Results 51 to 60 of about 419,611 (243)
Two Shades of Green? Gender Differences in Environmental Concern and Activism
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines gender differences in environmental concern and activism using data from the World Values Survey. The results indicate that women are more likely than men to be concerned about the environment, but are less likely to engage in environmental activism.
Hava Orkut, Caroline Perrin
wiley +1 more source
Please Call Me John: Name Choice and the Assimilation of Immigrants in the United States, 1900-1930 [PDF]
, 2016 The vast majority of immigrants to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century adopted first names that were common among natives. The rate of adoption of an American name increases with time in the US, although most immigrants adopt an ...
Carneiro, Pedro, Lee, Sokbae, Reis, Hugo
core
Bank Income Smoothing, Societal Patriarchy and Policy Uncertainty
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using a sample of 745 banks from 26 OECD countries over the period 1997–2023, we investigate the moderating effects of societal patriarchy on bank income smoothing (IS), amidst policy uncertainty (PU). Results indicate that in periods of high PU, banks operating in highly patriarchal societies tend to curtail the use of loan loss provisions ...
Tanveer Ahsan +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Competing Pre-marital Investments [PDF]
Pre-marital investments by spouses are largely viewed as public goods within the marriage. So individuals may underinvest. But individuals also use their investments to compete for spouses with higher investments.
Aloysius Siow, Michael Peters
core
The Social Meaning of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act [PDF]
, 2018 This Essay exposes the moral messages implicit in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). It argues that the legislation reflects values that were not openly debated or discussed in the legislative process, but are crucial to the distributional effects of the ...
Sugin, Linda
core +1 more source
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The housing issue significantly influences individuals' well‐being. As a crucial mechanism for alleviating the housing issue, the housing security system has garnered increasing attention regarding its impact on residents' happiness. Utilizing data from the China Household Tracking Survey (CFPS), this paper seeks to thoroughly investigate the ...
Lingzhen Yao, Bei Qiao, Yuhan Hu
wiley +1 more source
Marriage behavior response to prime-age adult mortality: Evidence from Malawi [PDF]
"This paper examines the effect of AIDS-related mortality of the prime-age adult population on marriage behavior among women in Malawi. A rise in prime-age adult mortality increases risks associated with the search for a marriage partner in the marriage ...
Ueyama, Mika, Yamauchi, Futoshi
core
Residential Segregation and Interracial Marriages [PDF]
, 2018 Part I highlights recent data on racially segregated neighborhoods and low rates of interracial marriage to underscore what Russell Robinson refers to as “structural constraints” that shape and limit romantic preferences.
Villazor, Rose Cuison
core +1 more source
Journal of Consumer Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Although consumers who engage in the same sustainable behaviors objectively have the same environmental impact, this research finds that people's perceptions of that impact are subjective and systematically shaped by political ideology. Seven studies demonstrate that conservatives tend to perceive their sustainable actions to have less of a ...
Aylin Cakanlar +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Prostitution or partnership? Wifestyles in Tanzanian artisanal gold-mining settlements [PDF]
, 2013 Tanzania, along with several other African countries, is experiencing a national mining boom, which has prompted hundreds of thousands of men and women to migrate to mineral-rich locations.
Abrahams +25 more
core +3 more sources