Research on performance variations of classifiers with the influence of pre-processing methods for Chinese short text classification. [PDF]
Zhang D, Li J, Xie Y, Wulamu A.
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Unequal Family Ties, Wealth Transmission and Social Mobility Among Congolese Traders in Kinshasa
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Congolese traders operating in Kinshasa's urban economy, this article examines how differentiated family ties and wealth transmission shape social mobility and the intergenerational reproduction of inequality. We show that family support is neither uniform nor equally productive: its effects depend on both
Héritier Mesa, Joël Noret
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A Study on China's Tobacco Taxation and Its Influencing Factor on Economic Growth. [PDF]
Zhao S.
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Alloparenting the investment child: A reply to responses
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Nina Bandelj
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Opportunities and Alliances: The Relational Dynamics of Criminal Collusion in Latin America
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Mexico and judicial wiretap analysis in Argentina, this paper shows that collusion between state actors and violent non‐state actors operates through fluid and competitive relational networks rather than stable hierarchies or fixed institutional arrangements.
Eldad J. Levy, Javier Auyero
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Inheritances and work for pay - will the expected wave of bequests undermine active ageing policies? [PDF]
Tur-Sinai A, Künemund H, Vogel C.
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ABSTRACT We study how analysts' inherited cultural attitudes to time orientation affect their production of long‐term information and the profitability of their stock recommendations. We find that analysts from long‐term‐oriented cultures exhibit a longer forecast horizon and issue more long‐term forecasts.
Shuping Chen +3 more
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"Poison to the Economy": (Un-)Taxing the Wealthy in the German Federal Parliament from 1996 to 2016. [PDF]
Hilmar T, Sachweh P.
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Abstract A longstanding puzzle in the African land rental market literature is the often‐observed discrepancy between the number of tenants (renters‐in) and the much smaller number of landlords (renters‐out) in survey data. If this discrepancy derives from systematic biases in survey data responses on rental market participation, then the existing body
Gashaw T. Abate +3 more
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The effects of taxes on wealth inequality in Artificial Chemistry models of economic activity. [PDF]
Banzhaf W.
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