Minimum Wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Mental Health Around Pregnancy
Health Economics, EarlyView.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
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Phylogenetically informed predictions outperform predictive equations in real and simulated data. [PDF]
Nat CommunGardner JD +3 more
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Do Fossil Fuel Subsidies Crowd Out Health Expenditure? A Country‐Level Longitudinal Analysis
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Annually, countries allocate hundreds of millions of dollars to subsidize fossil fuels, often at the expense of public health and environmental sustainability. This undermines progress toward Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3 (Good Health and Well‐Being) and 13 (Climate Action).
Judite Gonçalves +6 more
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The Effect of Voluntary Staying at Home on Japanese Female Suicide During the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Japan, female suicide increased during the COVID‐19 pandemic. This study evaluated how pandemic‐related home confinement affected female suicide. We employed a shift‐share instrumental variable design to assess whether differential exposure to the pandemic caused changes in suicide incidence.
Yoko Ibuka +3 more
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Distinct drivers of stadium attendance and online streaming: evidence from the Chinese women's super league. [PDF]
Front Sports Act LivingLiu T, Li S, Han Z, Niu H.
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Human Resource Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT New ventures are expected to continuously add new jobs and managerial positions to meet the expanding demands of scaling. However, the rapid pace and inherent uncertainty of scaling often lead founders of new ventures to rely on heuristics when making these critical hiring and managerial appointment decisions.
Mohamed Genedy +3 more
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Cold climate and obesity in China: a cross-sectional ecological analysis. [PDF]
Front Public HealthYin F, Bao Y, Sun D, Zhang Y.
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Earnings Quality and ESG Performance in Energy and Utilities: What Really Matters?
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The paper investigates the controversial relationship between firms' earnings quality and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance, focusing on the energy and utility sectors given their significant regulatory pressures, environmental impact, and capital‐intensive nature, which render ESG performance particularly important for ...
Antonios Persakis +2 more
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Understanding regional disparities in obesity: a multiscale geographically weighted analysis in the United States. [PDF]
Int J Health GeogrAmponsah JK, Thompson JA, Ellis SD.
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Sustainability Performance and Corporate Risk: Evidence From the Tourism Industry
International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of sustainability performance (Refinitiv Environmental, Social, and Governance [ESG] scores) on corporate risk (CR). We apply stakeholder theory and the resource‐based view to an international sample of 247 tourism firms from 2002 to 2018.
Omneya Abdelsalam +4 more
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