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Can prisons move people into better jobs? A look at correctional vocational training programs and sectoral employment outcomes

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Three‐quarters of US prisons offer vocational training programs, which aim to place trainees in middle‐skills jobs in specific occupational sectors post‐release. These middle‐skills jobs may more effectively reduce recidivism than the jobs that normally characterize the labor market experience of the formerly incarcerated, yet whether ...
Britte van Tiem
wiley   +1 more source

How kin help with parental investments

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Aliya Hamid Rao
wiley   +1 more source

Search and Competition in Expert Markets

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze a model where consumers sequentially search experts for treatment recommendations and prices, facing either zero or a positive search cost, whereas experts simultaneously compete in these two dimensions. In equilibrium, experts may “cheat” by overstating the severity of a consumer's problem and recommending an unnecessary treatment,
Yiran Cao, Yongmin Chen, Yucheng Ding, Tianle Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors contributing to Korean road accidents based on insurance records. [PDF]

PLoS One
Cho S, Park C.
europepmc   +1 more source

The unbearable (financial) burdens of parenting

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Alya Guseva
wiley   +1 more source

EU Space Law and Earth's Boundaries: Integrating Environmental Impact Assessment and Corporate Due Diligence

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union's proposed Space Law aims to establish a unified approach for sustainable space activities across the EU. While the EU's satellite constellations contribute to sustainability efforts, they can also have negative environmental impacts.
Elena Cirkovic, Vitali Braun
wiley   +1 more source

Barriers to mental health treatment in Polish employer-based health plans: insurance limitations and policy gaps. [PDF]

Int J Occup Med Environ Health
Olearczyk A, Sękowski K, Jankowski M, Silczuk A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Erratum: Review of Medical Dispute Cases in the Pain Management in Korea: A Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance Database Study. [PDF]

Korean J Pain, 2016
Kim YD, Moon HS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Between Sustainable Development, Financialisation and Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Case of Blue Finance as Yet Another Iteration of the Washington Consensus

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As far as international economic law (IEL) is concerned, the ‘Washington Consensus’ generally refers to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s development finance policies and tools. It covers their application to their clients and borrowers with the support of Western governments. This acceptation is of particular interest
Leïla Choukroune
wiley   +1 more source

Justice Between Coexisting Generations: Birth Cohorts or Age Groups?

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper will deal with intergenerational justice, focusing on the relationship between coexisting generations. The first section will be reserved for some conceptual clarifications on the concept of justice, on the distinction between age groups and birth cohorts, and on the specificity of age as a category for apportioning benefits and ...
Anna Elisabetta Galeotti
wiley   +1 more source