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Latin American clubs: uncovering patterns of convergence [PDF]

This paper explores the dynamics of convergence in Latin American countries and asks whether there are tendencies for converging to different clubs. The analysis shows clear differences between two groups: a large group of low-to-middle income countries ...
Blyde, Juan
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Where Imprisonment, Housing Instability and Wellbeing Intersect: Evidence From Over Two Decades of Data

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study draws on life event data on housed former prisoners from the nationwide indefinite life panel, Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey, spanning more than two decades. This study investigates, using panel data methods, if social connectedness mediates the association between incarceration and unstable ...
Christopher L. Ambrey, Renee Zahnow
wiley   +1 more source

Human evolution and the obstetrical dilemma: The pelvic floor hypothesis

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Human childbirth is mechanically difficult because a large‐headed, broad‐shouldered fetus must pass through a comparatively narrow, twisted bony birth canal. Traditional explanations of this “obstetrical dilemma” emphasize the role of bipedal locomotion in inhibiting the evolution of a wider, more spacious pelvis.
Barbara Fischer, Ekaterina Stansfield
wiley   +1 more source

Craniofacial growth, modeling, and estimation of milestones

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Understanding craniofacial growth is foundational for research into intra‐ and interspecies variation, evolution, and clinical care. The Craniofacial Growth Consortium Study (CGCS), combines cephalographs from historical growth studies to create a dense longitudinal record of growth from 6 to 22 years of age.
Richard J. Sherwood, Dana L. Duren, Christina L. Holzhauser, Hee Soo Oh, Manish Valiathan, Kieran P. McNulty, Kevin M. Middleton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are Geese Flying by Themselves inside China? An LSTR-SEM Approach to Income Convergence of Chinese Counties [PDF]

In this paper, we examine beta-convergence of real per-capita income of Chinese counties. We account for both the spatial dependences between counties and the possibility of different convergence regimes.
Konstantin A. Kholodilin, Eric Girardin
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Any old Tom, Dick, or Harry: The citation impact of author first name genderedness

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the relationship between the genderedness of authors' first names and citation distributions in US‐affiliated scholarly production from 2010 to 2019. Merging a first name genderedness table derived from Wikidata with Web of Science publication data, we develop a relative distributional framework that compares first name ...
Maxime Holmberg Sainte‐Marie, Vincent Larivière   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grandparent Prenatal Tobacco, Alcohol, Coffee, and Tea Consumption and Autism in the Third Generation

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Exogenous prenatal exposures may affect neurodevelopment across multiple generations. We investigated grandmother and grandfather smoking, alcohol, coffee, and tea consumption during pregnancy in relation to their grandchildren's risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Michelle Pearl, Kimberly Berger, Piera M. Cirillo, Nickilou Y. Krigbaum, Victor Poon, Gayle C. Windham, Barbara A. Cohn   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Convergence Hypotheses are Ill-Posed:Non-stationarity of Cross-Country Income Distribution D [PDF]

The recent literature on “convergence� of cross-country per capita incomes has been dominated by two competing hypotheses: “global convergence� and “club-convergence�.
Deockhyun Ryu, Mahmoud A. El-Gamal
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Regional Income Differences in Borderlands: A Convergence Analysis

, 2012
We intend to answer questions like if geography influences the pattern of inequality, that is, if the standard of living varies from region to region, with special attention to the borders, and if it reveals the presence of spatial correlation. The aim of the paper is to study the regional income differences among the NUTs 3 regions of Portugal and ...
Saúde Guerreiro, Gertrudes, Caleiro, António Bento   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Self‐ and Caregiver‐Reported Choice‐Making in Autistic Adults: Development and Validation of the AASPIRE–Choices and Decisions Scale

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Self‐determination has been assessed as an internal psychological construct. External factors may also affect self‐determination, but opportunities to make choices and decisions remain understudied. We developed and evaluated the AASPIRE‐Choices and Decisions Scale (AASPIRE‐CDS), a new measure of autistic adults' opportunities to make choices ...
So Yoon Kim, Kristen Gillespie‐Lynch, Steven K. Kapp, Liu‐Qin Yang, Anna “Furra” Wallington, Dora M. Raymaker, Ian Moura, Katherine McDonald, Joelle Maslak, Rachel Kripke‐Ludwig, Andrea Joyce, Willi Horner‐Johnson, Emanuel Frowner, Mary Baker‐Ericzén, Christina Nicolaidis   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source