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Philanthropy and Indigenous Initiatives: Insights From Australian Donors
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper draws on a survey and interview data, collected from a group of 180 donors who made monetary gifts to an Australian higher education institution, to better understand what drives individuals and organisations to donate to Indigenous initiatives.
Celina McEwen +4 more
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Actually Helping Some Poor People
Voices in Bioethics, 2020 Effective altruism (EA) is a movement focused on doing the most good one can do. Born out of utilitarianism, a philosophy that advocates for actions that produce the most good for the most people, the movement describes itself as seeking to answer a ...
Jennifer Wineke
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Inequality Comparisons in a Multi-Period Framework: The Role of Alternative Welfare Metrics [PDF]
This paper considers the use of alternative welfare metrics in evaluations of income inequality in a multi-period context. Using Norwegian longitudinal income data, it is found, as in many studies, that inequality is lower when each individual’s annual ...
Elin Halvorsen +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This narrative literature review examines key issues surrounding psychosocial disability support in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). It highlights the NDIS's neoliberal approach to support, which has underpinned a lack of clarity around the conceptualisation of psychosocial disability and recovery.
Johnny Choi, Kathy Ellem, John Drayton
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REVIEW OF INEQUALITY METRICS WITH APPLICATION IN INCOME INEQUALITY IN LOUISIANA [PDF]
Economic data sets usually are, by their nature, very large and therefore researchers naturally want to analyze the distribution of the data set and make statistical inference about various parameters of interest, such as means, medians, variances, etc ...
Mihaela Paun
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the last three decades, overseas researchers have utilised administrative data to identify distinct patterns in shelter use. In Australia, the use of administrative data to understand service utilisation patterns among people ‘at risk’ of homelessness and experiencing homelessness is limited.
Godwin Kavaarpuo +2 more
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Trauma‐Informed Practice in Welfare‐to‐Work and Employment Services: A Scoping Review
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition within welfare services, including employment services, that many participants may have histories of trauma. Research suggests that experiences of trauma not only impact individuals' psychosocial health but also vocational elements such as job performance, employability, career progression, and financial ...
Emily Corbett +3 more
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Carbon pricing drives critical transition to green growth
Nature CommunicationsCarbon pricing is a crucial tool in the efforts to address and mitigate climate change. In 2014, only 12% of carbon emissions fell under carbon pricing at USD7 per tonne; now, about 23% of greenhouse gas emissions are priced at USD32 per tonne.
Isaak Mengesha, Debraj Roy
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Trade Realignments and the Need for Integrated Modeling Research in Latin America's Agri‐Food Sector
Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Emiliano Lopez Barrera
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This qualitative study aimed to understand how migration experiences shape wellbeing and quality of life (QoL) for Asian‐born men who have sex with men (MSM) who are living with HIV in Australia, and to identify relevant support needs. Drawing from intersectionality theory, this paper reports findings from semi‐structured interviews with Asian‐
Thomas Norman +9 more
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