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A Microfoundation for Increasing Returns in Human Capital Accumulation and the Under-Participation Trap [PDF]
This paper considers educational investment, wages and hours of market work in an imperfectly competitive labour market with heterogeneous workers and home production.
Alison L. Booth, Melvyn Coles
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On the undesirable repercussions of gender norms in an endogenous growth model
The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Sustainable growth has emerged as a critical policy challenge worldwide. We investigate the influence of conventional gender norms on fertility and economic growth to explain the phenomena recently observed across high‐income countries. To this end, we construct an overlapping generations model with endogenous fertility and labor supply ...
Ryo Sakamoto, Katsunori Minami
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Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.Abstract The effect of natural blue space on subjective well‐being and self‐perceived stress among residents of Përmet, Albania (N = 203), with 80.3 per cent of whom reside within 1 km of the Vjosa River was examined. Three exposure indicators – visit frequency, proximity and time spent in the river surroundings – were focused on using the PYER ...
Elena Kokthi +3 more
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Investment Patterns and Financial Leverage [PDF]
This study Investigates the influence of the type of investment opportunities facing a firm on its choice of capital structure. It is shown that the more discretionary investment opportunities a firm faces,the lower its financial leverage.
Ileen B. Malitz, Michael S. Long
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Learning Health Systems, Volume 10, Issue 3, July 2026.ABSTRACT Background Health systems around the world are investing in learning health system (LHS) infrastructure to strengthen their capacity to adapt, improve, and respond in real time. While prior work has focused on technical infrastructure, less is known about the conditions that enable learning to happen as envisioned.
Laura Desveaux +3 more
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Education and development projects in Brazil (1932-2004): political economy perspective
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2013 This paper discusses the long-run history of education policies in Brazil. It is suggested that the main reason for the educational backwardness was the existence of strong political interests over education.
Bernardo Stuhlberger Wjuniski
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Is Investment-Cash Flow Sensitivity Caused by the Agency Costs or Asymmetric Information? Evidence from the UK [PDF]
We investigate the investment-cash flow sensitivity of a large sample of the UK listed firms and confirm that investment is strongly cash flow-sensitive.Is this suboptimal investment policy the result of agency problems when managers with high discretion
Pawlina, G., Renneboog, L.D.R.
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Impactful Weather and Multi‐Hazard Events: Lived Experiences From Rural Scotland
Climate Resilience and Sustainability, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2026.This study explores stakeholders’ experiences of impactful weather events and multi‐hazards—whose frequency and severity are evolving due to climate change—using surveys of 43 participants and 12 follow‐up interviews from respondents in rural Scotland as a case study.
Lou Brett +2 more
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Climate Resilience and Sustainability, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2026.This study critically evaluates Tanzania's integration of health into its NDCs, highlighting systemic gaps in policy, financing, data, and workforce capacity. Comparative analysis with Rwanda, Bangladesh, Fiji, and Chile shows that robust governance, measurable health targets, and cross‐sectoral linkages strengthen resilience.
Samwel Manyele, Honest Anicetus
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UNDERINVESTMENT IN THE QUALITY OF SCHOOLING: THE RURAL FARM AREAS [PDF]
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Schultz, Theodore W.
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