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Successive negative contrast: An appropriate approach to measure affective state in dogs?
Animal WelfareSuccessive negative contrast (SNC) is a decrease in response when animals unexpectedly face reward devaluation to levels below those of animals always receiving low-value rewards.
Ana Catarina Vieira de Castro +3 more
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Dundee Discussion Papers in Economics 146:Welfare state, market imperfections and international trade [PDF]
, 2003 Within a two-sector-two-country model of trade with aggregate scale economies and unionisation, a more generous welfare state in one country increases welfare in that country and can have positive spillover effects on the other. Furthermore, synchronised
Molana, Hassan, Montagna, Catia
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Behavioural decisions & welfare [PDF]
, 2010 If decision-makers (DMs) do not always do what is in their best interest, what do choices reveal about welfare? This paper shows how observed choices can reveal whether the DM is acting in her own best interest.
Dalton, Patricio S., Ghosal, Sayantan
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, 2020 The first part of this chapter describes the main features of the Spanish Welfare State, trying to place it in a comparative perspective. The second part identifies the socioeconomic and political factors which explain its evolution since the beginning of the new century to the current situation, focusing on the attempts at recalibration of the system ...
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From Wealth to Welfare: The Evolution of Liberalism
, 1951 Hugh K. Hawk, Harry K. Girvetz
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Transforming Front-Line Child Welfare Practice: The Impacts of Institutional Settings on Services, Employment Environments, Children, and Families (SYNTHESIS REPORT) [PDF]
, 2010 In 2006, the Ontario government launched an ambitious and multi-faceted Transformation Agenda for child welfare services. Among this Agenda’s objectives was the development of more cooperative helping relationships in child welfare, reducing the system’s
Cameron, Gary +2 more
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How does the introduction of ‘choice’ affect the pooling of risks in European welfare states? The case of long-term care [PDF]
, 2009 Ongoing reforms of European welfare states that aim at increasing ‘choice’ for patients, clients, and beneficiaries provide a unique opportunity to explore what exactly drives these reforms and how they reconstitute communities of economic risks ...
Costa-Font, Joan +2 more
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Blue whales and seismic surveying in Australia [PDF]
Blue whale populations were devastated in the last century by commercial whaling, which reduced blue whales from a quarter of a million to just a few hundred animals. Australian waters are home to both the Antarctic blue whale and a smaller sub- species,
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
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