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How religion mediates the fertility response to maternity benefits

open access: yesEconomic Inquiry, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 508-532, April 2026.
Abstract Do religious beliefs affect responses to fertility incentives? We examine a 1982 maternity benefits expansion in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in a difference‐in‐differences framework with similar East European countries as comparisons. To isolate the importance of religion, we compare women who did and did not grow up in religious households ...
Elizabeth Brainerd, Olga Malkova
wiley   +1 more source

African Decolonial Theory: A Conversation

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
Abstract Antipode has become a key platform for engaging with decolonial and anticolonial scholarship, as well as adjacent fields such as Black geographies, Indigenous studies, Latin American feminism, and work on settler‐colonialism. African reference points in this literature, however, have been far less common, both in the journal and more broadly ...
Patricia Daley   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating Investment in Space Programs: A Case for Theoretical Pluralism

open access: yesFinancial Accountability &Management, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 19-35, February 2026.
ABSTRACT A perennial question repeatedly asked since the early Mercury (USA) and Salyut (then Soviet Union) space programs has been variations on the theme of “how can the cost of space exploration be justified?” This question—which in broad terms constitutes the research question considered in this paper—continues to be directed toward space agencies ...
Basil P. Tucker, Hank C. Alewine
wiley   +1 more source

Is Homo Economicus Performative? Evidence From a Beauty Contest Experiment With Mainstream and Non‐Mainstream Academic Economists

open access: yesKyklos, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 38-52, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Does studying mainstream microeconomics cause individuals to behave more like the textbook version of homo economicus? Most studies suggesting a positive answer have used student samples and focused on self‐interested behaviors in collective dilemma situations.
Mikhail Sokolov, Alexander Libman
wiley   +1 more source

Alliance Politics in the 21st Century Great Power Competition: A Power‐Balancing Coalition Framework

open access: yesAsia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT US‐China competition in the Indo‐Pacific is setting the stage for a new tale of alliance politics. To contain Beijingʼs expanding power and influence in the Indo‐Pacific, Washington is currently leading several coalitions, namely the US‐Japan Alliance, Quad, Squad, and AUKUS; To counter US balancing efforts, Beijing is now strengthening its ...
Brian C. H. Fong
wiley   +1 more source

PERCEPTION HISTORY OF PAUL ERNST’S ART IN RUSSIA

open access: yesФилологический класс, 2019
The article deals with the problem of the scientific perception history of the German writer Paul Ernst (1866–1933) in Russia. It explains the reasons for the persistent lack of interest to this writer in domestic (pre-revolutionary Russian, Soviet, and ...
doaj   +1 more source

A Polanyian Framework for Analyzing a Diverse Black‐Market Economy in Cuba

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Inspired by Carmen Diana Deere's work, we examine how planned economies, markets and communal economies interrelate to co‐produce Cuba's agricultural economy. We show the variety of noncapitalist practices interrelated with and embedded in the black market and how these interactions produce diverse ethics.
Federica Bono, John C. Finn
wiley   +1 more source

Social Human Complexity and Global Challenges: Theoretical, Methodological and Empirical Contributions for Transformative Change

open access: yesComplexity, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
This paper advances a framework for complexity‐informed action research as a mode of governance for addressing the contemporary polycrisis in socio‐ecological systems. It argues that knowledge is not merely representational but possesses causal power in shaping future system trajectories and that research and governance are inseparable, recursive ...
David S. Byrne   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reformulating the Critique of Human Capital Theory

open access: yesJournal of Economic Surveys, Volume 39, Issue 5, Page 1839-1851, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Despite criticism, human capital theory (HCT) has remained central for six decades to the teaching and practice of economics. This paper reformulates the critique of HCT, focusing on two aspects that are typically relegated to the margin.
Paul Auerbach, Francis Green
wiley   +1 more source

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