Public Versus Private Providers: How Ownership Impacts Quality in Public Service Markets
ABSTRACT Governments continue to liberalize public services through quasi‐market measures that grant consumers a subsidized choice of public, nonprofit, or for‐profit provider. The assumption is that competition and differences in ownership improve service quality.
Lena Brogaard
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From family to school: the dual protection of father-child relationship and teacher-student relationship on children's mental health problems. [PDF]
Wang Y +8 more
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Safeguarding Merit: Citizen Support for Civil Service Protections Against Political Interference
ABSTRACT President Trump altered the U.S. federal civil service system by reducing merit‐based protections for bureaucratic expertise and expanding the scope of political appointments, shifting the balance long established under the Pendleton Act of 1883. Similar reforms have occurred at the state level with moves to at‐will employment.
Colt Jensen, Jaclyn Piatak
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Culturally inclusive teaching in diverse classroom settings in Chinese kindergartens: a qualitative "context-methods-outcomes" model. [PDF]
Li Y, Fan M.
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ABSTRACT With a contextual and developmental perspective, this study aimed to examine Swedish late‐adult fathers' reflections on their past and present parental role in relation to the mother and to see how these reflections incorporate changes in gender and parenthood during recent decades in Sweden.
Maria Wängqvist, Nathalie Korhonen
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Comparative Outcomes of Teacher Coaching Versus Parent-Implemented Intervention for Preschoolers at Risk of Developmental Delay in Thailand. [PDF]
Rungamornrat S +3 more
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ABSTRACT Maternal psychological distress may have adverse effects on child socioemotional development. However, supportive social networks and participation in out‐of‐home childcare may serve as key protective factors and promote positive developmental outcomes.
Katja Tervahartiala +9 more
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Associations between early emotional and behavioral problems and subsequent mental disorders in children - Findings from a Swedish cohort study. [PDF]
Dahlén J +3 more
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ABSTRACT Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and developmental language disorder (DLD) are neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) that share etiological factors and frequently co‐occur. Despite this, they have rarely been studied together—particularly in relation to functional outcomes.
Lisa L. Axelsson +4 more
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