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Speaking to Power: How Linguistic Minority Accents Shape Voter Perceptions of Party Leaders

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In multilingual countries, does the way minority group members speak the majority language hinder their chances of attaining the highest political office? Can their accent undermine their claim to represent all citizens? Is it associated with certain stereotypes?
Florence Laflamme, Philippe Chassé
wiley   +1 more source

Dying in the Desired Location—Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, EarlyView.
Philip D. St John, Robert B. Tate, Scott Nowicki, Genevieve N. Thompson, Cara L. Brown, Kerstin S. Roger, Shahin Shoostari, Lauren E. Griffith   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Heterogeneous Regional Employment Effects of Environmental Policies

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of Environmental Policies—measured by the OECD Environmental Policy Stringency Index (EPS)—on employment in 349 regions across 26 countries from 1990 to 2020. We find that more stringent EPS have short‐term negative effects on regional employment, which disappear in the medium term.
Luca Bettarelli, Davide Furceri, Fabio Mazzola, Pietro Pizzuto, Khatereh Yarveisi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Question of Referentiality

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most theorists have offered different accounts of reference fixing for names, demonstratives, and indexicals. Indeed, this variety can seem an inevitable response to a certain class of hard cases. Here, I will offer a unified account of reference fixing equally capable of handling these cases.
Eliot Michaelson
wiley   +1 more source

Oxidized phosphatidylcholines inhibit airway smooth muscle β2-adrenergic receptors via protein kinase C. [PDF]

Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
Vaghasiya J, Sikarwar A, Dalvand A, Basu S, Bagan A, Varghese N, Duaqui AA, Pandey D, Mishra S, Ravandi A, Pascoe CD, Halayko AJ, Canadian Respiratory Research Network.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Impact of Pre‐Labour Caesarean Delivery for a Low‐Risk Indication on Hospital Length of Stay and Costs in Singleton, Nulliparous Women

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Understanding the costs to the healthcare system of caesarean delivery with a low‐risk indication (‘maternal request’) is important for informing policies on its use. Numerous studies have examined hospital length of stay (LOS)—a key driver of hospital costs—by actual mode of delivery (vaginal vs. caesarean).
Taylor Traaseth, Kirsten M. Niles, Claire Cordingley, Hannah Peters, Ellen Giesbrecht, Amy Hobbs, Laura Schummers, Erin C. Strumpf, Jessica Liauw, Jennifer A. Hutcheon   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Framing Decolonization: Case Study of the Pan‐Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article considers the relationship between formal policy discourse and dynamics of decolonization. Initiatives of decolonization implicate the political status of Indigenous peoples, wherein peoples can be understood as agents or dependents within the state.
River Doxtator, Jennifer Wallner, Lydia Zhou   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teacher-reported kindergarten development among children exposed to prescription opioids during pregnancy. [PDF]

PLoS One
Abulannaz O, Ruth CA, Camden A, Brownell M, Ricci MF, Dragan R, Jiang D, 't Jong G, Kelly LE.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Real Exchange Misalignment and Structural Change: Examining the Development Channel

The World Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between real exchange rate (RER) misalignment and structural change—the reallocation of labor from low‐ to high‐productivity sectors—recognized as a key mechanism of economic development and growth. Using industry‐level data from multiple sources covering up to 153 countries over 1970–2017, and employing ...
Salimeh Abedini Birang, Firat Demir
wiley   +1 more source