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Linking Environmental Health and Civic Health: An Analysis of Air Pollution and Charitable Giving

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of air pollution on charitable giving. We suggest that the burdens associated with poor air quality are associated with a dampening of civic and philanthropic engagement. Analyzing 12 years of county‐level data from the United States with fixed‐effects OLS and instrumental variables regressions, we identify a ...
Gregory D. Saxton, Michelle Benson, Chao Guo, Daniel G. Neely, Tahmina Ahmed, Mohammad Maruf Hasan, Shujie Zhang   +6 more
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Reversing Early Retirement in Germany
A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Recent Pension Reforms on the Timing of the Transition to Retirement and on Pension Incomes

Comparative Population Studies, 2013
This article investigates the effects and risks of recent pension reforms in Germany. While German pension policy systematically supported early retirement for many years in order to relieve the regulated labour market in times of economic stagnation ...
Sandra Buchholz, Annika Rinklake, Hans-Peter Blossfeld   +2 more
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Policy Risk in Action: Pension Reforms and Social Security Wealth in Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia [PDF]

We provide evidence on the policy risk of social security in Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia by computing the changes in the social security wealth induced by the pension reforms undertaken since the 1990s.
Juraj Kopecsni, Libor Dušek
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Nordic welfare financiers made global portfolio investors : institutional change in pension fund governance in Sweden and Finland [PDF]

, 2010
Pension funds have lately emerged as an essential field of study in various disciplines within social sciences. Political economists, economic geographers and some social policy researchers have studied the role of pension funds very broadly for instance
Roumpakis, Antonios, Sorsa, Ville-Pekka
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State Capacity and Path Dependence in Cape Verde's Supreme Audit Institution

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines state capacity and path dependence in the Supreme Audit Institution (SAI) of Cape Verde, focussing on the performance and governance of the Court of Auditors. Drawing on a mixed‐methods longitudinal design covering the period from 2010 to 2024, the analysis combines international governance indicators, documentary analysis,
Ana Lúcia Romão
wiley   +1 more source

Epistemic diversity and the politics of knowledge in plant disease management: Insights from the Xylella fastidiosa epidemic in southern Italy

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Xylella fastidiosa is a major plant pathogen affecting crops such as grapes, citrus, almonds, and olives, with potentially severe consequences for agricultural production and rural livelihoods worldwide. This paper examines the conflict around the management of the X. fastidiosa outbreak affecting olive trees in southern Italy.
Fabio Gatti, David Ludwig, Phil Macnaghten   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MECHANISMS, INVESTMENT POLICY AND FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF PENSION FUND ADMINISTRATORS IN NIGERIA

Malete Journal of Accounting and Finance
The pension sector plays a crucial role in ensuring the well-being and financial stability of retirees. Simultaneously, the capacity of pension fund administrators to uphold their financial stability has emerged as a significant global issue ...
Adeoye Amuda Afolabi, Mubaraq Sanni, Muritala Olatunji Oladele, Yusuf Alabi Olumoh, Muhammed Kamaldeen Usman   +4 more
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Public Debt and Pension Policy [PDF]

Fiscal Studies, 1992
Bovenberg, A.L., Petersen, C.
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Home bias and stock market development. The Polish experience [PDF]

Pension reform has become a major policy issue for both developed and developing countries in recent years. In developing countries the impact of these reforms on the development of their financial markets is critical.
Anna Zalewska
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Maximising Participation in the Australian National Lung Cancer Screening Program: A Discrete Choice Experiment of Eligible, High‐Risk Individuals

Respirology, EarlyView.
A discrete choice experiment of lung cancer screening attributes. Study results demonstrate that lung cancer screening uptake could be significantly increased by offering program navigators and personalised invitations. The findings contribute significant insights to inform future improvements to the design and implementation of the Australian National
Peiwen Jiang, Caitlin Paton, Richard Norman, Marianne Weber, Henry M. Marshall, Fraser Brims, Kuan Pim Lim, Sarah York, Georgia Bartlett, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Nicole M. Rankin   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source