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Is there a long-run relationship between the unemployment insurance and the labor force participation rate in the USA? A nonlinear analysis
Authors: Ahmed Haydory Akbar 
Published: July 2022

PurposeThis paper explores the evidence of a long-run co-movement between aggregate unemployment insurance spending and the labor force participation rate in the USA. The unemployment insurance (UI) program tends to expand during an economic downturn and contract during an expansion. UI may incentivize unemployment and may also facilitate better matching in the labor market. Statistical evidence of the presence of a co-movement will thus shed new light on their dynamics.Design/methodology/approachThis research applies time-series econometric approach using monthly data from 1959:1 to 2020:3 to test threshold cointegration and estimate a threshold vector error-correction (TVEC) model. The estimates from the TVEC model investigating the nature of short-run dynamics.FindingsThe Enders and Siklos (2001) test find evidence of threshold cointegration between the two indicating the presence of long-run co-movement. The estimates from the TVEC model investigating the nature of short-run dynamics find evidence that the growth in aggregate UI spending and the growth in labor force participation rate adjust simultaneously to maintain the long-run co-movement above the threshold in the short run. The author also observes the same short-run dynamics for the growth in aggregate UI spending and the growth in the labor force participation rate for females.Research limitations/implicationsThis model is bi-variate by construction and does not address causality.Practical implicationsThe author argues that the UI program positively impacts the female labor market outcomes, for example, better matching. This finding may explain the upward trend in the labor force participation rate for females in the USA.Social implicationsThe research findings may justify the transfer programs for minority and immigrants.Originality/valueThis is first research that analyzes the UI programs impact on the labor force participation using a macroeconometric approach. To the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first study in this genre.
Board gender diversity, firm performance and corporate financial distress risk: international evidence from tourism industry
Authors: Lee Kin Wai , Thong Tiong Yang 
Published: July 2022

PurposeThis paper examines contextual factors that affect the association between board gender diversity and firm performance.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use a global sample of listed firms in the tourism industry in 30 countries from 2015 to 2020.FindingsFirst, firm performance is positively associated with the proportion of female directors on a board. Second, the positive association between firm performance and the proportion of female directors on the board is higher in (1) countries with stronger shareholder rights, (2) countries with stronger securities law regulation stipulating disclosure of board diversity, (3) countries with stronger economic empowerment of women, and (4) during the COVID-19 crisis. Third, corporate financial distress risk is lower in firms with higher proportion of female directors on the board. Fourth, the negative association between corporate financial distress risk and the proportion of female directors on the board is more pronounced in (1) countries with stronger securities law regulations stipulating disclosure of board gender diversity, (2) countries with stronger economic empowerment of women, and (3) during the COVID-19 crisis.Originality/valueThe results indicate that contextual factors (comprising country-level corporate governance structures, economic empowerment of women and economic crisis) can affect the association between board gender diversity and firm performance.
Employment, training and volunteering pathways for people with experience of multiple disadvantage in Manchester: comparing primary research findings with wider literature
Authors: Bennett Lauren , Iwnicki Philippa 
Published: July 2022

Purpose
The Inspiring Change Manchester (ICM) programme has aimed to improve outcomes, including employability, for people experiencing multiple disadvantage in Manchester. This paper aims to compare learning from the ICM partnership with wider literature to demonstrate what helps people with experience of multiple disadvantage to achieve training, volunteering or work outcomes and what may prevent this.

Design/methodology/approach
Semi-structured interviews with people with experience of multiple disadvantage and employers in Manchester working with this group were thematically analysed, and the findings were compared to wider literature, previous ICM research and programme data. The primary research took a peer research approach. Peer researchers co-designed the topic guides, co-facilitated interviews where possible and helped to identify key themes.

Findings
Entering and succeeding in training, volunteering and/ or paid work has many positive impacts for people experiencing multiple disadvantage. Ongoing and better awareness raising will be key for more individuals to benefit from such pathways, alongside accessible recruitment processes. Continuous personal and professional development opportunities are important to positive experiences, as is organisational culture. Short-term contracts arose as an issue in the research, more needs to be done to support people with experience of multiple disadvantage into secure work.

Originality/value
Although there is a range of literature on good practice and challenges to enable people to engage in training or employment, this often focuses on a particular characteristic or need, rather than experiences of people facing a combination of interrelated needs. This paper also includes first-person lived experience voice, rather than this perspective being interpreted through a particular lens.
The relational focus of small and medium sized actors' understandings of supply chain finance (SCF)
Authors: Phraknoi Nichapa , Busby Jerry , Stevenson Mark 
Published: July 2022

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate small and medium-sized upstream suppliers' and downstream distributors' understandings of supply chain finance (SCF) arrangements and their decisions to adopt such schemes.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper grounded theory-informed methods are employed, involving 56 in-depth interviews with informants from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), banks and subject experts in the United Kingdom (UK) and Thailand. A category structure for the data is developed. The findings are then examined systematically from both a transaction cost economics (TCE) and non-TCE perspective.FindingsSME members made sense of SCF through a core distinction between dyadic and triadic SCF arrangements. The former maintains independence between physical and financial supply chains, whereas the latter causes them to be closely coupled or even entangled. The SCF adoption decisions of SMEs were based on a consideration of four related aspects: relationality, awareness, control and context. The authors demonstrate the limits of TCE in explaining the findings, leading to a proposed combined theory of the transactional and, importantly, non-transactional influences on how SMEs make decisions about SCF.Practical implicationsFocal firms wanting their SME suppliers and distributors to participate in triadic SCF (TSCF), i.e. reverse factoring and distributor finance, need to understand that transitioning to such schemes involves the unwinding of existing financing arrangements, which may be problematic for SMEs. Moreover, it is important to be aware of SMEs' concerns, such as about what accessing TSCF might signal to the focal firm about their financial health and about the potential loss of control that might result from entangling the physical and financial aspects of supply chains.Originality/valueThis paper unpack the perspectives of both SME suppliers and distributors of large focal firms in supply chains. These firms appear less concerned with the economic advantages (transaction costs) of SCF and more concerned with the relational consequences or non-transactional costs of participation in a TSCF arrangement. The dyadic-triadic distinction provides a new and meaningful way of categorising SCF mechanisms, which also broadens the service triads’ literature from a focus on outsourcing services for a focal firm's customers to outsourcing financing for its suppliers or distributors. The paper also addresses gaps identified by Gelsomino et al. (2016) regarding the need for a general theory of SCF, for empirically-based holistic studies of SCF applications, and a tool for selecting SCF mechanisms.
Effectiveness evaluation for the gamification of out-of-home advertising
Authors: Huo Jiale , Jiang Yahong 
Published: July 2022

PurposeThis paper aims to propose a new method for evaluating the effect of out-of-home (OOH) gamified advertising and verify the prediction effect of the method, especially based on emotional experience generated by interactions between individuals and gamified advertisements.Design/methodology/approachBy carrying out an offline gamification advertising experiment, this study uses multiple emotion models, pleasure–displeasure, arousal–no arousal and dominance–submissiveness (PAD) and Ortony–Clore–Collins, to examine the impact of 24 emotional experiences consumers have when engaging with gamified OOH advertising on the perceived effectiveness of advertising.FindingsThe findings reveal the correlation between the emotional experience and the effectiveness of gamified advertising. Multiple regression analyses demonstrate that the emotional experience model has an effective predictive effect on the effectiveness of gamified advertising.Originality/valueThe originality of this research is a new method for evaluating the effect of OOH gamified advertising, in particular the calculation of the valid emotional experience values brought by the emotional fluctuations in the interaction between consumers and gamified advertisements.
Next stop Narnia: replacing psychogeography
Authors: Brown Stephen 
Published: July 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to stimulate researchers’ understanding of place in general and psychogeography in particular.

Design/methodology/approach
Melding hauntology, autoethnography, pseudo-psychogeography and object-orientated ontology, the provocation explores aspects of east Belfast’s “C.S. Lewis Trail”.

Findings
Psychogeography, purportedly, is moribund. This provocation contends that latter-day developments in virtual reality, augmented reality, digital real estate platforms and “imaginary worlds” more generally, open up new horizons, and offer more opportunities, for the psychogeographically inclined.

Originality/value
The provocation’s originality inheres in the approach adopted not the research findings.
Small and medium enterprises dynamic capabilities efficacy during COVID-19: moderating role of CEO gender
Authors: Ahmad Muhammad Ishfaq , Naseem Muhammad Akram , Rehman Ramiz Ur 
Published: July 2022

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the role of dynamic capabilities (DCs) in the financial performance of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) during COVID-19. Furthermore, it took chief executive officer gender to moderate the relationship between DCs and financial performance.

Design/methodology/approach
This study used the survey approach to collect the data. Regression analysis was used on 563 responses to test the proposed hypotheses.

Findings
The results showed that DCs have a significant positive effect on the SME’s operating level and revenues. Moreover, it also moderates the DCs and financial performance during COVID-19. The results revealed that firms that used the DCs during COVID-19 not only survive during the COVID-19 tough time but also enjoyed a decent revenue level.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first study to establish the link between DCs and SMEs operating and revenue level during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistani settings.
How are fans affected by the commercialization of elite sports? A review of the literature and a research agenda
Authors: Winell Erik , Armbrecht John , Lundberg Erik , Nilsson Jonas 
Published: July 2022

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop a holistic understanding of extant studies addressing the impact of commercialization on fans of elite sports.Design/methodology/approachIn doing this, the authors performed a structured review of 42 academic articles published between 1992 and 2020 that all focus on how fans respond and are affected by the commercialization of elite sports.FindingsThe structured review shows that the impacts of commercialization on fans relate to four different themes. These are (1) fan identity, (2) fan attitudes, (3) fan emotions and (4) fan behaviours. However, the analysis also shows that research within each category is largely scattered, and more research within each category is needed.Originality/valueThe paper highlights the complex and dynamic nature of commercialization. It presents a research agenda for future research and emphasizes a need to integrate the interests of several stakeholders when managing the impacts of elite sport commercialization.
On the Relation between Exchange Rates and Domestic Investment: Asymmetric Evidence from China's 31 Provinces
Authors: Lu Guimin , Baek Jungo , Nam Soojoong 
Published: July 2022

AbstractThe current paper investigates whether the exchange rate asymmetrically influences domestic investment in China. To this end, the nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) process is applied to investment data disaggregated by China's 31 provinces. We discover that there is evidence that the ups and downs of the yuan have asymmetric impacts on domestic investment for some provinces, though not all, in both the long‐ and short‐run.
Rural Medicare beneficiaries are increasingly likely to be admitted to urban hospitals
Authors: Friedman Hannah R. , Holmes George Mark 
Published: July 2022

AbstractObjectiveTo determine whether rural Medicare FFS beneficiaries are more likely to be admitted to an urban hospital in 2018 than in 2010.Data SourcesWe combined data from the 2010 to 2018 Hospital Service Area File (HSAF) and the 2010–2017 American Hospital Association (AHA) survey.Study DesignWe conducted a fixed‐effects negative‐binomial regression to determine whether urban hospital admissions from rural ZIP codes were increasing over time. We also conducted an exploratory geographically weighted regression.Data CollectionWe transformed the HSAF data into a ZIP code‐level file with all rural ZIP codes. We defined rural as having a Rural‐Urban Commuting Area (RUCA) code ≥4. A hospital's system affiliation status was incorporated from the AHA survey.Principal FindingsControlling for distance to the nearest hospitals, an increase of 1 year was associated with a 2.0% increase (p < 0.001) in the number of admissions to urban hospitals from each rural ZIP code. New system affiliation of the nearest rural hospital was associated with an increase of 1.7% (p < 0.001).ConclusionsEven when controlling for distance to the nearest rural hospital (which reflects hospital closures), rural patients were increasingly likely to be admitted to an urban hospital.
The association between social network members sharing alcohol‐related social media content and alcohol outcomes among college student drinkers
Authors: Strowger Megan , Braitman Abby L. , Barnett Nancy P. 
Published: July 2022

AbstractBackgroundCollege‐aged young adults (e.g., 18 to 29‐year‐olds) use social media more than any other age group. An emerging body of literature shows that higher exposure to alcohol‐related social media content is associated with greater alcohol consumption among college students. However, most studies assess exposure to peer drinking on social media using global measures, rather than measuring the exposure to alcohol‐related posts of identified specific close peers. We examined whether having a higher proportion of important peers (i.e., social network members) who post alcohol‐related social media content is associated with greater alcohol consumption and alcohol‐related consequences. We also investigated the extent to which the qualities of network members who share alcohol‐related content are associated with participants' alcohol outcomes.MethodsParticipants were 130 college students (86.2% female, 56.9% White) with an average age of 23.39 years (SD = 5.63) who had consumed at least one alcoholic drink in the past week. Participants completed measures of their social media use, alcohol consumption, alcohol‐related consequences, and characteristics of important peers in their social network, including their alcohol‐related social media posting.ResultsHaving a higher proportion of social network members who post alcohol‐related social media content was positively related to participants' drinks per week and peak number of drinks. Higher network proportions of drinking buddies posting alcohol‐related content were also associated with a greater frequency of alcohol use. Having a higher proportion of friends who post alcohol content and from whom the participants seek advice was linked to more alcohol‐related consequences.ConclusionsHaving more important peers who post alcohol‐related content on social media is associated with alcohol outcomes among college students. Harm‐reduction focused alcohol interventions delivered on college campuses that incorporate information about the influence of viewing and sharing alcohol‐related content could help to reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol‐related consequences among students.
Concordance Indices with Left-Truncated and Right-Censored Data
Authors: Hartman Nicholas , Kim Sehee , He Kevin , Kalbfleisch John D. 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
In the context of time-to-event analysis, a primary objective is to model the risk of experiencing a particular event in relation to a set of observed predictors. The Concordance Index (C-Index) is a statistic frequently used in practice to assess how well such models discriminate between various risk levels in a population. However, the properties of conventional C-Index estimators when applied to left-truncated time-to-event data have not been well studied, despite the fact that left-truncation is commonly encountered in observational studies. We show that the limiting values of the conventional C-Index estimators depend on the underlying distribution of truncation times, which is similar to the situation with right-censoring as discussed in Uno et al. (2011) [On the C-statistics for evaluating overall adequacy of risk prediction procedures with censored survival data. Statistics in Medicine 30(10), 1105–1117]. We develop a new C-Index estimator based on inverse probability weighting (IPW) that corrects for this limitation, and we generalize this estimator to settings with left-truncated and right-censored data. The proposed IPW estimators are highly robust to the underlying truncation distribution and often outperform the conventional methods in terms of bias, mean squared error, and coverage probability. We apply these estimators to evaluate a predictive survival model for mortality among patients with end-stage renal disease.
Teachers' physiological and self‐reported stress, teaching practices and students' learning outcomes in Grade 1
Authors: Jõgi Anna‐Liisa , Pakarinen Eija , Lerkkanen Marja‐Kristiina 
Published: July 2022

AbstractBackgroundTeachers' self‐reported stress is related to the quality of teacher–student interactions and students' learning outcomes. However, it is unclear if teachers' physiological stress is related to child‐centred teaching practices in the classroom and whether teaching practices mediate the link between teachers' stress and students' learning outcomes.AimsWe studied the effect of teachers' physiological stress and self‐reported stress on their teaching practices and thereby on students' learning outcomes in math.SampleA total of 53 classroom teachers and 866 Grade 1 students participated in the study.MethodsSalivary cortisol in the middle of the school day and cortisol slope from morning peak to evening were used as indicators of teachers' physiological stress, in addition to self‐reported teaching‐related stress. Teaching practices were observed with the ECCOM instrument. Students' math skills controlled for gender and previous skills were used as a measure of learning outcomes. Data were analysed with a two‐level SEM.ResultsTeachers' physiological stress did not have an effect on teaching practices or students' math skills. Teachers reporting less stress used relatively more child‐centred teaching practices compared with teacher‐directed ones. These practices had a marginal effect on classroom‐level differences in the gain of students' math skills in Grade 1. There was neither a direct nor indirect effect from teachers' stress on students' math skills. Altogether, our model explained 77% of classroom‐level variance in math skills.ConclusionsTeachers' self‐reported stress has an effect on their teaching practices, which, in turn, have a marginal effect on students' learning outcomes.
Cost-effectiveness of personalized omalizumab dosing for chronic spontaneous urticaria
Authors: Denman Sarah , Smith Helin , Arumugakani Gururaj , Mistry Anoop , Savic Sinisa 
Published: July 2022

Abstract
The licensed dose for omalizumab within Europe for chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) is 300 mg every 4 weeks, and is based on the most effective dose identified in clinical trials. However, many patients require longer-term treatment with omalizumab and there is limited guidance on how to manage these patients. We report on a large cohort of 357 patients with CSU who have been treated over a 10-year period on a personalized dosing regimen. Our results showed a 4% reduction in drug cost for this personalized dosing regimen compared with having all patients on the standard regimen of omalizumab 300 mg every 4 weeks. In addition, by increasing the dose, we were able to treat 22% of patients more effectively, using the principle aim of zero CSU symptoms; prior to this regimen, these patients had been achieving only partial response. Omalizumab doses and frequency should be adjusted depending on clinical response to allow for improved benefits for both patients and healthcare systems.
Cytological features in pilomyxoid astrocytoma: A case report with summary of prior published cases
Authors: Ray Raktim , Agarwal Nitish , Sadique Shahid Iftekhar , Das Mou , Chatterjee Uttara 
Published: July 2022

AbstractPilomyxoid astrocytoma is a subtype of pilocytic astrocytoma that is described as a grade 1 tumour in the 2022 WHO classification of central nervous system tumours. It occurs predominantly in the hypothalamic region in infants. Although the histological features of pilomyxoid astrocytomas are well documented, few reports are available in the literature regarding cytological findings. Here we describe the squash cytological features of a case of pilomyxoid astrocytoma along with a summary of prior published cases. Smears for this type of tumour tend to be more cellular, with piloid cells arranged in an angiocentric pattern without Rosenthal fibres or eosinophilic granular bodies. A blue myxoid substance may be present in the background.