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The Economics of US Civil War Conscription [PDF]

The US government had limited power during the Civil War, including an inability to tax income. Similar to conscription plans considered in the War of 1812, Civil War conscription was not intended to compel service, but was a second-best plan to shift ...
Timothy J. Perri
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Clearing the Air: How Fine Particulate Matter Regulations Reshape Farmland Values in U.S. Corn and Soybean Regions

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of air quality regulations targeting fine particulate matter (PM2.5) on farmland values in corn and soybean producing counties in the United States over the period 1997–2022. Using self‐reported farmland value data from the Agricultural Census and county‐level pollution classifications provided by the Environmental ...
Cécile Couharde, Rémi Generoso
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating Hybrid Work in Organizations: A Strategic HRM Perspective to Pursue Vertical and Horizontal Alignment

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological advancements and, more recently, the COVID‐19 pandemic have accelerated the transition toward hybrid workplaces. Even though the design of appropriate HRM practices is recognized as an important factor in ensuring an effective transition toward hybrid work environments, existing research has offered limited insights into how ...
Sara Bonesso, Laura Cortellazzo, Giovanna Afeltra   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation Approach and Controller Design Guidelines for Subsequent Commutation Failure in Hybrid Multi-Infeed HVDC System

Electronics
Due to the difference in output characteristics between the line-commutated converter-based high-voltage direct current (LCC-HVDC) and voltage-source converter-based high-voltage direct current (VSC-HVDC), the hybrid multi-infeed high-voltage direct current (HMIDC) presents complex coupling characteristics.
Hui Fang, Hongji Xiang, Zhiwei Lei, Junpeng Ma, Zhongyi Wen, Shunliang Wang   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

Mobile Work: Handcart and Bicycle Workers Across the Urban Economy of Greater Accra Region

Area, EarlyView.
Short Abstract This article explores the role of handcart and bicycle workers—mobile workers—in the urban economy of Accra and Tema, Ghana. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, it shows how their practices of food vending, e‐waste collection and mobile trade exemplify a form of relational infrastructure that sustains urban life through improvisation ...
Kauê Lopes dos Santos, Livia Cangiano Antipon   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Child Welfare Workers' Assessments of Suspected Violence in the Context of Family Law Disputes

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Information about violence in the family can be challenging for child welfare (CW) workers to assess when parents are simultaneously involved in a family law dispute. The aim of this study is to analyse how assessments of suspected violence in the family are described in CW investigations in Sweden when the child's parents are involved in a ...
Gabriella Alner Knutsson, Åsa Källström   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extreme weather and economic crisis in the 1430s in England, and the implications for tenurial change

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The 1430s were characterized by extreme weather conditions, food and fodder shortages, and high mortalities among animals and humans, although the severity of events and their consequences in England have received limited attention. The economic downturn and the depressed customary land market in this decade marked the beginning of the Great ...
Mark Bailey
wiley   +1 more source

A multi‐level process perspective on refugee workplace integration

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Prior research has suggested the need for complementary efforts by multiple stakeholders (government, NGOs, employers) to support workplace integration for refugees, but has paid less attention to how such programs are developed and enacted in specific settings, and how they then influence refugees' workplace integration trajectories.
Vedran Omanović, Ann Langley
wiley   +1 more source

An Autoethnography of My Experiences of Undergoing Fertility Treatment While Working as an Academic

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, I provide an autoethnographic account of my experiences of undergoing fertility treatment while working in a higher education institution in the United Kingdom. My autoethnographic reflections are situated in the context of neoliberal academia, characterized by high pressures to perform. Despite the prevalence of infertility and
Samantha Wilkinson
wiley   +1 more source

Culture of Revenge: Analysing Blood Revenge in Pakistan's Tribal Areas

The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Revenge is a widespread phenomenon present in every culture. It is defined as a motivated retaliation against an offense or wrongdoing perceived as harmful or a violation of moral norms. Previous psychological research views revenge as an expressive action done for personal satisfaction.
Muhammad Asif, Fayaz Muhammad, Matthew Light, Hina Fazal   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source