,
Ajab Khan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Survey Estimates of Wealth Holdings in OECD Countries: Evidence on the Level and Distribution across Selected [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper discusses issues that arise in the comparison of estimates of wealth holdings and their distribution in light of data for selected OECD countries. We find large differences in the level of wealth, depending on whether the mean or median levels
Sierminska, Eva, Jantti, Markus
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Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Drivers of Sustainability Transitions in Sub‐Saharan Africa: Why One Size Does Not Fit All

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite growing emphasis on sustainability transitions in developing economies, evidence remains limited on how environmental, social and governance (ESG) conditions shape sustainability outcomes in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). This study examines the environmental, social and governance drivers of sustainability transition performance across 39 ...
Emmanuel Kwaku Manu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dimensions of inequality: facts on the U.S. distributions of earnings, income, and wealth [PDF]

open access: yes
This article describes some facts about financial inequality in the United States that a good theory of inequality must be able to explain. These include the facts that labor earnings, income, and wealth are all unequally distributed among U.S ...
José-Víctor Ríos-Rull   +2 more
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From Promise to Practice: A Systematic Review of Sustainability‐Linked Loans

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT By linking loan terms to predefined environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, sustainability‐linked loans (SLLs) can incentivise banks and corporations towards sustainability. Despite rapid growth, research remains scant and questions remain about SLLs' financial, organisational and sustainability impacts and how they differ from other
Elias Porse, Aurélien Acquier
wiley   +1 more source

Raising Math Scores among Children in Low-Wealth Households: Potential Benefit of Children’s School Savings

open access: yes, 2014
Recent findings using traditional regression methods show that children’s school savings is associated with higher math scores. We build on this research by using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM). Moreover, we suggest children’s school savings may have
Hamouda, O.F.
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