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Thai Wild Berry Pickers in Finland Under Contradictory Migration Regimes

open access: yesInternational Migration, Volume 64, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the contradictory migration regimes governing seasonal migration of Thai nationals—predominantly farmers from Isan Region with strong migration aspirations—who travel to pick wild berries in Finland. Migration policy analysis and 14 semi‐structured interviews with key social actors reveal the contested status of Thai wild ...
Kwanchanok Jaisuekun, Sirijit Sunanta
wiley   +1 more source

Does Banking Diversity Matter for Credit Access? Evidence on SMES in Europe

open access: yesKyklos, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 478-499, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates SMEs' access to credit from the perspective of the biodiversity argument in banking, a conceptual framework that has been largely overlooked in the literature. Using bank‐ and firm‐level data for eight European countries from 2014 to 2022, I empirically assess the role of bank diversity—measured by the Gini‐Simpson ...
Francesco Trivieri
wiley   +1 more source

Bribery and Its Effect on Innovation: When Bank Finance Matters

open access: yesKyklos, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 545-563, May 2026.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we examine the effect of bribery on innovation performance and whether bank finance serves as an effective channel of the impact. In doing so, we compute an innovation performance index for Vietnamese small and medium enterprises. We then conduct mediation analysis on the triad of bribery, bank finance and innovation performance
Thanh Le   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Contemporary Redlining on Healthcare Disparities Among Patients with Gastrointestinal Cancer: A Mediation Analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesAnn Surg Oncol
Chatzipanagiotou OP   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Novel Insights for Successful Microcredit Policies and Gender Dynamics: A Comparative Study of Rural Entrepreneurs in Vietnam and Thailand

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 865-881, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Access to finance is critical for rural non‐farm self‐employment businesses in Southeast Asia, but financial constraints and gender discrimination impede their growth. Existing literature largely overlooks vulnerable groups like rural household businesses.
Chung Thanh Phan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Minimum Wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Mental Health Around Pregnancy

open access: yesHealth Economics, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 583-608, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This study estimates the effects on perinatal mental health of the state's minimum wage and earned income tax credit (EITC), controlling for other policies and state‐level factors. Using data from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System for 2012–2018 births we find robust evidence that minimum wages and EITC levels reduce depression ...
Bryce J. Stanley, Karen Smith Conway
wiley   +1 more source

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