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Exploring Gender Inequality: Firm Contribution and Policy Effects

LSE Public Policy Review
We discuss how firms contribute to gender wage inequality, focussing on the role of employer heterogeneity and firm-level responses to childbirth and public policies to support parenthood.
Alessandra Casarico, Salvatore Lattanzio
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High tin or high lead: distinctive alloying practices of the pastoral Yuhuangmiao culture in Northeast China during the first millennium BCE

Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 4, Page 1040-1056, August 2025.
Abstract The Jundushan cemetery, located on the northern boundary of the present‐day Beijing, sits at a crucial nexus between the Yan and Taihang mountains linking northern and central China. This strategic location provides an interesting case for examining interactions between pastoralism and agriculture around the early half of the first millennium ...
Wenxun Ren, Ruiliang Liu, Yanxiang Li, Xiaojia Tang, Rubin Han, Fengyi Jin, Limin Huan, Mark Pollard   +7 more
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Sexing From Seawater: Application of Environmental DNA Beyond Species Detection for Cetaceans

Environmental DNA, Volume 7, Issue 4, July–August 2025.
This study used environmental DNA (eDNA) flukeprint sampling and ZFX/ZFY gene amplification to determine the sex of killer whales and humpback whales, finding higher PCR success in killer whales but higher sex‐matching success in humpbacks. While eDNA shows promise as a noninvasive alternative to biopsies, further refinement is needed to optimize ...
Chloe Victoria Robinson, Emma June Laqua, Adam Warner, Gary J. Sutton, Michael W. D. Judson, Karina Dracott   +5 more
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Cambios en los retornos de la educación en Bogotá entre 1997 y 2003

Lecturas de Economía, 2007
Este artículo estima la tasa de retorno de la educación de la población asalariada en Bogotá para 1997 y 2003 teniendo como referencia la teoría del capital humano.
Nohora Forero, Luis Fernando Gamboa
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Wage Controversies: Real Wage Stagnation, Inequality and Labour Market Institutions

LSE Public Policy Review
Weak real wage growth, low wage work and higher wage inequality than the past are features of contemporary labour markets the world over. Longstanding wage controversies in economics are of relevance to them.
Stephen Machin
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Analysis of the immunomodulatory properties of mycobacterium cell wall fraction on the cytokine production of peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy dogs

Veterinary Dermatology, Volume 35, Issue 6, Page 595-604, December 2024.
Background – Mycobacterium cell wall fraction (MCWF) is derived from nonpathogenic Mycobacterium phlei and is used as an immunomodulatory compound in clinical practice, yet its mode‐of‐action requires further research. Objective – To evaluate the host response to MCWF in canine peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) by using enzyme‐linked ...
Robert Ward, Geoffrey A. Wood, Charlotte Pye, Khalil Karimi, Anthony Yu, Myles St‐Denis, Katherine Blake, Sugandha Raj, Samson Oladokun, Shayan Sharif   +9 more
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Transparent reporting items for simulation studies evaluating statistical methods: Foundations for reproducibility and reliability

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 11, Page 1926-1939, November 2024.
Abstract Simulation studies are essential tools to assess statistical methods. Functioning as controlled experiments, simulations generate data from known underlying processes. However, unclear or incomplete reporting of simulation studies can impact their interpretability and reproducibility, potentially leading to the misuse of statistical methods ...
Coralie Williams, Yefeng Yang, Malgorzata Lagisz, Kyle Morrison, Lorenzo Ricolfi, David I. Warton, Shinichi Nakagawa   +6 more
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The Effect of Social Security\'s Policies on the Wage and Employment in Iran [PDF]

پژوهشهای اقتصادی, 2013
The impact of social security expenditure on the labor market (wages and employment) has been regarded in economic researches. This paper evaluates the short-run and long-run effects of social security expenditure on wage and employment using ...
Mahmood Mahmoudzadeh, Soheila Sobhani
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SMAD4: A critical regulator of cardiac neural crest cell fate and vascular smooth muscle development

Developmental Dynamics, Volume 253, Issue 1, Page 119-143, January 2024.
Abstract Background During embryogenesis, cardiac neural crest‐derived cells (NCs) migrate into the pharyngeal arches and give rise to the vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMCs) of the pharyngeal arch arteries (PAAs). vSMCs are critical for the remodeling of the PAAs into their final adult configuration, giving rise to the aortic arch and its arteries ...
Brianna E. Alexander, Huaning Zhao, Sophie Astrof   +2 more
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Why are there more accidents on Mondays? Economic incentives, ergonomics or externalities

Frontiers in Behavioral Economics
IntroductionResearch consistently finds more workplace injuries occur on Mondays than on other weekdays. One hypothesis is that workers fraudulently claim that off-the-job weekend sprains and strains occurred at work on the Monday in order to receive ...
Michelle Poland, Isabelle Sin, Isabelle Sin, Isabelle Sin, Steven Stillman, Steven Stillman   +5 more
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