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Graduated Involution Under Compressed Modernity: Differences in the Summer Holidays as a Phase in the Public Life‐Course in Shanghai, China

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper develops the concept of graduated involution to explain how summer holidays have been reconstituted from leisure time into an educational arena for Chinese families under conditions of compressed modernity. Based on qualitative data from 32 households in Shanghai, including interviews and child self‐recordings, we analyze how ...
Leiping Bao, Rachel Murphy
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Is land‐use deregulation enough to deliver housing?: The case of institutional frictions in India

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines whether land use deregulation increases housing supply in the presence of additional institutional frictions, such as ill‐defined property rights. India's urban land ceiling (ULC) laws, which put limits on individual ownership of private vacant land in the largest cities, were repealed during the 2000s.
Arnab Dutta, Sahil Gandhi, Richard K. Green   +2 more
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How much are you willing to pay to avoid lockdowns? Evidence from the real estate market

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract In response to the COVID‐19 pandemic, numerous countries implemented lockdowns. In Victoria, Australia, a unique two‐tier system was employed, segregating areas with a Ring of Steel boundary and imposing additional restrictions within. This study focuses on the impact of lockdowns on housing prices and rents, exploring whether people are ...
Jian Liang, Chyi Lin Lee, Qiang Li
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Administrative district reforms, Land Transaction Permission System, and land market dynamics: Evidence from South Korea

Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how administrative jurisdictional reform affects land market dynamics by analyzing the 2023 incorporation of Gunwi County into Daegu Metropolitan City, South Korea. We develop a supply‐and‐demand framework in which administrative reclassification raises expectations of future development and increases landowners ...
Youngjae Hwang, Hoyong Jung
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Now You See Them, Now You Don't: Understanding New Hire Ghosting and Its Antecedents

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT New hire ghosting, in which applicants accept an offer and then quit before their first day without notice, is an emerging and consequential staffing phenomenon. Drawing on job embeddedness theory, we conceptualize new hire ghosting as a form of pre‐entry withdrawal influenced by dispositional risk and the fragile fit, links, and sacrifice ...
Andrew B. Speer, Jay H. Hardy III, Carter Gibson, Chris Frost, Qurie Hong   +4 more
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Distributional Effect of Insurer Competition on Premiums: Evidence From the Employer‐Sponsored Health Insurance Market

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study how insurer competition affects premiums for fully‐insured plans in the employer‐sponsored health insurance market. By utilizing quasi‐experimental variations induced by mergers among national insurers, we show that increased insurer concentration leads to higher premiums, but there exists substantial heterogeneity.
Haizhen Lin, Yaying Zhou
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Auditor industry expertise and the predictive power of the deferred tax valuation allowance

Accounting &Finance, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 323-364, March 2025.
Abstract This paper investigates whether auditor industry expertise influences the predictive value of management earnings forecasts embedded in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance (VA). VAs depend on management's forecast of future taxable earnings and can provide investors with information about expected changes in future earnings.
Zhuoli Axelton, Jeffrey Gramlich, M. Kathleen Harris   +2 more
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EPA Enforcement Actions and Property Prices

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforcement actions on property prices in the United States. Using data on EPA enforcement cases, we assess how investors and homeowners react to regulatory actions to curb environmental violations.
Van Le, My Nguyen, Anh Viet Pham
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Coerced labour patterns in the Cape Colony, c. 1806–1826

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multiple forms of coerced labour co‐existed in the early 19th‐century Cape Colony. This study examines changes in coerced labour force composition. Using annual taxation and census records, we examine district‐ and household‐level changes in reported enslaved, Recaptured African and indigenous Khoesan labour.
Kate Ekama, Benjamin Crous
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What Was ‘Middle Australia’? Social Categorisation and Political Positioning in the Late‐20th Century

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘Middle Australia’ became a ubiquitous term of social categorisation and political positioning during the latter decades of the 20th century. This article examines how this concept was variously used in the metropolitan print media in the guises of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age of Melbourne, including in their reporting of federal and ...
Chris Beer
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