Technical wildness: Modernity, romanticism, and the technocratic turn in Scottish rewilding
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Technical wildness is a new and increasingly influential culture of nature. This paper marks its emergence in Scotland in the early 2020s. Focusing on Scotland's rapidly evolving land management sector, the paper traces how private rewilding companies position science‐led land management and natural capital markets as the most effective ...
Theo Stanley
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Justification trajectories for pension inequality in Chile (2016-2023): the role of social class and beliefs in meritocracy. [PDF]
Front SociolCastillo JC +3 more
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Pension reform in Latin America : quick fixes or sustainable reform? [PDF]
Because of better health and higher standards of living, people are living longer. By 2030, more than 16 percent of the world's population will be older than 60, compared with 9 percent today. As a result, pension systems will need reform.
Aiyer, Sri-Ram
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Pest Management Science, EarlyView.In planta analysis of the mode of action of cinmethylin and confirmation of fatty acyl‐ACP thioesterases (FATs) as primary site of action. Cinmethylin inhibits FATs, disrupting eukaryotic de novo lipid biosynthesis and causing defects in cell division, elongation and integrity. We confirm FATs as the primary site of action in planta.
Maximillian Pollmeier +15 more
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The impact of home- and community-based services on life satisfaction among older adults: evidence from marginal treatment effect framework. [PDF]
Front Public HealthZhu A, Kong Z, Chen C.
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Dismantling the earnings-related social pension scheme: Germany beyond a crossroad [PDF]
A paradigm shift in pension policy decided by the German red-green coalition government will affect the level and structure of pension benefits as well as the mix of old-age security arrangements remarkably.
Schmähl, Winfried
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Unlocking Financial Inclusion: The Dynamics of Bank Account Ownership in Urban Slums
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Financial inclusion is a key driver of sustainable development, contributing to poverty reduction (SDG 1), gender equality (SDG 5), and reduced inequalities (SDG 10). Despite extensive financial‐inclusion policies in India, residents of urban slums remain largely excluded from formal banking systems.
Davide Moro +3 more
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Intergenerational financial support and mental health of men and women: a comparative analysis across social welfare policy contexts in Europe. [PDF]
Longit Life Course StudAzar A, Cheng KJ, Wahrendorf M.
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Household saving rates and the design of public pension programmes: cross-country evidence [PDF]
I argue that the offsetting effect of public pension contributions on household retirement saving depends on how closely the public pension programme imitates a private retirement saving plan (i.e. the ‘actuarial’ content of the public pension programme)
Richard Disney
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Pension funds are the largest combined institutional investors in the world. The integration of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) criteria into defined contribution (DC) pension investments by pension funds can result in sustainable pensions that are in line with pension beneficiary preferences and help achieve Sustainable Development
Doran Bairbre +4 more
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