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URBAN AND RURAL DIFFERENCES IN UTILIZATION OF STATE EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT PROGRAMS: MINNESOTA'S EXPERIENCE [PDF]
This paper examines utilization rates of Minnesota's earned income tax credit program by households on welfare from 1992 through 1999. We examine urban and rural differences in the rate of filing an income tax return and receiving the earned income tax ...
Stinson, Thomas F., Hirasuna, Donald P.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Extensive research has shown that students from higher socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds generally outperform their lower SES peers. Nevertheless, some low SES students succeed, albeit it ‘against the odds.’ Coleman's (1988) theory of social capital in the family suggests that financial capital, human capital and social capital all affect
Fang Xu, Steve Strand
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Rural and urban dynamics and poverty: Evidence from China and India [PDF]
"Like many developing countries, China and India followed development strategies biased in favor of the urban sector over the last several decades. These development schemes have led to overall efficiency losses due to misallocation of resources among ...
Mukherjee, Anit +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Energy is a fundamental driver of economic growth, shaping productivity, industrialization, and long‐term economic resilience. In sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where energy access remains uneven and infrastructure is underdeveloped, understanding sector‐specific energy demand is essential for designing sustainable energy strategies.
Michael Appiah +3 more
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Sustainability Orientation and Entrepreneurial Performance in Resource‐Constrained Contexts
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how sustainability orientation shapes entrepreneurial performance in bottom‐of‐the‐pyramid (BoP) markets by theorizing responsible entrepreneurship as a central mechanism and BoP orientation as a contextual contingency. Using survey data from 283 small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana, we integrate perspectives
George Obeng Dankwah +5 more
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Addressing the Energy Trilemma: The Role of Entrepreneurship, Regulation, and Climate Finance
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Balancing energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability has become increasingly challenging as economies pursue low‐carbon growth amid climate risk and persistent disparities in access to modern energy. Although entrepreneurship is widely recognized as a driver of innovation, its role in addressing the energy trilemma ...
Kingsley Imandojemu +3 more
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Corporate ESG Greenwashing: Does Regulatory Proximity Matter?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) greenwashing undermines sustainable development, yet the influence of regulatory proximity on oversight is understudied. By introducing the “distance decay effect” from geoeconomics into ESG misconduct research and using a sample of Chinese listed firms from 2009 to 2022, this study reveals a ...
Weiqi Zhao +4 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Waste management remains a critical grand challenge in African countries. While entrepreneurship has been a viable strategy for addressing this challenge, it is fraught with constraints. This study investigates the strategies orchestrated by entrepreneurs to navigate adversity in Waste management and ensure the social and economic viability of
Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores how circular economy (CE) principles are incorporated in construction‐related policy roadmaps worldwide, addressing the growing need for effective resource strategies in a highly material‐intensive sector. National strategic CE documents from 57 countries were analyzed using natural language processing techniques, and then ...
Aidana Tleuken +5 more
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China's Income Distribution and Inequality [PDF]
We use a new method to estimate China’s income distributions based on publicly available interval summary statistics from China’s largest national household survey.
Ximing Wu, Jeffrey M. Perloff
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