Home alone versus after-school programs: The effects of adult supervision on child academic outcomes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101601
Abstract: Abstract We study the unintended effects of a “Kids Club” after school program (ASP) that introduced free adult supervision for after-school care to eligible families in Chile. We use experimental variation in children’s access to… read more here.
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Queer utopias and a (Feminist) Iranian vampire: a critical analysis of resistive monstrosity in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night*
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DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2017.1302092
Abstract: ABSTRACT In 2014, the black and white vampire spaghetti western, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (AGWHAAT) follows the narrative of the Girl, a forlorn chador-wearing feminist-vampire-vigilante in the fictional world of Bad City.… read more here.
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Sick bats stay home alone: fruit bats practice social distancing when faced with an immunological challenge.
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DOI: 10.1111/nyas.14600
Abstract: Along with its many advantages, social roosting imposes a major risk of pathogen transmission. How social animals reduce this risk is poorly documented. We used lipopolysaccharide challenge to imitate bacterial infection in both a captive… read more here.
Keywords: challenge; sick bats; fruit; bats stay ... See more keywords
Home alone and all together: Lightness of agency in social inquiry
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DOI: 10.1177/01708406231166806
Abstract: Research has provided limited knowledge of how people in organizations experience growth of agency during circumstances that seem hopeless and stuck, and how such growth emerges. Drawing from the study of the turnaround processes at… read more here.
Keywords: home alone; social inquiry; lightness agency; agency ... See more keywords