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The Politics of Social Care in Japan: How Central–Local Interactions Shaped Child Allowances and Elderly Medical Care

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, Volume 60, Issue 4, Page 606-616, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines why Japan's social care reforms of the early 1970s led to a generous elderly care system but only modest and narrowly targeted support for children. Although child allowances and free medical care for the elderly were introduced almost simultaneously, they followed sharply divergent paths.
Ryotaro Takahashi
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Robodebt: Media Representations of Welfare and Fraud Before and After the Robodebt Royal Commission

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 61, Issue 2, Page 286-295, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Australia's Robodebt scheme, an automated debt recovery program introduced in 2016, was exposed by the Robodebt Royal Commission (RC) as a serious failure of public administration and source of significant harm for thousands of Australians. Through a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of Australian news media, this study explores whether the RC'
Rebecca Coleman‐Hicks   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Explains International Interest Rate Co‐Movement?

open access: yesJournal of Applied Econometrics, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 343-359, June/July 2026.
ABSTRACT The international co‐movement of interest rates reflects correlated business‐cycle fluctuations, largely driven by demand shocks. Monetary policy in advanced economies follows domestic mandates—inflation and the output gap—and does not respond to foreign policy shocks.
Annika Camehl, Gregor von Schweinitz
wiley   +1 more source

On the Stability of Macroeconomic Relationships in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Economic Review, Volume 59, Issue 2, Page 208-225, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we analyse whether two key macroeconomic relationships in Australia—Okun's law and the Phillips curve—have been stable over time. This is done by estimating hybrid time‐varying parameter Bayesian VAR models using quarterly data from 1978 to 2024.
Sune Karlsson, Pär Österholm
wiley   +1 more source

Cancer and Capitalism: Towards a Critical Sociological Agenda

open access: yesSociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 249-262, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This article considers the relationship between cancer and capitalism from the perspective of political economy. It argues that this perspective is crucial for producing a critical agenda in the sociological study of cancer, which has otherwise and traditionally neglected the question of capital as social totality.
Faisal Al‐Asaad
wiley   +1 more source

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