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Moravian Geographical ReportsIn post-socialist countries, in recent years, scientific debate has focused on extensive and uncoordinated suburbanization, which has led to fragmented settlement expansion into rural areas increasingly distant from the core city.
Mantey Dorota
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Livestock often serves as self‐insurance against health shocks for rural households in developing countries. However, little is known about how public health insurance affects livestock production decisions. This paper fills the gap by examining the impact of China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) on household‐level livestock ...
Ran Li
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Who Makes the Far Right? Exploring Membership Application Data of the National Front of Australia
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.This paper addresses a problem for scholars examining the question of who supports far right political parties or movements. Due to the semi‐clandestine or oppositional nature of far right groups, historians, as well as those in adjacent disciplines, have often been unable to gain access to sufficient records or data to conduct analysis of who supports
Evan Smith, Lauren Pikó
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Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how Nishi‐Kawaguchi Chinatown, a Chinese ethnic enclave in suburban Tokyo, functions as a ‘socioeconomic emergency elevator’ for Chinese migrants. The enclave serves a dual purpose: offering refuge from social exclusion and facilitating upward socioeconomic mobility.
Hiroya Takamatsu
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Take It Easy! How Flexible Work Arrangements Bust the Commuting Life Satisfaction Nexus
Bulletin of Economic Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Commuting to work can negatively affect people's well‐being. This paper analyzes the effect of commuting distance on subjective well‐being for employees under different work time regimes. The analysis is based on data from the German Socio‐Economic Panel (GSOEP) for 2003–2021.
Marco Kühne
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How much biotic nativeness matters across human demographic groups
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Many central concepts of conservation biology—such as nativeness—are structured by ecological and social factors. However, the social consequences of using these concepts to make conservation decisions remain inadequately understood. Some researchers argue that nativeness, rather than acting as an objective proxy for important ecological ...
Harold N. Eyster, Rachelle K. Gould
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Honouring the Past, Embracing the Future
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract The United Church of Canada, founded in 1925, represents an ambitious experiment in church union that blends Methodist, Presbyterian, and Congregationalist traditions. Over the past century, the church has played a pivotal role in shaping Canadian society by advocating for social justice, Indigenous reconciliation, interreligious dialogue ...
Hyuk Cho
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Oral Frailty and Social Frailty Among Older Japanese
Gerodontology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To examine the association between oral frailty (OF) and social frailty (SF) among independent community‐dwelling older adults in Japan. Methods A cross‐sectional study was conducted using data from the 2022 wave of the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) including 19,319 functionally independent older adults aged ≥ 65 ...
Isi Susanti +4 more
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Residential expansion in the suburban fringe of Helsinki
Fennia: International Journal of Geography, 1971 This paper is a study of residential housing production in the suburban fringe of Helsinki in 1950–60. The regression models obtained indicate that, in each suburb, housing production was closely correlated to the number of residential buildings already in existence, to the distance from the CBD of Helsinki, and to the distance from the nearest main ...
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The unbearable (financial) burdens of parenting
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Alya Guseva
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