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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The intersection of economic conditions and early years education has long been debated, particularly where financial constraints shape educational practice and professional realities. Türkiye, characterised by high inflation and structural vulnerabilities in purchasing power parity, provides a critical context for examining how economic ...
Ebru Aydın, Şerif Yüksel
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Regional inequality and product variety [PDF]
We investigate how differences in set-up costs of various types affect the trade-off between global efficiency and spatial equity and show that the standard assumption of symmetry in fixed costs masks the existence of an interesting effect : the range of
Jacques-François, THISSE +1 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the factors associated with persistent absenteeism (an absence rate of 10% or higher) and authorised and unauthorised absence among secondary school pupils in Scotland. Using linked administrative data, the analysis focuses on secondary school stages S1–S6 in three academic years.
Silvia Behrens +6 more
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The Sword Effect of Electronic Informatization on Income Inequality: E-Commerce and E-Government
Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce ResearchMarket and government are the main bodies in solving the problem of income inequality, especially as both undergo electronic informatization. This study explores the effect of e-commerce and e-government on regional income inequality, along with its ...
Zhuocheng Lu, Song Wang
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China's Regional Inequality in Innovation Capability, 1995-2004 [PDF]
Relying on a recently developed decomposition framework, this paper explores spatial distribution of innovation capability in China. It is found that at the regional level, China's inequality in innovation capability increased from 1995 to 2004.
Fan, Peilei, Wan, Guanghua
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
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Regional Inequality In China: An Overview [PDF]
China’s spectacular growth and poverty reduction has been accompanied by growing inequality which threatens the social compact and thus the political basis for economic growth and social development.
Fan, Shenggen +2 more
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Regional convergence in outputs and incomes in Italy and the U.S. [PDF]
One of the key topics of international and inter-regional research in the past decade has been that of convergence or divergence in real outputs and incomes across countries and regions within individual countries.
Khatiwada, Ishwar +2 more
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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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Pollution exacerbates China's water scarcity and its regional inequality. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2020 Ma T +13 more
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