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An empirical analysis of percentage tax designation to the catholic church and other social entities in Spain

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Since 2007, the Spanish State's contribution to funding the Catholic Church comes from what is known as the ‘tax allocation’ (asignación tributaria). It is a pure system of percentage tax designation consisting of 0.7% of the tax liability of taxpayers who decide to tick the relevant box on their personal income tax form.
Ángela Castillo‐Murciego, Julio López‐Laborda, Guillermo Peña   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health Research Funders and Justice: Obligations to Coordinate and Counterbalance

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Government health research funders are frequently criticized on the grounds that their distribution of resources fails to reflect a population's disease burden. These critiques do not take into account what other research funders are doing. In this paper, I argue that this is a mistake.
Joseph Millum
wiley   +1 more source

What is the Impact of the Benefit Cap and two‐child Limit on the Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People in the UK? A Rapid Review of Qualitative Evidence

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past 15 years, the UK government has implemented significant welfare reforms. This paper reports a rapid review of qualitative data about the impact of the benefit cap and two‐child limit on children and young people's health and wellbeing. Four peer‐reviewed journal articles and 21 grey literature sources were included.
Hannah Fairbrother, Nicholas Woodrow, Lindsay Blank, Mark Clowes, Mandy Cheetham   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The commercialization of labour markets: Evidence from wage inequality in the Middle Ages

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper moves beyond the focus on ‘average’ wage trends in pre‐industrial economies by examining the broad diversity of pay rates and forms of remuneration across occupations and regions in medieval England. We find that whilst some workers enjoyed substantial growth in wage rates after the Black Death, there was a large group who ...
Jordan Claridge, Vincent Delabastita, Spike Gibbs   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Elbow grease and yellow soap’: Housework time in working‐class households in late‐nineteenth and early twentieth‐century Britain

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
wiley   +1 more source

Regional and local divergence in welfare provision in England and Wales, 1776–1815

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article uses the township‐level data on welfare expenditure and provision gathered by parish officers in England and Wales at three points between 1776 and 1815 to illuminate regional and local differences during the period. These data have been linked to geographic information system (GIS) mapping systems, facilitating the mapping of ...
John Broad
wiley   +1 more source

Compliance risk management strategies for tax administrations in developing countries : a case study of the Malaysian revenue authority [PDF]

The aim of this study is to achieve a better understanding of risk management as practised by tax administrations of developed countries and to ascertain what prevents the developing countries from managing risks efficiently and effectively.
Mahmood, Marhaini
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Impacts of coal smoke on infant mortality: Evidence from industrializing Japan

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the health consequences of coal smoke during Japan's early industrialization. Using fixed‐effects models and a prefecture‐level panel dataset on actual coal consumption and infant mortality from 1899 to 1910, this study finds that higher coal consumption was positively associated with infant mortality.
Tatsuki Inoue
wiley   +1 more source

Employment Protection and Bank Dividends: Evidence From Wrongful Discharge Laws

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using the staggered adoption of the good faith exception to U.S. wrongful discharge laws, we examine the causal effect of employment protection and firing costs on bank dividend payouts. We find stronger employment protection significantly reduces dividends, with good faith adoption lowering payouts by 7% relative to the mean. In line with the
Alessio Bongiovanni, Joshua Cave
wiley   +1 more source