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The new poor law and the health of the population of England and Wales

The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 717-756, May 2026.
Abstract We estimate the impact of reductions in poor law expenditure on rural life expectancy and mortality rates in England and Wales following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. Given the scale of cuts imposed, our estimates imply 8–10 per cent increases in mortality at ages 1–4 years and 2–4 per cent falls in rural expectation of life at birth.
David Green, Gabriel Mesevage, Graham Mooney, Simon Szreter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Benefit Corporations and B‐Corps: A State‐of‐the‐Art Review Through Bibliometric and Content Analyses

Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 1734-1754, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Sustainable practices and shareholder value often come into conflict, yet Benefit Corporations (BCs) and B‐Corps combine these goals into a single core mission. While previous literature reviews exist, this study offers a current, cross‐disciplinary perspective, highlighting the strengths and critical aspects of BCs and B‐Corps through ...
Laura Ferraro, Franco Ernesto Rubino, Giovanna Crocco, Eleonora De Luca   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How religion mediates the fertility response to maternity benefits

Economic Inquiry, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 508-532, April 2026.
Abstract Do religious beliefs affect responses to fertility incentives? We examine a 1982 maternity benefits expansion in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in a difference‐in‐differences framework with similar East European countries as comparisons. To isolate the importance of religion, we compare women who did and did not grow up in religious households ...
Elizabeth Brainerd, Olga Malkova
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Transition Metals (TM = Nb, Ta, and Zr) on Thermodynamic and Electronic Properties of Advanced (Th1−xTMx)C (x = 0.1 and 0.2) Fuels: A First‐Principles Study

Materials Genome Engineering Advances, Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2026.
First‐principles study reveals Zr‐doped ThC maintains superior thermal conductivity and rigidity; Ta‐doping induces structural softening, whereas Nb enhances covalent bonding. These atomic‐scale insights guide the design of advanced thorium‐based nuclear fuels with tailored thermomechanical properties.
Baihui Su, Jia Li, William Yi Wang, Yonghong Lu, Xiaoqiang Pan, Xingyu Gao, Haifeng Song, Jinshan Li   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Capability to Reduce Inequality via STEM Occupations: The Case of Ecuador

Poverty &Public Policy, Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between labor income inequality, higher education, and STEM occupations in Ecuador from 2009 to 2013 and from 2014 to 2019, considering techniques, degrees, and postgraduate education. It analyzes the “composition effect” and the “structural effect” using the recentered influence function (RIF).
Susana Herrero Olarte, Paul Carrillo‐Maldonado, Santiago Salazar, Jeniffer Rubio   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sedimentary records of palaeohydrological variability during the Late Holocene in the Lower Narmada Basin, western India

The Depositional Record, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.
Late Holocene palaeohydrological changes in the lower Narmada Basin, India, revealed using multiproxy analyses of the Orsang River terrace sediments. Distinct depositional phases corresponding to global climatic events were recorded. High‐magnitude floods in the Narmada River during the MWP, and within the tributary Orsang River during DACP and LIA ...
Alpa Sridhar, Pooja Tiwari, Biswajit Thakur, Deependra Singh, Vineet Goswami, Sanjit Kumar Jena, Ravi Bhushan, Saremulhaq Parwej Mosarraf Shaikh, Deepak Maurya, Laxman Singh Chamyal   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Material Aspirations, Cultural Change, and the Transition Toward Sustained Growth

International Economic Review, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 199-223, February 2026.
ABSTRACT We highlight the role of economic materialism as a cultural phenomenon of significance in relation to economic transformation and development. By inducing material aspirations, an endogenous cultural change toward more widespread adherence to materialistic values is both a cause and an effect of productivity growth.
Evangelos V. Dioikitopoulos, Dimitrios Varvarigos   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Real Estate Price Measurement Since the Global Financial Crisis: Methods, Data and Policy Developments

Review of Income and Wealth, Volume 72, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT The global financial crisis (GFC) highlighted the crucial role of real estate markets for financial stability and revealed significant weaknesses in the quality, timeliness, and coverage of real estate price indices. Since then, policymakers and statistical institutes have expanded the scope of residential and commercial real estate statistics
Robert J. Hill, Miriam Steurer
wiley   +1 more source

Soft‐bedded ice sheet in hummocky terrain of north‐central Poland: Origin of rim ridges and subglacial processes

Sedimentology, Volume 73, Issue 2, Page 540-559, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Hummocky terrains are characterised by various geomorphological features that typically record processes associated with the downwasting of ice sheets. Common landforms in these areas include ramparts, linear ridges, kettle holes and ice‐walled lake plains.
Piotr Hermanowski, Mirosław Błaszkiewicz, Barbara Woronko, Weronika Danel, Mateusz Kramkowski   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prolonged Stagnation Reduces Treated Wastewater Biostability by Altering Microbial Community: Insights From Metaproteomics. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol
Almulhim F, Narayanasamy S, Wang C, Mandal P, Bensaddek D, Amad M, Hong PY.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source