Purpose Although many older workers wish to work longer, they may not be hired due to negative attitudes against them. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of intergenerational contact in shaping hiring decisions. Drawing from the intergroup contact theory, the authors...

Will the development of FinTech improve the efficiency of commercial banks in China? In recent years, FinTech has been continuously developing and applying to the financial industry which has brought opportunities and challenges to the operation and management of commercial banks in China. We...

Gender differences in time use have been documented in the literature, but knowledge about the nature of such gender gaps remains limited. This study aims to examine whether changes in temperature, affect gender differentials in time allocation and the potential mechanisms through which the...

This article selects panel data for Zhejiang Province from 2004-2019 to explore the influence mechanism and relationship between demand and industrial emissions. We find the following: (i) There is a significant positive influence of demand on emissions, and (ii) demand has an indirect...

In the field of P2P lending, the problem of data imbalance has led to poor results of traditional credit risk assessment models. Addressing the issue of imbalanced data leading to ineffective classification is a popular research topic in data mining and machine learning. However, existing...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report an empirical study on children's buying behaviour in China, with a special focus on their information sources. Design/methodology/approach – The key literature on consumer socialisation of children is reviewed. Primary data were collected from...