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Electric Car Sharing as an Interdisciplinary Test Ground of Various Fields of Study
Studia i Materiały, 2020 The aim of the article is to present car sharing, with particular emphasis on electric car sharing, as an interdisciplinary research area. This applies not only to social sciences – management (strategy or marketing), sociology, economics (including the ...
Grzegorz Tchorek +8 more
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Introduction: Migration and Unequal Positions in a Transnational Perspective
Social Inclusion, 2021 How does spatial mobility influence social mobility and vice versa? Often, the ‘objective’ structural positions on the one hand, and the ‘subjective’ definition of social positions on the other hand, are not considered together.
Thomas Faist +2 more
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Insights into the Use of Social Comparison in Migrants’ Transnational Social Positioning Strategies
Social Inclusion, 2021 This article discusses the role of social comparisons in the processes through which migrants make sense of their own social position from a transnational perspective. Migrants are often involved in transnational forms of life which influence their forms
Inka Stock
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Homophily and the Speed of Social Mobilization: The Effect of Acquired and Ascribed Traits [PDF]
PLoS ONE 9(4): e95140. 2014, 2014 Large-scale mobilization of individuals across social networks is becoming increasingly prevalent in society. However, little is known about what affects the speed of social mobilization. Here we use a framed field experiment to identify and measure properties of individuals and their relationships that predict mobilization speed.
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Local Festivals - the Visible and Invisible Benefits for Local Communities: an Empirical View
Проблеми на постмодерността, 2022 The article presents the results of in-depth interviews and focus group discussions held in Sadovo, Elin Pelin, Gabrovo, Bolyartsi, Novi Han and Pozharevo within a project “Local festivals: A resource of local communities for coping with crises”, funded
Kamelia Petkova
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Mobility in the information society: a holistic model
Educational Technology Quarterly, 2023 Ukraine’s National Strategy for Education Development aims to align its education system with global standards and sustainable development goals. One of the key objectives is to integrate higher education with European norms, offer diverse educational ...
Mykola I. Striuk +2 more
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019 Significance Growing up in neighborhoods with concentrated violence, incarceration, and lead exposure predicts lower intergenerational income mobility and higher adult incarceration of poor black males, after accounting for commonly studied factors such ...
Robert A. Manduca, R. Sampson
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The Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility
, 2018 We construct a publicly available atlas of children's outcomes in adulthood by Census tract using anonymized longitudinal data covering nearly the entire U.S. population. For each tract, we estimate children's earnings distributions, incarceration rates,
Raj Chetty +4 more
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Beyond Poverty Escapes—Social Mobility in Developing Countries: A Review Article
The World Bank Research Observer, 2019 While social mobility in advanced economies has received extensive scholarly attention, crucial knowledge gaps remain about the patterns and determinants of income, educational, and occupational mobility in developing countries.
V. Iversen, A. Krishna, K. Sen
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Regional disparities in Social Mobility of India [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Rapid rise in income inequality in India is a serious concern. While the emphasis is on inclusive growth, it seems difficult to tackle the problem without looking at the intricacies of the problem. The Social Mobility Index is an important tool that focuses on bringing long-term equality by identifying priority policy areas in the country.
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