Mothers’ social networks and socioeconomic gradients of isolation by Andrew, AR, Attanasio, O, Augsburg, B, Behrman, J, Day, M, Jervis, P, Meghir, C, Phimister, A

“…We track 2,170 mothers’ networks over four years and find a high degree of isolation. Wealthier women and women from more-advantaged castes and tribes have smaller networks than their less-advantaged peers, primarily because they know fewer women within their own socioeconomic group. …”

Herding in equity crowdfunding by Åstebro, T, Fernández, M, Lovo, S, Vulkan, N

“…We test predictions using data from a leading European equity crowdfunding platform and find support. Results are consistent with rational information aggregation. …”

Misconduct by voters' own representatives does not affect voters' generalized political trust by Kelly, E, Tilley, J

“…Yet, using a multilevel analysis of survey and representative implication data, we find no evidence for these effects. This is despite voters being aware of their MP's scandal implication, and this awareness affecting voters' support for their own MP. …”

Moment conditions for dynamic panel logit models with fixed effects by Honoré, BE, Weidner, M

“…Our approach is closely related to the numerical "functional differencing" construction in Bonhomme (2012), but our emphasis is to find explicit analytic expressions for the moment functions. …”

Digest: islands promote population differentiation in dispersive swallows by Estandía, A, Merino Recalde, N

“…Broyles and Myers sequence the genomes of almost 150 individuals from the island-dwelling Pacific swallow (<i>Hirundo tahitica</i>) and its continental counterpart, the welcome swallow (<i>H. neoxena</i>). They find strong population structure only among island populations and attribute this to a behavioral reduction in dispersal propensity following island colonization. …”

Why the rule of law? A historical perspective by Pirie, F

“…Around the world, systems of accountability are weak and dictators find ways to avoid the constraints of both national and international laws. …”

Perception and salience of social security contribution incentives: evidence from voluntary contributions by Iraizoz, A

“…Using quasi-experimental variations from three pension reforms, I find that most self-employed workers fail to take advantage of the extraordinary contribution incentives available in Spain, and often make suboptimal contribution choices. …”

The uniqueness trap by Flyvbjerg, B, Budzier, A, Christodoulou, MD, Zottoli, M

“…<br> The cure is to always assume that someone, somewhere has undertaken a project like yours. If you can’t find an analogue, break your project into components, which may prove comparable with other projects. …”

Dissecting the sinews of power: international trade and the rise of Britain’s fiscal-military state, 1689-1823 by Dal Bó, E, Hutkova, K, Leucht, L, Yuchman, N

“…We construct new historical revenue series disaggregating excise revenues from traded and domestic goods. We find substantial growth in revenue from traded goods, accounting for over half of indirect taxation around 1800. …”

The cost of mass gatherings during a pandemic by Phalippou, L, Zhang, D

“…We exploit variation in rainfall during the protest period as an exogenous source of variation in attendance. We find that good weather coincides with both more people protesting and more subsequent COVID-19 cases and deaths. …”

Measuring Outsourcing Performance of Malaysian Economic Transformation Program by Hassan, Mohamad Ghozali, Abdullah, Rohani, Razalli, Mohd. Rizal

“…The focus of this research is to find out the strategic relationship among the environmental dynamism, outsourcing success, and the performance of the relationship. …”
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考虑抗弯刚度不确定性的简支梁桥损伤定位方法 = Damage localization method for simply supported bridge with flexural stiffness uncertainty considered by 王艺霖 Wang, Yi-lin, 张鑫 Zhang, Xin, 安新梅 An, Xin-mei

“…In order to deal with flexural stiffness uncertainty of main girder and then localize the damage of main girder for simply supported bridges accurately, a damage localization index based on the idea of second order difference of displacement influence line－difference index of influence line for mid-span displacement (DIILMSD), was presented by employing influence line analysis. …”
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Investigation of ion transport and electrochemical performance of fluorinated and lithiated gel polymer electrolytes for lithium ion batteries by Shubha Nageswaran

“…One of the main challenges that restrict the large scale application of lithium ion batteries for high energy and high power density applications is the electrolyte. …”
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The 1997 Asian currency crisis by Cheok, Mei Fang, Lai, Hung Yin, Lee, Han Hwee

“…The main focus of this research is to examine the reasons behind the depreciation of the East Asian currencies and the factors that led up to the Asian Currency Crisis. …”
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Future of hawking in Singapore. by Lee, Ying Yi., Ong, Junie Yuet Ru., Tan, Boon Kee.

“…We will be using the survey as our primary means of answering our fundamental research question,” Is there a future for government managed hawking in Singapore?” There are 3 main parties involved in the future of hawking: government bodies, the hawkers and the consumers of hawker fare.…”
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Experimental study on the factors promoting independence of junior auditors. by Lim, Mae., Tan, Sheah Joo., Teo, Bee Tat.

“…There are two main objectives in this study. The first objective is to determine how auditor independence can be promoted by the variation of three cognitive factors, namely, peer opinion, accountability and independent review. …”
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Ground settlement of NATM tunnels at contract T06 of Singapore DTSS project by Birsen Zeyrek.

“…This report provides a case study on the NATM tunnel induced ground movements at Contract T06 tunnels of the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System (DTSS) Project in Singapore. The main objective of this report is to prepare a case history data, based on the settlement monitoring results, that provides a reference for future new tunneling projects within similar conditions.…”
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Design and development of a digital library of bibliographic data of theses and dissertations. by Foo, Toon Seng.

“…The main objective of this project was to develop a digital library of bibliographic data of theses and dissertations for the Asian Communication Resource Centre (ACRC). …”
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A virtual exhibition system for the National Archives of Singapore. by Lim, Johanna Chua.

“…The main tasks of the project are to determine appropriate metadata models for virtual exhibitions and the different digital artifacts, develop an efficient method of creating virtual exhibitions, and implement a facility for searching the textual content of virtual exhibitions and digital artifacts. …”
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Career maturity and career guidance needs of Malay secondary school students by Jamaliah Abdul Rahim

“…The main purpose of this study was to assess the career maturity levels and career guidance needs of Malay secondary students in Singapore schools. …”
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