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The G.I. Bill and underemployment

Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent veteran college graduates report experiencing high levels of underemployment, which have a negative impact on their well‐being and hinder their successful transition to civilian life. This paper quantifies the scope of this problem by estimating the impact of World War II, Vietnam War, and Post‐9/11 G.I.
Ciprian Domnisoru
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

Association of weight-adjusted waist index with preserved ratio impaired spirometry and all-cause mortality

Frontiers in Nutrition
BackgroundPreserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is considered an early indicator of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study aimed to investigate the association between weight-adjusted waist index (WWI) and PRISm, and the impact of
Xin Jiao, Xin Jiao, Xin Jiao, Linqi Huang, Luoqi Lin, Luoqi Lin, Luoqi Lin, Fanggang Zhu, Fanggang Zhu, Fanggang Zhu, Feiting Fan, Feiting Fan, Feiting Fan, Jingmin Xiao, Jingmin Xiao, Jingmin Xiao, Lei Wu, Lei Wu, Lei Wu, Lin Lin, Lin Lin, Lin Lin, Yuanbin Chen, Yuanbin Chen, Yuanbin Chen   +24 more
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When Great Powers Struggle: How Geopolitical Alignments of Small States Are Influenced by Their MNEs

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Comparing two distinct deglobalization periods, this study shows how Finnish multinational enterprises (MNEs) used corporate diplomatic activities (CDA) to influence Finland's alignment with a struggling great power. Drawing from hegemonic stability theory and new institutional economics, we argue that the power's collapsing global networks ...
Saara Matala, Christian Stutz
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge Will Always Get through: Inventors, International Networks, and Flows of Technological Knowledge between Britain and the United States in the Interwar Deglobalization Period

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Researchers have highlighted that institutional contexts affect the transnational diffusion of knowledge. However, the influence of institutions on the flow of knowledge through cross‐national networks remains under‐theorized, limiting our understanding of the dynamics of knowledge creation and the factors that may hinder it.
Anna Spadavecchia
wiley   +1 more source

The association between weight-adjusted-waist index and sarcopenia in adults: a population-based study

Scientific Reports
This study aims to investigate the relationship between weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI), a new body index, and sarcopenia, while also assessing the potential of WWI as a tool for screening sarcopenic patients.
Haojing Zhou, Hai Su, Yichen Gong, Lei Chen, Lihan Xu, Guoqian Chen, Peijian Tong   +6 more
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Real and Apparent Deviations From Rational Choice

Kyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper offers a taxonomy of real and apparent deviations from rationality. The taxonomy is based on three axes of divides—whereas the axes are successive refinements. The outermost‐axis divide delineates “anxiety‐based choices” from “anxiety‐free choices.” Anxiety‐based choices are real deviations such as the Allais and Ellsberg paradoxes ...
Elias L. Khalil
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of triglyceride glucose-weight adjusted waist index and its cumulative exposure on stroke risk: a nationwide prospective cohort study

Lipids in Health and Disease
Background Insulin resistance and obesity are significant factors contributing to the incidence of stroke. The present research examines the association between stroke risk and both the triglyceride glucose-weight adjusted waist index (TyG-WWI, a ...
Shiming He, Yinghao Kuang, Xinfang Huang, Yafei Jian, Jinyan Zhang, Wanfen Huang, Yang Zou, Guotai Sheng, Wei Wang, Hongyi Yang   +9 more
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Acute Effects of Short-Term Warm Water Immersion on Arterial Stiffness and Central Hemodynamics

Frontiers in Physiology, 2021
Warm water immersion (WWI) has a potentially favorable effect on vascular health. However, the effects of short-term WWI on vascular function and central hemodynamics remain unclear.
Jun Sugawara, Tsubasa Tomoto, Tsubasa Tomoto   +2 more
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How Are “Financial Balances” Financed? Wicksell, (Keynes) and the US Mainstream Don't Fit Today's Institutions; Kalecki, Triffin, and Minsky Got it Right

Metroeconomica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper examines the financial balances of the US economy. Government is the main borrower and households and the foreign sector the main lenders. Business net lending is minimal. The balances and their underlying transactions contradict the loanable funds theory and its “global savings glut” variation.
Michalis Nikiforos, Lance Taylor
wiley   +1 more source