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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
wiley   +1 more source

Trunk muscle behaviors during the full-cycle stoop and squat lifting tasks [PDF]

PeerJ
Background Lifting is generally considered as a risk factor for low back pain. A thorough investigation of the muscle function during lifting is essential for a better assessment of the potential risk of muscle impairment and towards improvements in ...
Fumin Pan, Wei Wang, Chao Kong, Shibao Lu   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Association Between Heavy Lifting - Recreational and Occupational - and Pregnancy Outcomes

Quality in Sport
Background: For years, pregnant women were told to avoid heavy lifting and high-intensity movement. However, current research shows the distinction between different types of physical load. While recreational lifting and strength training offer positive health benefits, repetitive heavy lifting in a workplace setting can lead to negative clinical ...
Joanna Mioduszewska, Paweł Rot, Piotr Poniewozik, Natalia Dziuba, Aleksandra Sim, Maja Pernal, Zofia Roguska, Andrzej Paweł Zuzak, Paweł Poniewozik, Krzysztof Grabowski   +9 more
openaire   +1 more source

Cumulative occupational lumbar load and lumbar disc disease : results of a German multi-center case-control study (EPILIFT) [PDF]

, 2009
Background The to date evidence for a dose-response relationship between physical workload and the development of lumbar disc diseases is limited. We therefore investigated the possible etiologic relevance of cumulative occupational lumbar load to lumbar
Grifka, Joachim, Ditchen Dirk, Joachim Grifka, Hofmann Friedrich, Martina Michaelis, Ellegast Rolf, Oliver Linhardt, Annekatrin Bergmann, Elsner Gine, Petereit-Haack, Gabriela, Jäger Matthias, Rolf Ellegast, Ditchen, Dirk Marcel, Luttmann, Alwin, Schumann Barbara, Seidler, Andreas, Haerting Johannes, Seidler Andreas, Luttmann Alwin, Jäger, Matthias, Grifka Joachim, Friedrich Hofmann, Schumann, Barbara, Andreas Seidler, Michaelis, Martina, Johannes Haerting, Bergmann, Annekatrin, Alwin Luttmann, Haerting, Johannes, Elsner, Gine, Ulrich Bolm-Audorff, Ellegast, Rolf, Bolm-Audorff, Ulrich, Barbara Schumann, Michaelis Martina, Dirk Ditchen, Hofmann, Friedrich, Petereit-Haack Gabriela, Bolm-Audorff Ulrich, Gine Elsner, Gabriela Petereit-Haack, Ellegast, Rolf Peter, Linhardt Oliver, Ditchen, Dirk, Bergmann Annekatrin, Linhardt, Oliver, Matthias Jäger   +46 more
core   +2 more sources

The compounding effects of accumulated perceived employer exploitation when tough business decisions must be made

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine how a single exploitative employer decision event, conceptualized as a shock, interacts with employees' accumulated perceived employer exploitation to amplify feelings of violation and influence adverse employee reactions. This interaction effect, and its boundary conditions, constitutes the primary theoretical contribution of the ...
Dorothea Roumpi, Solon Magrizos, Jean M. Phillips, Caroline Moraes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Father–Child Play: What Types of Play Do Fathers Engage in With Their Daughters and Sons?

Family Relations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to investigate the types of play that fathers in Turkey engage in with their children aged 4–6 years and to examine whether these plays differ according to the child's gender. Background Despite the importance of fathers in child development, limited evidence exists on father–child play and gender differences in play
Hayriye Kamrak, Merve Canbeldek Erol, Ahmet Erol   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Flip Side of Gender Segregation: Cross‐National and Temporal Variation in Men's Participation in Female‐Dominated Occupations

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite women's growing presence in male‐dominated occupations, men remain underrepresented in female‐typed occupations. This imbalance is commonly attributed to three factors: (1) the confinement of female‐typed occupations to a narrow range of stereotypical domains, (2) their lower socioeconomic rewards, and (3) the stigma men face in gender‐
Maik Hamjediers, Margarita Torre
wiley   +1 more source

Lifting Activities Assessment Using Lumbosacral Compression and Shear Forces

Applied Sciences
In this study, we have analyzed the behavior of shear and compression forces at the L5-S1 joint during the execution of controlled lifting tasks designed on the basis of the revised NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) lifting ...
Tiwana Varrecchia, Giorgia Chini, Mariano Serrao, Alberto Ranavolo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Digitalization Widen Labor Income Inequality?

International Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We develop a growth model that endogenizes the occupational choice of workers with different ability levels to study how digitalization affects labor income inequality. The framework incorporates digitalization's multifaceted effects on the economy: (i) it influences economic growth through automation, and (ii) it affects labor income ...
Jilei Huang, Yi Sun, Jian Wang, Liyan Yang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive Lifting Index (aLI) for Real-Time Instrumental Biomechanical Risk Assessment: Concepts, Mathematics, and First Experimental Results

Sensors
When performing lifting tasks at work, the Lifting Index (LI) is widely used to prevent work-related low-back disorders, but it presents criticalities pertaining to measurement accuracy and precision.
Alberto Ranavolo, Arash Ajoudani, Giorgia Chini, Marta Lorenzini, Tiwana Varrecchia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source