More than 30 US states have proposed or implemented legislation in recent years to stop the government and its pension funds from investing in environmental social and governance (ESG) funds. These products integrate ESG ...
Economics & Business
Jul 5, 2023
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Employment is believed to reduce the likelihood of criminal recidivism, but a criminal record is a significant barrier to employment. People with a criminal record are more likely to be unemployed or underemployed, or to ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2023
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Pastoralists are livestock keepers who are frequently on the move, sometimes across huge distances. Following mobile lifestyles and living far from centers of power, they are often inaccurately dismissed as backward and in ...
Environment
Jun 29, 2023
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As consumers, we are becoming more communal. Among other products we now share with strangers are shampoo and body wash in containers affixed to hotel suite showers as well as hand sanitizers in public dispensers at gyms, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2023
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For many, neighborhoods that offer children access to better resources, less crime and less violence often result in better opportunities for healthier and more prosperous lives. Indeed, researchers studying the effects of ...
Economics & Business
Jun 27, 2023
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Wildfires emit large amounts of smoke containing harmful pollutants that can drift for hundreds or thousands of miles away from their source, as shown by this summer's Canadian wildfires, which created air quality problems ...
Economics & Business
Jun 27, 2023
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Portfolio optimization is a crucial aspect of managing finances for institutions. It involves deciding how to distribute wealth among different assets. Traditional methods of portfolio optimization have limitations, especially ...
Economics & Business
Jun 21, 2023
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In a new study, researchers of the Complexity Science Hub highlight the connecting elements between traditional financial market research and econophysics. "We want to create an overview of the models that exist in financial ...
Mathematics
Jun 19, 2023
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A new study from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Vaasa sheds light on how digital-based start-ups, and especially platform businesses, can make use of digital artifacts in their international endeavors ...
Economics & Business
Jun 19, 2023
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Two pieces of landmark federal legislation intended to lessen the gender pay gap have long been deemed by many scholars to have been ineffectual. Despite the passage of the 1963 Equal Pay Act, signed into law 60 years ago ...
Economics & Business
Jun 15, 2023
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