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The policy adjacent: How affordable housing generates policy feedback among neighboring residents

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While scholars have documented feedback effects among a policy's direct winners and losers, less is known about whether such effects can occur among the indirectly affected—“the policy adjacent.” Using 458 geocoded housing developments built between two nearly identical statewide ballot propositions funding affordable housing in California, we
Michael Hankinson, Asya Magazinnik, Melissa Sands   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of fraud in Europe: Causes and effects. [PDF]

Heliyon
Ramos S, Perez-Lopez JA, Abreu R, Nunes S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The public agglomeration effect: Urban–rural divisions in government efficiency and political preferences

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Why and when do cities vote for the left? The emergence of the urban–rural divide in the United States in the 1930s is inconsistent with canonical theories of cleavages. This paper introduces an explanation: agglomeration effects. The provision of government services is more efficient in urban environments because of nonrivalries, economies of
Theo Serlin
wiley   +1 more source

Vulgar things: Moral dilemmas of luxury consumption in an unequal society. [PDF]

J Consum Cult
Huigen B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Information Discrimination and Its Implications on Distributing Healthcare Costs Fairly

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When healthcare resources are scarce, they ought to be distributed fairly across society. For some theories of distribution, an assessment of individual health risk is required for a fair distribution of both healthcare resources and burdens. Despite this requirement, prevailing theories underappreciate the cost of information on health risk ...
Harisan U. Nasir
wiley   +1 more source

Licence Loss: Revocations of Residential Care Licences in Four Nordic Countries

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With placement in residential care, society assumes overall responsibility for a child's daily care, well‐being and development. How public authorities respond to poor care quality is of crucial importance. To guarantee quality care and minimise risks, welfare states increasingly develop different mechanisms and systems to supervise out‐of ...
David Pålsson, Elisabeth Backe‐Hansen, Tonje Gundersen, Laura Kalliomaa‐Puha, Mette Lausten, Tarja Pösö   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impacts of policies controlling the spatial availability of take-away alcohol on consumption and harms: A systematic narrative review. [PDF]

Addiction
Shakory S, Smith BT, Jansen R, Reel B, Hobin E.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Tax crimes: The fight goes digital

OECD Observer, 2018
openaire   +1 more source

Child Welfare Workers Located in the Urban Periphery: on the Geography of Discretion in Street‐Level Bureaucracies

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The location of public services impacts children's living and service‐reception conditions, as well as the work of child welfare service providers. Against the background of growing inequality and segregation in Sweden, this article explores the work of child welfare services when located in the urban periphery.
Tobias Jansson, Kajsa Nolbeck
wiley   +1 more source

The hole in the doughnut: Formalizing and testing a key model of degrowth

Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Degrowth scholars often claim that capitalism generates social and ecological imbalances, as captured by Kate Raworth's leading doughnut model. We formalize this model using social and environmental indices and measure imbalances using their coefficient of variation.
Ashruta Acharya, Vincent Geloso, Aleksander Psurek   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source