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The G.I. Bill and underemployment
Abstract Recent veteran college graduates report experiencing high levels of underemployment, which have a negative impact on their well‐being and hinder their successful transition to civilian life. This paper quantifies the scope of this problem by estimating the impact of World War II, Vietnam War, and Post‐9/11 G.I.
Ciprian Domnisoru
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THE FORMATION OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY IN THE CONTEXT OF WORLD EVENTS OF THE XX CENTURY
The article retrospectively considers oil development history starting from the first use of the «black gold» in prehistoric times, first oil well drilling and ending with the oil industry development on the international level In the XX century.
Mokrova E.M.
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Rachael Goldberg's review of multiple WWI ...
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Abstract Housework is central to feminist calls for recognition of women's work, economic histories explaining the sexual division of labour, and claims regarding the progressive role of scientific knowledge. Yet little is known about the time it actually took. We address this lacuna.
Sara Horrell, Jane Humphries
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The negative effects of obesity on the cardiovascular health have drawn much attention. Weight-adjusted-waist index (WWI) has been proved to reflect weight-independent centripetal obesity.
Zheng Qin +7 more
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When Great Powers Struggle: How Geopolitical Alignments of Small States Are Influenced by Their MNEs
Abstract Comparing two distinct deglobalization periods, this study shows how Finnish multinational enterprises (MNEs) used corporate diplomatic activities (CDA) to influence Finland's alignment with a struggling great power. Drawing from hegemonic stability theory and new institutional economics, we argue that the power's collapsing global networks ...
Saara Matala, Christian Stutz
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Abstract Researchers have highlighted that institutional contexts affect the transnational diffusion of knowledge. However, the influence of institutions on the flow of knowledge through cross‐national networks remains under‐theorized, limiting our understanding of the dynamics of knowledge creation and the factors that may hinder it.
Anna Spadavecchia
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Real and Apparent Deviations From Rational Choice
ABSTRACT This paper offers a taxonomy of real and apparent deviations from rationality. The taxonomy is based on three axes of divides—whereas the axes are successive refinements. The outermost‐axis divide delineates “anxiety‐based choices” from “anxiety‐free choices.” Anxiety‐based choices are real deviations such as the Allais and Ellsberg paradoxes ...
Elias L. Khalil
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The Conceptualization of Crusade During WWI
An examination of the concept of ‘crusade’ as seen in the English-speaking World before and during the First World War. Defining Crusade as a concept along five standard lines the paper shows how ‘crusade was used in popular culture, politics and the historical record.
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ABSTRACT The paper examines the financial balances of the US economy. Government is the main borrower and households and the foreign sector the main lenders. Business net lending is minimal. The balances and their underlying transactions contradict the loanable funds theory and its “global savings glut” variation.
Michalis Nikiforos, Lance Taylor
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