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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how population ageing shapes sustainable energy pathways and introduces a novel multidimensional index to measure sustainable energy performance. The index is constructed using an entropy weighting method and measures progress across the main pillars of SDG7.
Ramez Abubakr Badeeb, Ziqing Lin
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Moral Economies of Debt Forgiveness and Enforcement in Postcrisis Iceland
Economic Anthropology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Who deserves financial relief in times of crisis, and on what grounds? The 2008 collapse of Iceland's banking system prompted state intervention to mitigate household indebtedness, including forbearance, pension withdrawals, repayment adjustments, and debt reductions.
Timothy Heffernan
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Herbivore and mesocarnivore carcasses trigger divergent short‐term changes in soil properties
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Scavengers reshape nutrient cycles in soils under carrion. Compared to herbivore carcasses, smaller but longer‐lasting carnivore remains boost nutrient levels and microbial activity in dry soils. Abstract Animal corpses act as pulses of organic matter (OM) and serve a key zoogeochemical role by providing localized nutrient inputs to soils and thereby ...
Adrián Colino‐Barea +15 more
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Population Ageing: Implications for Economic Growth and Fiscal Sustainability
Australian Economic Papers, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Population ageing poses significant challenges to economic growth and fiscal sustainability in advanced economies. This study examines how fiscal sustainability and labour force participation moderate the impact of ageing on gross domestic product (GDP) growth across 37 Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development member countries ...
Susantha Dissanayake +3 more
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, 2017 Con el aumento del desempleo y las dificultades económicas que España está viviendo en los últimos años debido a la situación de crisis que se inició en el año 2008, unido a una serie de cambios demográficos como el descenso de la natalidad y el aumento de la esperanza de vida de los individuos, el sistema de pensiones públicas españolas se muestra ...
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Temporary Employment and First‐Time Homeownership in Australia
Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research Questions How does temporary employment, that is, fixed‐term contract and casual employment, affect the transition into first‐time homeownership among young people in Australia? Does the effect differ by employment type, gender, relationship situation, or parents' socio‐economic status?
Inga Laß
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Analysing policy success and failure in Australia: Pink batts and set‐top boxes
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines two Australian government programs from the Rudd/Gillard Labor government, the Home Insulation Program (HIP) and the Digital Switchover Household Assistance Scheme (HAS). Both became shibboleths of the Labor government's perceived waste and incompetence.
Daniel Casey
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