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Crime Prevention Through Private Actors: Evidence From a Policy Change at a Large UK Supermarket Chain

open access: yesOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the effectiveness of private actors in contributing to crime prevention. We leverage well‐publicised increases in security measures, including additional security guards and tagging of goods, by Tesco, a large UK supermarket chain.
Nils Braakmann, Wednesday Croft
wiley   +1 more source

The Bumps in the Road Toward Social Equity Budgeting: The Administrative Pitfalls When Implementing Participatory Budgeting

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Participatory budgeting can encourage meaningful community engagement in all phases of the budgeting cycle to promote social equity. However, participatory budgeting administrators often experience administrative and political challenges in establishing participatory processes that effectively promote social equity.
Michelle L. Lofton   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Inclusion Trade‐Off: Comparing the Design and Functionality of Collaborative Governance Forums

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental challenges require collaboration across jurisdictions, often through forums or intermediary spaces for repeated interaction. A persistent forum design question concerns inclusion criteria, or which actors should be included.
Adam Wiechman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling Lasting Impact: A Cultural‐Historical Activity Theory Perspective on Original Participants in an Afterschool STEM Club

open access: yesSchool Science and Mathematics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Girls Excelling in Math and Science (GEMS) club is a long‐standing afterschool STEM program (1994–present). The study investigates the features of GEMS by exploring retrospective experiences of a group of original GEMS girls (OGGs) who attended GEMS in 1994–1995. Survey data were collected from 14 OGGs and in‐depth interview data from nine
Lili Zhou
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping the Determinants of Female Employment: Labour Market Areas and Spatial Spillovers

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the territorial determinants of female employment rates using labour market areas (LMAs) – functional units based on commuting patterns – to mitigate the Modifiable Area Unit Problem (MAUP). Drawing on detailed Spanish census microdata and spatial econometrics, we find that male unemployment negatively affects female ...
Raquel Simón‐Albert   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Finding Stars: Mapping the Geography of the World's Scientific Elites

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Short Abstract Scientific excellence is clustering ever more tightly in a few ‘superstar’ cities. Four—New York, Boston, London and the San Francisco Bay Area—now host 12% of the world's top scientists. In contrast, the Global South remains largely absent, with the notable exception of Beijing's dramatic rise.
Andrés Rodríguez‐Pose   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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