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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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Urban Healthy Ageing in Romania: Policy Options for Age-Friendly Cities and Long-Term Care Reform. [PDF]
Public Health RevCorman S.
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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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Labour market patterns among women and men following the uptake of their first parental leave benefit in Sweden. [PDF]
Sci RepVirtanen M +7 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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Why do Public Debates Escalate? Trigger Points and the Moral Dynamics of “Hot Politics”
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Escalating, emotionally charged, and moralized forms of controversy are a central feature of contemporary politics. Our study develops a framework for understanding how political debates between ordinary citizens become heated; why certain issues provoke particularly strong emotions; and how this affective potential is weaponized by ...
Linus Westheuser +2 more
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Pensions, pensioners and pensions policy: financial security in UK retirement savings? [PDF]
, 2004 Carl Emmerson +4 more
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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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Multiple work demands and early retirement intention in Germany: A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis. [PDF]
Eur J AgeingKaboth A, Meyer SC.
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