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Connectivity and Selective Rural Migration

open access: yesInternational Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How does infrastructure shape rural development? Using household panel data from a nationally representative sample of Chinese villages, matched to high‐resolution highway maps, we find that road expansion between 2000 and 2015 operates mainly through reallocation, with less productive farmers scaling down or exiting and more productive ...
Lin Ma   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Time Travel Possible? Accidental Signs as Sociolinguistic “Wormholes”

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sociolinguistics primarily focuses on deliberately staged public signs, while relatively less attention has been given to ephemeral and non‐deliberate signs in urban environments. This study investigates “ accidental signs,” which are hidden historical texts suddenly exposed by unpredictable events.
Ge SONG (宋歌)
wiley   +1 more source

Keep on Keepin’ on Down Under: Administrative Heritage and the Strategic Realignment of Multinational Enterprises in Australia During Deglobalization, 1914–79

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract We analyse the behaviour of multinational enterprises (MNEs) within a host nation – Australia – during deglobalization (1914–79). Deglobalization is often portrayed as a drastic event to which MNEs respond swiftly, probably through withdrawal from host countries.
Pierre Van der Eng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Infrastructure Shocks and Regional Resilience: Evidence From the 2012 Cologne‐Leverkusen Bridge Closure

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The unexpected 2012 closure of a key bridge on the Rhine River near Cologne, Germany was an exogenous shock to businesses and residents nearby. We exploit this event as a quasi‐experiment to study the impact of this critical infrastructure shock on the region.
Jeffrey P. Cohen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated Optimization of Weekly Scheduling for Urban Rail Transit Vehicles: Task Assignment, Maintenance, Washing, and Parking

open access: yesUrban Rail Transit
Efficient weekly scheduling, including task assignments, maintenance, washing, and parking, for urban rail transit vehicles is essential for reducing operational costs and ensuring smooth depot operations.
Yaqiong Zhao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Home sweet harm: Confinement and tranquilidad in post‐asylum Peru

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how Peru's Community Mental Health (CMH) model contributes to the exclusion and home confinement of mentally ill individuals. Based on the experience of a woman diagnosed with schizophrenia and her mother, I show how CMH's emphasis on community‐based care often fails in practice, as neighbors respond to people with mental
Julio Villa‐Palomino
wiley   +1 more source

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