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From Tap Water Access to Income‐Generating Work Time: Evidence From Rural China

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether household tap water access affects income‐generating work time among employed rural adults in China. While existing studies have mainly examined the effects of improved water access on employment participation, off‐farm transition and household income, this paper focuses on the intensive margin of labour supply ...
Yiyi Zhao
wiley   +1 more source

‘Exceptions ’ in Queuing Theory

open access: yes, 2014
—The efficiency of queuing system is depends upon the behavior of customer(s) and server(s). Most of time the problem in queuing system arises due to some unethical behaviors. An analysis and approximation of queuing models with specific behaviors during
Harpreet Singh, Muhammad Ghazie Ismail
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Importance sampling in systems simulation: A practical failure? [PDF]

open access: yes
sampling;queuing theory;operations ...
Hopmans, A.C.M., Kleijnen, J.P.C.
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Climate Change and (Mal)Adaptation in Tourism‐Intensive Alpine Regions

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Tourism, especially in winter, accounts for a large share of economic income in Alpine regions. At the same time, these regions are more severely affected by climate change, leading to shorter winter seasons and reduced snow cover. This presents a pressing issue for areas reliant on income from winter tourism through activities such as skiing.
Valentina Ausserladscheider
wiley   +1 more source

What England Is and What It Claims to Be: Orwell on National Identity

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article suggests that George Orwell's body of work offers a rather unique and insightful two‐part conception of national identity in the context of England, made up of a moral inheritance—the values of liberty, fairness and decency—and a lived sensibility—the fluid, experiential quality of collective life expressed in shared customs ...
Sam Taylor Hill
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing Staffing Level and Waiting Time Using Queuing Model in Bank Service. [PDF]

open access: yesScientificWorldJournal
Mamo T   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Inverted Circuit: Attribution, Answerability, and Accountability in Canadian Health Governance

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Canada and the United States have not failed for want of accountability mechanisms in health governance. They have failed because accountability is repeatedly invoked where attribution and answerability are not already standing, so the result is the punishment of visible individuals rather than structural correction.
ALAN H. MENKIS
wiley   +1 more source

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