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Artificial intelligence capital and business innovation

Drydakis, Nick - 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly recognised as a key driver of business innovation, yet its adoption among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) varies considerably. This study examines whether AI Capital, defined as AI-related knowledge, skills and capabilities, is associated...

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From liquor to LPG : spillover effects of alcohol prohibition on clean fuel adoption

Dhamija, Gaurav; Gupta, Sagnik Kumar; Ojha, Manini - 2026

This paper examines whether Bihar's 2016 alcohol prohibition generated spillover effects on household adoption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) as a primary cooking fuel. Although clean cooking lies outside the policy's intended scope, prohibition may affect fuel choice by altering household...

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Socioeconomic status and gender gaps in educational outcomes across the life course : new distributional evidence

Nguyen, Ha; Chapman, Bruce James; Le, Huong; Royer, Heather - 2026

This study leverages whole-of-population linked census-administrative data to examine gender gaps in educational outcomes from early primary school through early adulthood in Australia and to assess the contribution of socioeconomic factors to these gaps. We find that females outperform males...

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From the inner citadel to the outside world : Tilgherís hypothesis and the emergence of modern man

Ponthière, Grégory - 2026

According to the Italian philosopher Tilgher (1922), the birth of the bourgeois society during the Pre-Industrial era involved the replacement of the Ancient Man by the Modern Man, and consisted of a reorienta- tion of efforts from spiritual exercises developing the inner self (what Marcus...

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What explains the increase in immigrants' educational attainment in the United States?

Dziadula, Eva; Zavodny, Madeline - 2026

The educational distribution of U.S. immigrants shifted significantly to the right in recent decades as the share without a high school diploma fell and the share with a bachelor's degree rose. This improvement coincided with a shift in immigrants' origins toward Asia and rising global education...

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Coal, weather shocks, and electricity reliability : evidence from South Africa

Imelda; Srinivasan, Suchita - 2026

Can weather shocks undermine energy security in coal-dependent economies? Using matched high-resolution rainfall data at South Africa's coal power plants and their contracted supplier mines-where coal accounts for about 80% of electricity generation-we estimate how upstream rainfall shocks...

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Economic implications of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) for South Africa and Mozambique

Chepeliev, Maksym; Van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique - 2026

This paper evaluates the economic impacts of the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on Mozambique and South Africa-two countries with high exposure due to carbon-intensive exports. Using the Global Trade Analysis Project Circular Economy...

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From free markets to industrial nationalism : what the West's green industrial policies mean for emerging economies

Narassimhan, Easwaran J.; Gallagher, Kelly Sims - 2026

Following the proliferation of net-zero targets, and against a backdrop of fossil fuel supply volatility, major Western economies - the US and the EU - have embraced green industrial policies. This paper reviews the history of industrial policymaking and the factors that have led to the...

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Shaping green industrial transformation in India : some lessons

Kumar, Nagesh; Tandon, Anjali; Verma, Swati - 2026

India's development strategy is currently focused on harnessing the potential of the manufacturing sector through a range of industrial policy interventions to create decent new job opportunities for its youthful population. However, for late-industrializers like India, 'industrialize first and...

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Beyond lockdowns : work-from-home, mental health, and the moderating roles of intensity, job control and social support

Bilgrami, Anam - 2026

During and shortly after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns were expressed that working from home (WFH) was creating a 'mental health crisis'. Australia experienced a three-phase 'WFH experiment', with widespread high-intensity WFH imposed by lockdowns in 2020, deepened restrictions...

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