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Ethnic Diversity in Compulsory Schooling and Occupational Choices: Can Diversity Increase the Supply in Care‐Oriented Occupations

open access: yesIndustrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of ethnic diversity on occupational choices, particularly in care‐oriented occupations which are scarce in many high‐income countries. We use administrative data of all students in Switzerland to study two diversity dimensions: ethnic fractionalization and ethnic polarization.
Damiano Pregaldini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thinking culturally about place [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper explains the bases for an alternative approach to place branding and marketing, based on the disciplines of Cultural Mapping and Cultural Planning.
Bianchini, F, Ghilardi, L
core   +1 more source

Hook or hatchet – Lover 's Lane, love scene epilogue

open access: yesEtnoantropološki Problemi, 2016
Myth of a couple who escape death in a chance encounter with the psychopath with a hook instead of a hand, is one of the ten classic urban legends that have been brought to public attention by folklorists during the sixth and seventh decade of the ...
Ivan Kovačević
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The State of the Upper Bay of Panama Wetlands: Ecological Significance, Environmental Policy, Urbanization, and Social Justice

open access: yes, 2014
I conducted this research while studying abroad with SIT Panama: Tropical Ecology, Marine Ecosystems, and Biodiversity Conservation. This is a multidisciplinary investigation of the Upper Bay of Panama wetlands, a 49,000 hectare region east of Panama ...
Price, Madeline A.
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Text and Context: Teaching Native American Literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
Silence is a major value in Native American culture, for silence is the token of acceptance, the symbol of peace and serenity, and the outward expression of harmony between the human and natural worlds.
Hoeveler, Diane
core   +1 more source

Impact of $Z^{\prime}$ and UED parameters on different asymmetries in $B_{s} \to \phi \ell^{+} \ell^{-}$ decays

open access: yes, 2013
A comprehensive study of the impact of new-physics on different observables for $B_{s}\to \phi \ell^{+}\ell^{-}$ has been done. We examine the new physics models such as $Z^{\prime}$ and UED models, where the effects of new physics coming through the ...
Ahmed, Ishtiaq   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Contrasting patterns of population structure in two habitat‐forming kelp species in southeastern Australia

open access: yesJournal of Phycology, EarlyView.
Abstract The distribution and connectivity of species around the globe are changing at a rapid pace. Increasing sea temperatures are a driving factor of changes in temperate macroalgal distributions. Southeast Australia is considered a global ocean‐warming hotspot, where macroalgal populations are predicted to decline significantly by 2100.
Finn J. Ryder   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do statistical myths and urban legends matter for the sustainability of strategy research? : the case of moderation analysis [PDF]

open access: yes
Statistical and methodological myths and urban legends (MULs) are perpetuated truisms which in reality are not true. It is widely believed that MULs can perpetuate incorrect methodological decisions, lead to misapplications of analyses, produce ...
Bergh, Donald   +3 more
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The role of urban living labs in a smart city [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In a rapidly changing socio-technical environment cities are increasingly seen as main drivers for change. Against this backdrop, this paper studies the emerging Urban Living Lab and Smart City concepts from a project based perspective, by assessing a ...
Baccarne, Bastiaan   +3 more
core  

The Demographic and Social Construction of Super‐Diversity

open access: yesPopulation and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The concept of super‐diversity posits that waves of immigration over several decades expand population heterogeneity on multiple social, demographic, economic, political, and legal dimensions, creating a mosaic of social and cultural life in immigrant‐rich spaces.
James O'Donnell, James Raymer
wiley   +1 more source

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