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Universities and the Contested Creation of the Elite
The Manchester School, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For centuries universities have been a locus of elite creation. In the Middle Ages, university‐trained elites were leaders of the Church, served in secular lords' administrations and staffed the judiciary. Over time, their scope has expanded to include leadership in governments, corporations, and civil society more broadly.
Noam Yuchtman
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The Contribution of the Social and Solidarity Economy to Economic Growth
Metroeconomica, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This work extends the basic analytical framework of macroeconomic growth to encompass the notion of social inclusion and to reduce the inconsistencies between growth and development. Specifically, we introduce the social and solidarity economy (SSE) into the macroeconomic debate on economic growth to acknowledge and making visible its ...
Andrea Salustri +4 more
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Who Gets Vaccinated? Cognitive and Non‐Cognitive Predictors of Individual Behaviour in Pandemics
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Volume 87, Issue 3, Page 562-585, June 2025.Abstract This study investigates different cognitive and non‐cognitive characteristics associated with individuals' willingness to get vaccinated against Covid‐19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data obtained from three survey waves conducted in 2021 among about 2,000 individuals living in the German state of ...
Mark A. Andor +4 more
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In Utero Shocks and Health at Birth: The Distorting Effect of Fetal Losses
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Volume 87, Issue 3, Page 586-612, June 2025.Abstract Research on the effect of in utero shocks on health at birth may be influenced by in utero selection. This study outlines a conceptual framework and shows that the results of the standard empirical approach are biased if (i) the exposure changes the probability of fetal death and (ii) health differences exist between deceased and surviving ...
Tamás Hajdu
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The UK Productivity “Puzzle” in an International Comparative Perspective
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACTThe UK's slow productivity growth since 2007 has been referred to as a “puzzle,” as if it were a particularly UK‐specific problem. We highlight how the United States and northern Europe experienced very similar slowdowns. In all three regions, the slowdown in total factor productivity (TFP) growth accounts for the slowdown in labor productivity
John Fernald, Robert Inklaar
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Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Vietnam is widely regarded as a success story for its impressive economic growth and poverty reduction in the last few decades. Yet, recent evidence indicates that the country's economic growth has not been uniform. Compiling and analyzing new extensive province‐level data from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys (VHLSSs) spanning ...
Hai‐Anh H. Dang +4 more
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Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper studies the impact of environmental regulation on firms' innovation by analyzing the two‐control zone (TCZ) policy in China. This policy imposed stricter sulfur dioxide emission requirements on firms in regulated cities. Leveraging its uneven implementation across regions, we compare the innovative development of firms in cities ...
Isea Cieply, Feicheng Wang
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Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Volume 72, Issue 2, May 2025.Abstract Gender norms are often emphasized to help explain gender gaps in the labor market. We examine global patterns of gender attitudes and norms toward the stereotypical gender roles of the male breadwinner and female caregiver, and broad support for gender equality in opportunities, and study their relationship with economic behavior.
Markus Goldstein +4 more
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Volunteerism, redistribution and gender
Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.Abstract We explore whether, and to what extent, individuals respond to increased transitory or permanent inequality in regional income by offering more unpaid voluntary work. We find strong evidence that women, but not men, are more likely to supply such work, both at the extensive and intensive margin, if they live in areas that experience ...
John G. Sessions, Alexandros Zangelidis
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Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite their potential vulnerability and untapped work potential, research on the group of women without a paid job and social benefits is limited. This study is the first to identify profiles among women in this group based on their intersecting economic, sociodemographic and contextual characteristics.
Lea Kröner +3 more
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