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Abstract Geographic disparities in mortality rates in the United States are pronounced and growing. The Black-White mortality gap is volatile but persistent, while the Rich-Poor mortality gap is increasing dramatically.
Daniel L. Millimet, Travis Whitacre
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This study analyzes the primary directions of the Russian Orthodox Church’s (ROC) activities during the Great Patriotic War. The research is grounded in a comprehensive examination of texts including speeches and telegrams from senior Orthodox hierarchs ...
V. P. Ermakov +2 more
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L’avvocato Leonida Casali e la difesa dei partigiani emiliani [PDF]
This paper aims to analyze the role and the pattern of the militant lawyering of Leonida Casali, one of the leading members of Bologna section of the Italian Communist Party and of the Democratic Solidarity Committee during the postwar period.
Gianluigi Briguglio +3 more
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Polish Partisan Formations during 1942–1944 in Jewish Testimonies
This article aims to present the picture of Polish partisans in the accounts of Jewish survivors, based on materials from the Archive of the Jewish Historical Institute. This texts discusses the following Polish underground military formations: the Home
Aleksandra Bańkowska
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Abstract We study the effect of unexpected government changes on fertility outcomes using administrative data on births and abortions in Spain. Following a difference-in-differences strategy, we find that, after the surprise loss of the party in power in 2004, municipalities with strong support for that party experienced a sharp ...
Libertad González +2 more
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The wisdom of partisan crowds [PDF]
Theories in favor of deliberative democracy are based on the premise that social information processing can improve group beliefs. While research on the “wisdom of crowds” has found that information exchange can increase belief accuracy on noncontroversial factual matters, theories of political polarization imply that groups will become more extreme ...
Joshua Becker +2 more
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Public Perception of Scientists: Partisan and Non-Partisan Thinking
Previous research shows that public trust in scientists is often bound up with the messages that they convey and the context in which they communicate. However, in the current study, we examine how the public perceives scientists based on the characteristics of scientists themselves, irrespective of their scientific message and its context.
Burak Sonmez +2 more
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MISUNDERSTANDINGS REGARDING THE OPERATION OF THE BRITISH FLOYDFORCE AMONG YUGOSLAV PARTISANS [PDF]
Floydforce was a British artillery force that landed in Yugoslavia in October 1944 together with its protection units. Its task was to provide artillery support to the Yugoslav Partisan army in combat against the German units retreating from Albania ...
Blaž Torkar
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Partisan Social Happiness [PDF]
We use a new approach to study questions in political economy that relies on data on the subjective well-being of a large sample of people living in the OECD over the period 1975‐1992. Controlling for the personal characteristics of the respondents, year and country fixed effects and country-specific time trends, we find that the data describe social ...
DiTella, Rafael, MacCulloch, Robert
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This paper aims to analyze the role and the pattern of the militant lawyering of Leonida Casali, one of the leading members of Bologna section of the Italian Communist Party and of the Democratic Solidarity Committee during the postwar period.
Nicola Caroli
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