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‘Removed With the Stroke of a Pen’: The Hidden Impact of Placement Disruptions on Foster Parents in Norway

open access: yesChild &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the emotional impact of unplanned removals of foster children on foster parents in Norway. It aims to understand their experiences and identify the support they need during these challenging transitions. We employed a descriptive phenomenological approach.
Anette S. Solvi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adults aged 65 years and older in South Africa have a responsibility to vaccinate against influenza

open access: yesDeveloping World Bioethics, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, we draw on the thinking about incompleteness and conviviality grounded in Afro‐communitarianism ethics from the Global South to argue that adults aged 65 years and above have a prima facie responsibility to vaccinate against influenza.
Ruach Sarangarajan, Cornelius Ewuoso
wiley   +1 more source

Mpox and the Ethics of Outbreak Management: Lessons for Future Public Health Crises

open access: yesDeveloping World Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mpox, first identified in captive monkeys in 1958 and recognized in humans by 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was historically confined to sporadic zoonotic outbreaks in Central and West Africa. These outbreaks, often driven by rodent‐to‐human transmission in resource‐limited settings, reflect persistent systemic health disparities ...
Adetayo E. Obasa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corruption and Leadership in Africa: Evidence From Burkina Faso

open access: yesEconomics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study assesses the role of a leader in anticorruption fighting in Africa. It focuses on the rule of Thomas Sankara, one of the legendary figures of contemporary Africa. Using the synthetic control approach, we design a counterfactual for the actual Burkina Faso called synthetic Burkina Faso based on corruption before Sankara's tenure. The
Harouna Sedgo
wiley   +1 more source

Segmentation and gender wage disparities in the early industrial workforce: Insights from Arkwright's Lumford Mill, 1786–1811

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gender wage gap and wage setting in the early cotton spinning factories of the industrial revolution, with a specific focus on Richard Arkwright's Lumford Mill in Bakewell, Derbyshire. The research links workers from the mill's wage books with parish baptism records to estimate ages and construct age–wage profiles in ...
Alexander Tertzakian
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Statement Readability and Firm Debt Choice

open access: yesFinancial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Examining more than 16,000 firm‐year observations in the United States, we provide novel evidence showing that higher financial statement readability leads to a decrease in information asymmetry and the need for external monitoring, thereby reducing the reliance on bank debt relative to public debt.
Wajih Abbassi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Conversational AI. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Artif Intell, 2023
Raaijmakers S   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reputational Damage of Bank Misconduct: The Role of Regulation and ESG Performance

open access: yesFinancial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the reputational losses incurred by banks due to detected misconduct and the impact of bank ESG performance on this reputational damage. We use a unique dataset of 400 fines assigned to 39 European listed banks from 2009 to 2022 by US and EU regulatory agencies.
Alessandro Carretta   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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