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Effects of Non-Contributory Pensions on Older Adult Mortality in Rural Mexico. [PDF]
J Hum ResourMenares F +5 more
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The social life of money for children
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.Abstract Inspired by Nigel Dodd's The Social Life of Money, this article proposes an analysis of entangled economic lives, that is, how meaning, structures and politics jointly shape the flow of monies within households. The past decades have marked a shift from “childrearing expenditures” to “parenting investments” that align with new visions of both ...
Nina Bandelj
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A study of the relationship between mutual aid and the mental health of older people. [PDF]
BMC Public HealthLiu X, Zheng L, Li M, Hu B.
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How are capital and the family interconnected in contemporary capitalism? In this article, we argue that they come together in owning relations. By owning capital across generations, families bridge the temporal gap between the durability of capital and the finite lifespan of private property holders and thus resolve the problem of bona ...
Jens Beckert, Isabell Stamm
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Policy effects of reduced pension contribution rate on innovation input--Empirical evidence from Zhejiang and Shandong provinces. [PDF]
PLoS OneHe Z, Xu J.
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Marriage, Wealth, and the Spread of Cohabitation in Canada
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research demonstrates a robust link between marriage and wealth. Wealth facilitates marriage, which then fosters wealth accumulation, resulting in significant net worth disparities between married and cohabiting couples. Does the decline of marriage and growth of cohabitation alter this relationship?
Maude Pugliese
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The predicament of rural middle-aged and older adults in preparing for active aging: a qualitative study. [PDF]
BMC Public HealthYang M +5 more
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Description, Articulation and Limitations in the Social Theory of Insurance
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There have been surprisingly few sustained efforts to explain or theorise the role insurance plays in society. Even the most theoretically inflected insurance scholarship, emanating from governmentality and Actor Network Theory scholarship, tends to be grounded in empirical cases, set in particular periods and places, and it is often ...
Liz McFall
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Private equity investment in orthopedic practices: Part of the changing landscape of health care. [PDF]
Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013)Fariyike B, Galetta MS, Youm T.
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Economic Record, EarlyView.We evaluate a government‐funded matching policy for retirement savings contributions targeted at low‐ and middle‐income individuals. Using a difference‐in‐difference approach, we exploit administrative changes to the Australian Government's retirement contribution matching (co‐contribution) policy to identify the impact of the programme on savings ...
Kristen Sobeck, Robert Breunig
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