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Generalised morality and contemporary fertility dynamics across European regions

This study focuses on the concept of generalised morality (GM), a cultural trait measured with the values of respect, obedience, generalised trust and control. Since GM drives economic prosperity and the way nations organise their welfare, we investigate how it matters for contemporary fertility trends. We consider the period between 2000 and 2014, when divergent fertility trends in Europe arose and the Great Recession took place. Using Eurostat and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...

How Can Educational Research Assume an Intersectional Approach? A Case Study on Homelessness in Brescia.

Led by the Center for Studies on Family and Childhood Education (CesPeFI) of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, between September 2022 and October 2023, the study-case “Compagni di strada” (Road Companions) aimed to investigate the specific interstitial phenomenon of homelessness in Brescia urban context (Northern Italy). Since homeless people’s life is characterized by multiple and mixed forms of emargination (both material, concerning lack of job, home, economic resources, health, and no...

Author's reply: Comment on “diagnostic accuracy and interobserver agreement of cholangioscopy for indeterminate biliary strictures: A single-center experience”

Author’s reply: Comment on “diagnostic accuracy and interobserver agreement of cholangioscopy for indeterminate biliary strictures: A single-center experience”

Understanding SMEs’ internationalization through digital platforms: the role of knowledge sharing and consumer education

Purpose The aim of this study is to understand how digital platforms and context-specific characteristics of China – such as swift guanxi – affect opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) entering this market. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts a qualitative approach based on a multiple-case study of Italian SMEs in the wine industry that have activated international activities in China. Primary data consist of 32 interviews with SMEs’ managers, local consumers an...

Preferences on discounting under time risk

This paper examines the linkages between different aspects of agent attitudes toward risk in the presence of time risk. We show that these linkages are in different directions and depend on very mild conditions. Moreover our results imply that some "combinations" of aspects of preferences toward risk are incoherent and provide arguments in favour of preferences exhibiting risk-seeking, prudent and intemperate discounting, at least in the long run and for anti-mixed risk-averse discount func...

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