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Social capital, collective efficacy and the provision of social support services and amenities by municipalities in the Netherlands [PDF]
, 2016 Differential provision of local services and amenities has been proposed as a mechanism behind the relationship between social capital and health. The aim of this study was to investigate whether social capital and collective efficacy are related to the ...
Waverijn, Geeke +6 more
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The social and political context of formal dementia care provision [PDF]
, 2002 Dementia care is in transition, and the potential exists for a radical reform of the provision of services to people with dementia. Recent developments in Scotland based on the report of the Royal Commission on Long Term Care, With Respect to Old Age ...
Innes, Anthea
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A review of conservation-related benefit-sharing mechanisms in Tanzania
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 Benefit-sharing has been instrumental in empowering local communities living on the edge of protected areas to engage in natural resource management and enhance biodiversity conservation outcomes. Tanzania has various categories of protected area managed
Juma J. Kegamba +3 more
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Outsourcing Public Services to the Social Services System
Управленческое консультирование, 2021 Goals and objectives. The article is devoted to the issue of modernizing the Russian sphere of providing public social services to the population with a social service system using outsourcing technology. The problems inherent in traditional industry of
I. S. Orlova, G. M. Tsinchenko
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Happiness, taxes and social provision: A note
Economics Letters, 2015 AbstractThis paper has analyzed the effects of the ratio between taxes and social provision on population well-being for ten European countries. The linkages between what citizens would expect in return of the taxes paid and their well-being have clearly become stronger after the crisis and it should be taken into account in the debate on public ...
Albanese, Marina +3 more
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#ContextMatters! A network tree approach to model the link between social media use and well-being
Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 2023 Use of social networking sites (SNS) has been related to both positive as well as more detrimental outcomes, where effects of SNS use on functioning may be moderated by contextual factors. The coronavirus pandemic provides a context in which intensity of
Kristof Hoorelbeke +3 more
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La provisión de servicios públicos municipales: ¿un movimiento pendular? / The provision of public social services: pendulum oscillations? [PDF]
Barataria, 2019 The article aims at discussing the institutionalization of the delivery of public services (such as sanitation, waste management, etc.), and personal social services (such as elderly care) in selected European countries (UK, France, Germany and Sweden ...
Hellmut Wollmann
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Incentive Provision and Pro-Social Behaviors [PDF]
Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2017 Individuals’ pro-social behaviors are driven by altruistic and selfish motivations. In this paper we explore how the introduction of external incentives would influence one’s pro-social behavior both in the short term and in the long run. Using a large data set on Amazon product reviews, we design a quasiexperimental approach where we combine a ...
Dandan Qiao +3 more
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Public Good Provision in Indian Rural Areas : The Returns to Collective Action by Microfinance Groups [PDF]
, 2015 Self-help groups (SHGs) are the most common form of microfinance in India. The authors provide evidence that SHGs, composed of women only, undertake collective actions for the provision of public goods within village communities.
Paolo Casini +5 more
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Human-Centred Design in UK Asylum Social Protection
Social Sciences, 2022 This paper considers United Kingdom welfare provision for asylum seekers in the context of social protection scholarship, policy discourse more commonly associated with international development.
Michelle L. James +1 more
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