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Does mandatory saving reduce voluntary saving? Evidence from a pension reform
Get PDFRecently, mandatory pension contributions in Iceland were increased substantially in the private sector while
remaining unchanged in the public sector. Taking this as a large natural experiment, this paper studies the
effects of this change on households’ voluntary saving, using comprehensive third-party reported information
on income, assets, and debt for all taxpayers. Using difference-in-differences, ee find that households do not
reduce voluntary saving when faced with a rise in mandatory saving. Our results are supported by an event
study of workers switching from the private sector to the public sector. Survey evidence suggests widespread
ignorance about the pension system
Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Morals and Policy Amy Elkington (London & NY: Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2025), pp. 224, £34.99 (ppk). ISBN 978-1032527826.
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Output costs of education and skill mismatch in OECD countries
Get PDFWe quantify the output costs of education and skills mismatch for 17 OECD economies, using a calibrated model of vertical mismatch. Eliminating the frictions generating mismatch would raise output by 3% to 4% on average, varying between 0.5% to 9% across countries. Although the education and skill mismatch measures are constructed using different methods and differ in size, the output costs are similar between the two measures
Digital Preservation and Archiving: Safeguarding the Future of Digital Scholarly Journals
No full textDigital journals are now the norm for accessing scholarly information in the twenty-first century. Researchers have become accustomed to having information at their fingertips. Yet, how secure are these resources? In this talk, Professor Martin Paul Eve will examine the systems of digital preservation that we have in place and appraise the extent of their uptake, based on a study of 7m items with digital object identifiers (DOI). The conclusion is that there is much about which to be alarmed: our digital heritage is far less secure than we would like to imagine
The work-life interface and global diversity management
Get PDFWhile organizations may claim they want their employees to ‘bring their whole selves to work’, this is not always matched by organizational policies and practices facilitating genuine inclusion for employees with diverse nonwork-related commitments. This chapter explores the interface between employees’ work and personal life in the context of global diversity management. It examines diverse ways in which work and ‘life’ roles are conceptualised and positioned relative to one another, as well as cross-cultural variation in personal life role demands and resources. Variation in organizational work-life policy approaches across national contexts are identified along with impacts for diversity management, including in multinational enterprises. The chapter concludes by positing that HRM and diversity management functions in organizations need to be more closely aligned to fully leverage the benefits of work-life initiatives for attracting, retaining and supporting a diverse workforce. Directions for future work-life-related research in the diversity management literature are identified
Thinking black and decolonial feminist in higher education: a black British womanist perspective
No full textBook synopsis: How do different gender identities interact with the key challenge of decolonising higher education?
Editor Jan Etienne brings together a range of experiences from a diverse group of feminist scholars to explore how perspectives of race, class, gender, and social identity can impact and inform decolonising activism.
Ideal reading for students of Gender Studies, Critical Race Theory Studies, Black Studies, Decolonial Studies, Activism Studies, and other related and interdisciplinary courses, this book will be of interest to all scholars interested in the decolonisation of the higher education curriculum
Exploring the development of face recognition across childhood via logistic mixed-effects modelling of the standardized Cambridge Face Memory Test
Get PDFIndividual differences in face identity recognition abilities are present across the lifespan, but require developmentally differentiated methods of assessment. Here, we examine the empirical validity of a widely-used face identity recognition measure, the Cambridge Face Memory Test for Children (CFMT-C). Logistic mixed-effects modelling of a large data set (607 children, 5 – 12 years) replicates and extends the findings of the only previous normative study of the CFMT-C (Croydon et al., 2014). This novel analytical approach enables us to take into account sources of variability typically overlooked in a classical analysis. We consider variability introduced by the task, alongside variability across children, to provide the first comprehensive characterisation of the interactive effects of factors inherent to participants (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity), and the test (stage: face learning, simple recognition, harder recognition) on face memory performance. In line with past findings we clearly observed age-related improvement in the task. Additionally, for the first time we report that this developmental effect is significantly more pronounced in the later, harder stages of the task; that there is an effect of gender, with females having better performance; and that consideration of participant ethnicity or testing context did not alter the best fitting model of these data. These results highlight the value of applying multi-level statistical models to characterise the factors driving performance variability, providing evidence of the divergence in recognition abilities across genders, and confirming the stability of the CFMT-C in assessing face recognition abilities across variable experimental contexts and with diverse participant groups
The politics of mysticism and the Mexican Baroque in the Spanish Republican exile film: Cantar de los cantares [Song of Songs] (Manuel Altolaguirre, 1959)
Get PDFAlthough practically unknown, Cantar de los cantares, the last film directed by Manuel Altolaguirre, is the most representative of his aesthetic and religious interests. Cantar takes the masterpiece of mysticism adapted by Fray Luis de León and recreates and reinterprets it in a Mexican setting. Its plot is essentially a mystical representation of the Bride/Church’s quest for her Bridegroom/God, which leads her through different Mexican natural landscapes and iconic elements of pre-Columbian and (especially) New Spanish Baroque architecture and sculpture. This article begins by analysing the film as a formal exploration of the capacities of cinematic language applied to a classic text of mysticism that reflect developments in film history later defined by Deleuze with the concept of the time-image. It then considers the extent to which Cantar articulates a coherent, celebratory vision of the role of Catholicism and, by extension, the Spanish conquest of Mexico. It concludes by arguing that an interpretation along these lines explains why the film was viewed favourably by the Franco regime and accepted for screening out of competition at the San Sebastián Film Festival in 1959
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