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The Pink Tax: Price Discrimination, Product Differentiation, and Gender‐Based Pricing in Consumer Packaged Goods

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the economic mechanisms underlying persistent price gaps between products marketed to women and men, which is often referred to as the “Pink Tax.” Using NielsenIQ scanner data on toothbrushes, we provide evidence of gendered price differentials and analyze two mechanisms central to the literature: gender‐based price ...
Rong Zhang, Yu Yvette Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Machine learning-based method to detect capillary stalling using optical coherence tomography. [PDF]

open access: yesBiomed Opt Express
Assi J   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Experimental Investigation of Electrical Parameter Effects in Wire Arc Atomization of 316L Stainless Steel Powders for Additive Manufacturing

open access: yessteel research international, EarlyView.
This article presents wire arc atomization of 316L for the production of metallic powders used in additive manufacturing, with a systematic analysis of the influence of arc parameters on particle size. Through the application of dry sieving, scanning electron microscopy, and shape analysis, it is demonstrated that this technique is well‐suited for ...
Robin Grunert   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Time Stands Still: The Destructive Experience of Ambiguous Loss among Mothers of Combat Soldiers

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
What happens when stories refuse coherence? This article examines ambiguous loss among mothers of combat soldiers, focusing on how prolonged waiting and uncertainty infiltrate everyday life, eroding sensemaking. Drawing on ethnographic interviews, it explores how mothers experience the contraction of time and space—manifested in suspended routines ...
Shirly Bar‐Lev   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling the Paths from L2 Use and Socio‐Affective Variables to Communication Skills: A Mixed‐Methods Approach

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous research demonstrated that communication anxiety reduces L2 learners' willingness to communicate and communication frequency, but left unexplored its impact on performance. The current mixed‐methods study investigated factors impacting L2 communication skills.
Debra M. Hardison
wiley   +1 more source

Tracing the Change in the Status of a Language Teacher in University Governance through English Medium Instruction

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how a top‐down English medium instruction (EMI) decision changed a language teacher's status and participation in faculty governance in a graduate engineering school at a national university in Japan. Using a longitudinal single‐case design, the study follows one language teacher across the period from policy announcement
Ikuya Aizawa, Yuka Akiyama
wiley   +1 more source

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