Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aim In a randomised open‐label trial among hospitalised patients with atherosclerotic vascular disease, motivational smoking cessation counselling with proactive referral to community‐based follow‐up was more effective than brief cessation advice and written information, with 6‐month continuous abstinence rates of 49.5% vs. 24.5%
Karin Pleym +9 more
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'A New Pace of Life': A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Retirement Plans, Preparations and Experiences in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults. [PDF]
AutismKowalczyk Z +4 more
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Estimating pension wealth of ELSA respondents [PDF]
This paper explains the methodology used for calculating pension wealth for all individuals in the first wave of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA).
Carl Emmerson, Gemma Tetlow, James Banks
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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
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Governance of public pension funds : lessons from corporate governance and international evidence [PDF]
An understanding of corporate governance theory can promote the adoption of appropriate governance tools to limit agency problems in public pension fund management. The absence of a market for corporate control hinders the translation of lessons from the
Hess, David, Impavido, Gregorio
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Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract New Zealand's early‐twentieth‐century health service was a two‐tier system of state hospitals supported by an expanding network of over 300 private hospitals, almost exclusively owned by nurses and midwives. This article will show that this environment was created by a legislative framework introduced between 1901 and 1906, requiring nurses ...
Ann‐Marie Quinn
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Preparing for retirement: the pension arrangements and retirement expectations of those approaching state pension age in England [PDF]
This paper provides a detailed analysis of individuals in households in England aged between 50 and the State Pension Age in terms of their private pension arrangements and current non-pension assets alongside their expectations of future economic ...
Carl Emmerson +2 more
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Product churn, tastes, and price indices
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Price indices commonly used to measure inflation do not account for the entry and exit of products nor for systemic changes in consumer preferences over time. Recent developments in the theory of price indices show that these issues have significant impacts on the growth of prices that consumers experience.
Hao Lan +3 more
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Asset allocation for pension provision [PDF]
Financial provision for old age is a serious issue. This paper therefore begins by outlining the pension situation in Germany, arriving at the conclusion that, as matters stand at present, none of the three "pillars" of pension provision - state and ...
Lahusen, Reinhard
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Justification trajectories for pension inequality in Chile (2016-2023): the role of social class and beliefs in meritocracy. [PDF]
Front SociolCastillo JC +3 more
europepmc +1 more source