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Volunteerism, redistribution and gender

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
Abstract We explore whether, and to what extent, individuals respond to increased transitory or permanent inequality in regional income by offering more unpaid voluntary work. We find strong evidence that women, but not men, are more likely to supply such work, both at the extensive and intensive margin, if they live in areas that experience ...
John G. Sessions, Alexandros Zangelidis
wiley   +1 more source

Quality of life, mental health and social relationships among older adults participating in the Recreovía physical activity community program. [PDF]

Int J Equity Health
Wagner-Gutiérrez N, Gonzalez SA, Rubio MA, Sánchez-Franco S, Palencia-Pérez L, Blanco M, Adlakha D, Aguirre-Patiño JS, Ossa N, Vietto G, Suárez D, Sarmiento OL.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Reconceptualizing Crisis: An Empirically Based Investigation

Sociological Inquiry, EarlyView.
Crisis is predominantly characterized in terms of its detrimental consequences. Drawing on in‐depth semi‐structured interviews in Melbourne and Taipei, the article provides a critical and distinctive understanding of crisis. Crisis is conceptualized here as a disruptive prefiguring of new possibilities, both agentic and structural.
Xiaoying Qi
wiley   +1 more source

Patient-reported outcome measures for life participation in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review. [PDF]

Clin Kidney J
Hughes A, Ju A, Cazzolli R, Howell M, Caskey FJ, Elliott MJ, Farragher J, Greenwood S, Levin A, Manera K, Sluiter A, Teixeira-Pinto A, Trimarchi H, Wang B, Guha C, Wu R, Jauré A.   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Wage Subsidy for Employers or Social Security for Low‐Paid Workers? The Impact of the Earnings Disregard Reform on the Use of Housing Allowance Among Workers in Different Industries in Finland

Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The longstanding aim of social security reforms in economically advanced countries has been to ensure that work is financially beneficial. In‐work benefits (IWB) have emerged as pivotal tools in achieving this objective. Earnings disregards, which exempt a portion of earned income from benefit calculations, represent one form of IWBs.
Antti Halmetoja, Niklas Mäkinen, Satu Ojala, Signe Jauhiainen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effects of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on School‐to‐School Transitions. A Study of Lower Secondary School Graduates

Social Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The outbreak of the COVID‐19 pandemic in early 2020 caused serious concern about the potential negative effects on children and young people. In Denmark, policymakers and interest organizations worried that insecurity about the future and the multiple lockdowns of society would harm the well‐being of children and young people and their school ...
Rasmus Lind Ravn
wiley   +1 more source

An empirical study on the relationship between rider recreational specialization, individual-environment fit, and heart flow experience. [PDF]

Heliyon
Ye W.
europepmc   +1 more source

Feeling Lonely While Ageing in Place in the Netherlands: Questioning the Importance of Shopping Spaces for Older People

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract More than half of the Dutch older population feels lonely, meaning their social relationships do not meet their needs. As people are predominantly ageing in place (AIP) instead of in care homes, their everyday experiences become more localised and neighbourhood spaces gain traction as important spaces of encounter.
Rianne van Melik, Daniëlle van der Lee
wiley   +1 more source

An analysis of adolescent leisure activity structure based on subjective well-being: Focusing on social network analysis. [PDF]

PLoS One
Oh J, Son S, Park JH.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘My body was no longer a problem’: Electric mountain biking, disability, and the cultural politics of green exercise

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Abstract Disability is often overlooked in discussions of green exercise. Consequently, we still know little about how ableist ideologies might play out in the context of nature engagement, or the forms of pleasure that disabled people derive from participation in green spaces.
Jim Cherrington, James Brighton
wiley   +1 more source