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The Role of Skills and Tasks in Gender Gaps in Latin America

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we explore gender gaps in the labor market in Latin America, incorporating two relevant factors often overlooked: skills and the type of tasks performed at work. The study is based on data from the 2018 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) for four Latin American countries.
Cristian Bonavida, Leonardo Gasparini
wiley   +1 more source

Economic burden of hypertension in Iran: a prevalence-based cost of illness study. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Daroudi R, AkbariSari A, Zamandi M, Shahali Z.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Global Health Security Index and COVID-19 pandemic mortality 2020-2021: a comparative study of islands and non-islands across 194 jurisdictions. [PDF]

BMJ Open
Boyd M, Baker MG, Wilson N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Long‐term effects of economic depressions on wealth

The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines the long‐term effects of economic depressions – defined as multi‐year peak‐to‐trough GDP declines of at least 10 percent – experienced until young adulthood on the wealth distribution and portfolio allocation of older individuals in Europe.
Viola Angelini, Irene Ferrari
wiley   +1 more source

Heterogeneity in gender differences in self-reported political preferences, trust, and well-being across 39 European countries. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Yang Y, Johannesson M, Fossen F, Neyse L, Holzmeister F.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Internet, Inequality, and Regime Stability

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the link between income inequality and political instability, focusing on the moderating role of Internet penetration. Using data from over 120 countries (1996–2020), we find a conditional relationship: in low‐Internet countries, higher inequality associates with lower instability, likely due to limited political awareness ...
Mohammad Reza Farzanegan, Hassan F. Gholipour   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lower birth rate, greater female dementia risk: global and regional patterns and public health implications. [PDF]

Future Sci OA
You W.
europepmc   +1 more source

What's Hard Is Yet to Come: Critical Junctures and Changing Gender Beliefs at the Transition From College to Career

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing on 71 interviews with 20 respondents across four waves before and after their graduation, we explore whether and how the transition from college to career can lead to new experiences with and understandings of gender inequality for elite graduates of color. While all respondents experienced or witnessed gender inequality and recognized
Emily K. Carian, Amy L. Johnson
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Fiscal Policy for Sugar-Sweetened Beverages on Reducing the Burden of Disease and Healthcare Costs in Brazil: A Simulation Study. [PDF]

Nutrients
Nucci LB, Amies-Cull B, Sarti FM, Conde WL, Enes CC.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to improve access to blood in low‐ and middle‐income countries: Current challenges and opportunities

Vox Sanguinis, EarlyView.
Abstract Blood transfusion is life‐saving for patients in emergencies, but low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) often face a severe shortage of banked blood. Establishing blood banks in rural areas presents substantial logistical and economic challenges for many LMICs.
Suvro Sankha Datta, Ritwick Mondal, Shramana Deb, Giuseppe Tortora, Angela Pirri   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source