This study aims to analyze the embarrassment degree due to the proximity and intimacy with people with a homosexual orientation.We conducted a study with a non-probabilistic sample, through an online questionnaire involving 695 subjects, 215 males and 477 females, aged 17 to 60 years.We applied the Solid Rejection at Proximity/Intimacy Scale [30],
Political tensions in the process of mobilization-demobilization: The movement #YoSoy132
The aim of this paper is to highlight the main tensions of #YoSoy132 movement, D emerged in Mexico in 2012 electoral process, and spread up to dozens of cities across the country.Despite the symbolic impact it had on the electoral campaign and in the soul of citizen groups, the movement did not achieve its immediate goals.It entered into a mobiliza
Job loss and mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown: Evidence from South Africa.
ObjectivesExisting literature on how employment loss affects depression has struggled to address potential endogeneity bias caused by reverse causality.The COVID-19 pandemic offers a unique natural experiment because the source of unemployment is very likely to be exogenous to the individual.This study assessed the effect of job loss and job furlou
Quality and resource efficiency in hospital service provision: A geoadditive stochastic frontier analysis of stroke quality of care in Germany.
We specify a Bayesian, geoadditive Stochastic Frontier Defrost Elerefrment Analysis (SFA) model to assess hospital performance along the dimensions of resources and quality of stroke care in German hospitals.With 1,100 annual observations and data from 2006 to 2013 and risk-adjusted patient volume as output, we introduce a production function that