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According to the majority opinion of Justice Scalia in District of Columbia v. Heller, pre-Second Amendment adoption English history informs the Amendment's meaning. The majority opinion discusses the historical background after analyzing the language of the Amendment: “Putting all of these...
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In the literature many definitions of megacities and mega-regions are proposed (Urena et al., 2009; Pagliara et al., 2011). For example, Hall (2009) defines a mega city region as a "series of cities physically separated but functionally networked clustered around one or more larger central cities...
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With tightening public finances, land value capture (LVC) can be an attractive fiscal tool to finance ever-increasing demands for transport infrastructure. This paper begins by discussing the principles of LVC and individual LVC instruments in the context of infrastructure provision, with a...
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Preserving heritage is an important part of maintaining collective identity for future generations. Yet, culturally defined notions of “heritage” or “character”, in the context of the climate crisis, may be a barrier to individual and collective climate action to tackle a much more...
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We analyse how unemployment affects individuals' social networks, leisure activities, and the related satisfaction … leisure time mostly to private activities, our results do not support the hypothesis of social exclusion following …
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We use micro data from the European Social Survey to investigate the impact of “culture of leisure” and taxes on labor …. We construct measures of "taste for leisure" in the country of origin of each immigrant father. We employ average and … leisure impact participation and hours worked. For men, taxes influence labor supply both at the intensive and the extensive …
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potential mechanism is a lower frequency of leisure activities, since PRP incentives longer work hours. This study investigates … PRP's effect on a variety of leisure pursuits. After correcting for self-selection, UK data show that PRP workers are less … more likely to eat out and consume alcohol. Such leisure differences between PRP and salaried workers may negatively affect …
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work, leisure, and personal care. We emphasize differences in time allocation between older (i.e., those aged 65+) and …
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