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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Gender economics - VAW Nexus: Are the stories of Global North different?
No full textPresentation given at the campaign launch of "Zonta Says No to Violence against Women & Girls - 16 days of activism"
Are migrants good for the host country's economy?
No full textInternational migration is driven not only by push factors at countries of origin but also by pull factors at countries of destination. Immigrant workers often come to fill labour market gaps in destination countries, whether in jobs that native workers are no longer willing to take or filling in shortages in specific skills or sectors that are rapidly expanding and where the domestic labour force cannot meet the demand of the labour market. The fact that migrants fill in shortages in the labour market does not necessarily mean that they are good for the host country's economy
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Women Empowerment in Migration Index (WEMI): What have we learned for inclusive migration policy? Insights from the Gender-Sensitive Risks and Options Assessment for Decision Making (ROAD) to Support Work-in-Freedom Phase 2
No full textA presentation at a workshop titled "Empowering women migrant workers: Role of policy
Immigration and the economics of 'Silos': An anthology of empirical analyses with US datasets
No full textWestern liberal democracies have recently been engaged in an intense debate about the 'failure' of multiculturalism. It has been argued that public funding for multiculturalism provides incentives for some migrant
communities to remain isolated within their existing social groups thereby creating 'silos'. And that, as immigrants become increasingly disconnected from the wider society or country in which they reside, these 'silo' communities are breeding grounds for social unrest. The emerging paradigm shift in immigration policy across the globe promotes the idea of abandoning multiculturalism in favour of 'integration' and the associated prioritisation of host culture. The policy debates, however, lack the focus on economic rationale for 'integration'. Our investigation attempts to fill this gap by developing econometric modelis)to evaluate the aggregate economic outcomes of two social (/non-economic) variables, linguistic isolation and social segregation across two geographic units, US
metropolitan areas and US states
Denying the pleasure of scrumptious downtowns? : evidence on economics of diversity in the US
No full textThis paper investigates whether barriers to communication due to social diversity influence labour productivity across metropolitan areas in the United States. We contend that some forms of social diversity can increase the cost of communication and, thus, retard the diffusion and creation of productivity enhancing knowledge. We investigate this hypothesis using a panel dataset for three census years: 1980, 1990 and 2000, to estimate the economic impact of diversity on labour productivity (measured as average wage) across American cities. As part of the estimation we use three measures for diversity – racial, cultural or linguistic, along with a set of control variables including educational attainment, and demographic variables. Our initial findings indicate: one, racial diversity reduces labour productivity; two, linguistic diversity and cultural diversity enhance labour productivity, but barriers to communication mitigate the positive effects of linguistic diversity. The robustness of the ordinary least-squares results is supported by Instrumental Variable Estimation to account for potentially endogenous variables. Overall, the results provide insights regarding ‘state-sponsored’ multiculturalism and the economic impacts of social capital
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Is interdisciplinary research a necessary evil in the post-COVID era? Developing a women empowerment in Migration Index
No full textEvidence on the number of migrant women affected by forced labour and human trafficking is scant. Alarmingly so is the lack of focus on women’s agency in the numerous research on female migration across disciplines. In this paper, I discuss the conceptual framework of the Women Empowerment in Migration Index (WEMI), which is, to my knowledge, the first index focusing on the multidimensional agency of female migrants. I argue that evaluating the three dimensions of women’s agency, intrinsic, instrumental, and collective, is integral to monitoring the real progress towards SDG 8.7 on the eradication of forced labour, modern slavery, and human trafficking. Lastly, I discuss the rationale for adopting an interdisciplinary approach and the necessity to go beyond the more seemingly objective indicators of economic resources and achievements at the household level in the post-COVID era
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