This paper traces the origins and early history of perceived gender differences in absenteeism in Great Britain and the … USA. Among politicians and scholars, the problem was first articulated during World War I and reappeared as an issue of … prime concern during World War II. The war efforts required mobilization and allocation of large numbers of women to jobs …

the story continues, the War Production Board installed the famous Controlled Materials Plan which solved the major …

valuation of disaster risk. Focusing on media discourse addresses the challenge of sample size even when major disasters are … rare. Our methodology avoids look-ahead bias and addresses semantic shifts. War discourse positively predicts market …-grade corporate bonds. The predictive power of war discourse increases in more recent time periods …