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Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Hours Worked by Primary Carers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary caregivers constitute a major unpaid workforce in Australia. The aim of this study was to determine the sociodemographic factors that are associated with carer workloads. Multinomial logistic regression modelling was applied to the nation‐wide Australian Government survey.
Andrew J. Hamilton
wiley   +1 more source

Prescribing of Medication to Prevent Glucocorticoid Harms in Patients With Polymyalgia Rheumatica: A Cross‐Sectional Study and Two Emulated Target Trials in the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common indication for long‐term glucocorticoid (GC) treatment. Bone‐protective and gastroprotective medications are recommended for those at high risk of adverse events from GCs, but no trials have evaluated their effectiveness in PMR.
Helen Twohig, David Jenkinson, James Bailey, Samantha Hider, Ian C. Scott, Sara Muller   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Aid for Trade on Income Inequality: The Case of Developing Countries

Scientific Annals of Economics and Business
AfT (Aid for Trade) in developing and less developed countries can help reduce income inequality while promoting exports. The present study analyses the effect of AfT on income inequality for 32 countries using the Driscoll-Kraay estimator for fixed ...
Ayşe Arı, Jørgen T. Lauridsen
doaj   +1 more source

Economic growth and income inequality in sub-Saharan African countries: A test of Kuznets’ hypothesis [PDF]

Ekonomski Anali
In this study, the influence of economic growth on income disparities in 29 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries is investigated for the period 2005-2015.
Odhiambo Nicholas M., Saungweme Talknice
doaj   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnicity and the surgical management of early invasive breast cancer in over 164 000 women

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
This large national study examined in detail the patterns in surgical management of early breast cancer in women of different ethnicities. Allowing for different patterns of age and stage at presentation, the surgical management of early breast cancer was similar in all women, regardless of ethnicity. All treated the same Background Limited information
T. Gathani, K. Chiuri, J. Broggio, G. Reeves, I. Barnes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Assessment of Environmental and Income Inequalities

, 2022
We analyze the income and environmental inequalities and their interrelation by means of both the multidimensional poverty measurement and the Gini index decomposition. We stress how overlap between the two dimensions plays a relevant role and allows powerful insights on the contribution of the environmental dimensions to poverty.
openaire   +3 more sources

Activism as a long durée journey: Teachers against the Chilean neoliberal education model

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In this paper, I use the idea of purposes of education, particularly subjectification, and the concept of love to explore long‐term teacher activism in Chile. ‘Long‐term activism’ is used to describe an ongoing struggle rather than activism confined to specific moments.
Carla Tapia‐Parada
wiley   +1 more source

Sources of Income Inequality in Ireland [PDF]

This paper analyses inequality in Ireland via a decomposition of the Gini coefficient by source of income. Using data from the Irish Household Budget Survey of 1987, seventeen components of disposable income are identified and their contribution to ...
David Madden
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Teacher‐makers and teacher‐breakers: (Re)defining how status and safety influence trajectories into and away from teaching

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses empirical data from a longitudinal qualitative study conducted with aspirant teachers in England to propose (re)definitions of the concepts of ‘status’ and ‘safety’ as a framework with which to understand and improve teacher recruitment.
Emily MacLeod
wiley   +1 more source