The effectiveness of private benefits in fundraising of local charities* by Sieg, Holger, Zhang, Jipeng

“…This article provides an empirical analysis of the role that private benefits play in explaining charitable donations to large cultural and environmental organizations. …”
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The effectiveness of private benefits in fundraising of local charities* by Sieg, Holger, Zhang, Jipeng

“…This paper provides an empirical analysis of the role that private benefits play in explaining charitable donations to large cultural organizations. …”
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Gender ideology of Singaporean men and women in the private sphere. by Koh, Choon Min.

“…This paper presents findings from a study which explored the current gender ideology within the private sphere amongst Singaporean men and women, through providing a comprehensive and detailed account of the attitude, preferences and opinions of Singaporean men and women with regards to three concepts; the “breadwinner status” within a household, men and women assuming equal rights and responsibilities and trends of gender role reversal in recent years. …”
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Bank financing in China’s private sector : the payoffs of political capital by Zhou, Wubiao

“…Pursuing membership in the legislative or semi-legislative organs of the Chinese government is an effective strategy for private entrepreneurs to obtain political capital. …”
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Laurence Sterne’s a sentimental journey : an introspection into the private, emotional self. by Lim, Daphne Pei Ying.

“…While the sentimental novel may be a form of escapism from the public world and its affairs, on the other hand it encourages a critical analysis of the personal and private self by highlighting the complex interplay between reason and passion in the private, emotional self. …”
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Determining displacement effect of public pension on private wealth using post-retirement data by Yang, Jing Yan, Choo, Meijing, Lim, Valerie Mei Ling

“…This paper examines the displacement effect that public pension wealth has on an individual’s private savings. Due to the presence of the many difficulties one faces while studying the displacement effect among pre-retired individuals, such as limited data about an individual’s planned future consumption and income streams, this study thus presents a new method for estimating the displacement effect by using post-retirement data in an attempt to circumvent the aforementioned difficulties. …”
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Central government versus private sector wages and cognitive skills: evidence using endogenous switching regression by Sakellariou, Christos

“…The importance of estimation techniques that allow for nonrandom selection of workers into the public and private sectors has been established in the theoretical and empirical literature. …”
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Lessons Learned from Public and Private Contract Managers for Effective Local Government Contracting Out: The Case of New Jersey by Kim, Soojin

“…Employing a series of semi-structured interviews with public officials and private contractors in New Jersey, this study attempts to fill this gap in the scholarship. …”
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Lessons Learned from Public and Private Contract Managers for Effective Local Government Contracting Out: The Case of New Jersey by Kim, Soojin

“…Employing a series of semi-structured interviews with public officials and private contractors in New Jersey, this study attempts to fill this gap in the scholarship. …”
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明代的幕府 ：以胡宗宪幕府为例 = Mufu in the Ming Dynasty : the case of Hu Zongxian's private administration by 吕雯 Lu, Wen

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Do family firms perform better? Evidence from Singapore Exchange by Kee, Lee Teck, Thia, Edwin Yann Chong, Teo, Randy Rui Di

“…Our results show that, (1) family firms perform 4% higher than private (non-family) firms in terms of Return on Assets. (2) founder CEOs and professionally-hired CEOs family firms perform better than private firms, with 4% and 6% higher Return on Assets respectively. (3) For analysis of board characteristics, a smaller board size in family firms is associated with better firm performance and our dataset do indeed reflect that family firms have a significantly smaller board size than private firms. …”
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Disciplining differences : Christian teachers in the secular school. by Lee, Theresa Ruishan.

“…This paper explores how Christian teachers experience state policies towards religion in the education institution; the ways they manage religion and their personal faith in the teaching of Character and Citizenship education (CCE). The public-private divide is an artificial construct that serves to demarcate our social world. …”
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Perceived barriers on primary physicians' screening practice for depression. by Tan, Gladys.

“…Physicians’ perceived unimportance of patient counseling was negatively related to screening practice across setting and in private setting. Limitations and implications of this study are discussed.…”
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Cosplay & boundaries - a study of local cosplayers and how they use boundaries. by Nityanand Rai.

“…The social boundaries allow for the cosplayer to engage both the public and private spheres of his field of interaction.…”
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“A Biology of Dictatorships" : liberalism and modern realism in Sinclair Lewis’s 'It Can’t Happen Here' by Yerkes, Andrew Corey.

“…Open competition, group pluralism, voluntarism, private enterprise, personal rights, community by contract and consent, equality under the law, mobility, free opportunity, individualism— all the tenets of modern liberal society find their apotheosis in the symbol of America. …”
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Singlehood : the paradoxes of love and economy in Singapore. by Khoo, Sharon Mei Juan.

“…Through my in-depth qualitative interviews with 20 single heterosexual working professionals, of whom are the intended targets of these governmental initiatives, I shall expound on their perceptions of and negotiations with the state’s intervention in what is typically viewed as a private aspect of the citizens’ lives.…”
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Advertising dengue : deconstructing the anti-dengue campaign in Singapore. by Chan, Esther Ying'en.

“…Using Critical Discourse Analysis and Foucault’s governmentality framework, I focused on how the government used the campaigns as a hegemonic tool to enter into people’s private homes in a bid to fight dengue, and to inculcate the sense of self-governance amongst the people towards dengue through direct intervention. …”
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Regional deregulation and entrepreneurial growth in China's transition economy by Zhou, Wubiao

“…Despite a less favourable national institutional environment, the private entrepreneurial sector has developed rapidly in China¡¯s transition economy. …”
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Gender in maid cafes, maid performance, rituals and agency : an account of a maid cafe in Singapore. by Chen, Yingzhuang.

“…A small discussion will also be made on their private lives – and whether they affected by their work.…”
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Guilty as charged? An exploratory study of premarital sexual activity and Christian young adults in Singapore by Gan, Daphne Rui Qi

“…The theories of plausibility structures and the privatization of religion aid in arguing that despite the still-present inverse relationship between premarital sexual behaviour and intensity of religiosity, new forms of coping with the two seemingly opposing factors exist.…”
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