Can social contextual factors explain international differences in the spread of COVID-19? It is widely assumed that social cohesion, public confidence in government sources of health …
In this article, we present a tool and a method for measuring the psychological and cultural distance between societies and creating a distance scale with any population as the point of …
In this paper we explore whether countries led by women have fared better during the COVID-19 pandemic than those led by men. Media and public health officials have lauded …
B Noll, T Filatova, A Need - International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2020 - Elsevier
Natural hazards, exacerbated by climate change, increasingly affect societies worldwide. The accelerating risks entail that private adaptation complement more traditional public …
JL Napier, A Suppes… - European Journal of Social …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the fact that women face socially and politically sanctioned disadvantages every day, a large percentage of women and men report that gender discrimination is no longer a …
FS Woelfert, JR Kunst - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In times of the coronavirus, complying with public health policies is essential to save lives. Understanding the factors that influence compliance with social distancing measures is …
G Stoet, DC Geary - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
It is well known that far fewer men than women enroll in tertiary education in the United States and other Western nations. Developed nations vary in the degree to which men are …
In this descriptive study, we aim to show the potential gender differences in academic success, focusing on the top (ie, most frequently cited) scientists by analyzing the work of …
This volume presents the first systematic comparative analysis of national traditions of local democracy across the developed world, as well as their origins and evolution. It reveals how …