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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite widespread concern about climate change, climate‐friendly behaviour remains difficult to sustain in practice. This article argues that the core challenge lies less in insufficient motivation than in the cognitive and coordination demands imposed by prevailing decision environments.
Luca Lancini
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Challenges of the mandatory funded pension system in the Russian Federation [PDF]
The overwhelming number of contributors that have been allocated into the default option is one of the main characteristics of the Russian second pillar.
Rudolph, Heinz P., Holtzer, Peter
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how population ageing shapes sustainable energy pathways and introduces a novel multidimensional index to measure sustainable energy performance. The index is constructed using an entropy weighting method and measures progress across the main pillars of SDG7.
Ramez Abubakr Badeeb, Ziqing Lin
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Moral Economies of Debt Forgiveness and Enforcement in Postcrisis Iceland
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Who deserves financial relief in times of crisis, and on what grounds? The 2008 collapse of Iceland's banking system prompted state intervention to mitigate household indebtedness, including forbearance, pension withdrawals, repayment adjustments, and debt reductions.
Timothy Heffernan
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Pension Fund Investment Policy [PDF]
The purpose of this paper is to survey what is known about the investment policy of pension funds. Pension fund investment policy depends critically on the type of plan: defined contribution versus defined benefit.
Zvi Bodie
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Herbivore and mesocarnivore carcasses trigger divergent short‐term changes in soil properties
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Scavengers reshape nutrient cycles in soils under carrion. Compared to herbivore carcasses, smaller but longer‐lasting carnivore remains boost nutrient levels and microbial activity in dry soils. Abstract Animal corpses act as pulses of organic matter (OM) and serve a key zoogeochemical role by providing localized nutrient inputs to soils and thereby ...
Adrián Colino‐Barea +15 more
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Population Ageing: Implications for Economic Growth and Fiscal Sustainability
Australian Economic Papers, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Population ageing poses significant challenges to economic growth and fiscal sustainability in advanced economies. This study examines how fiscal sustainability and labour force participation moderate the impact of ageing on gross domestic product (GDP) growth across 37 Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development member countries ...
Susantha Dissanayake +3 more
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Real Estate Portfolio Management Practices of Pension Funds and Insurance Companies in the Netherlands: A Survey [PDF]
Pension funds and insurance companies in the Netherlands allocate, on average, over 15% to equity real estate. This suggests that they hold different beliefs and/or apply different decision rules than their U.S. counterparts, who typically have allocated
Dirk P.M. De Wit
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Temporary Employment and First‐Time Homeownership in Australia
Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research Questions How does temporary employment, that is, fixed‐term contract and casual employment, affect the transition into first‐time homeownership among young people in Australia? Does the effect differ by employment type, gender, relationship situation, or parents' socio‐economic status?
Inga Laß
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