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Strategic Implications of Board Interlocks: A Literature Review and Future Research Agenda

open access: yesCorporate Governance: An International Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue Board interlocks, stemming from directors' concurrent board appointments, have been viewed as a double‐edged sword that can generate both positive and negative effects, hinging on strategic outcomes and a multitude of contextual variables.
Joyce C. Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Burden of Overweight and Obesity in Sweden: Current Estimates and Future Projections

open access: yesDiabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims Overweight and obesity are major public health challenges and well‐established risk factors for cardiovascular disease, cancer and premature mortality. We estimated the economic burden of overweight and obesity in Sweden in 2023 and projected the future economic burden in 2040 under alternative scenarios of increasing prevalence ...
Adam Fridhammar   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Idiosyncratic asset return and wage risk of US households

open access: yesEconomic Inquiry, Volume 63, Issue 2, Page 636-657, April 2025.
Abstract This paper documents the degree of idiosyncratic asset return heterogeneity, serial correlation, and correlation with wage heterogeneity for US households. Novel panel‐data measurements for returns on household assets are proposed. Sizable transitory idiosyncratic return heterogeneity is documented to exist concurrently with permanent ...
Stephen Snudden
wiley   +1 more source

The Wealth of Wealthholders. [PDF]

open access: yesRev Income Wealth
Ameriks J   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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

open access: yesThe 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

Sick leave in the United Kingdom Post Office, 1850–1908

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses a large individual‐record‐level dataset on sick leave to examine adult morbidity in the United Kingdom between 1850 and 1908. From 1859 onwards postal workers were eligible to receive a pension or gratuity when they retired or were forced to stop working due to ill health.
Harry Smith   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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