Estimating the Probability of Trade Union Membership in India - Impact of Communist Parties, Personal Attributes and Industrial Characteristics [PDF]
The paper analyses the impact of the reach of communist parties, the degree of political activism, personal attributes of workers, and industrial characteristics on the individual decision to unionise for Indian non-agricultural regular workers using ...
Rupayan Pal
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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Leaves Agricultural Workers Behind
Journal of Law, Medicine & EthicsAbstractThe new federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act advances important protections for pregnant workers, but leaves behind agricultural workers, who are overrepresented in hazardous occupational environments. This article highlights the connection between workplace pregnancy discrimination and health inequities.
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Switching over to Organic Cultivation and Its Impact on Living Wage and Employment in the Agricultural Labour Market [PDF]
The export performance of Indian agricultural commodities in the post WTO agreement on agriculture is not encouraging. Substantial increase of cost of farming due to steep increase of prices of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and seeds gradually make ...
Amit, Kundu
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The Cost of Railroad Regulation: The Disintegration of American Agricultural Markets in the Interwar Period [PDF]
We investigate the costs of transportation regulation using the example of agricultural markets in the United States. Using a large database of prices by state of agricultural commodities, we find that the coefficient of variation (as a measure of market
Giovanni Federico, Paul Sharp
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THE RISE OF RURAL-TO-RURAL LABOR MARKETS IN CHINA [PDF]
The continued transfer of agricultural labor into the industrial sector is crucial to China's transformation into an industrial economy. We argue in this paper that rural industry offers an alternative to urban industry for receiving agricultural labor ...
Lohmar, Bryan +2 more
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A model of manager-induced organisational stability in post-Soviet agriculture [PDF]
Agricultural transition in the former Soviet Union has, surprisingly for many observers, not led to a widespread adoption of individual farming. This article attempts to understand some previously neglected forces behind this outcome.
Carter, Michael R., Petrick, Martin
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A Profile of the North West Province: Demographics, Poverty, Income, Inequality and Unemployment from 2000 till 2007 [PDF]
The North West agricultural sector is a dynamic and livelihood sustainable sector. Approximately 2.6% of the North West value added gross domestic product comes through agriculture and 1.7% of the population in the North West is working in this sector ...
Bothloko, Constance +2 more
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Between Syndemics and Structural Exploitation: Health Barriers of Migrant Agricultural Workers. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public HealthKurlander Y +5 more
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THE EFFECT OF DEVELOPMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, VITAMIN D, WEALTH, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY ON TUBERCULOSIS MORTALITY: THE CASE OF THE 19TH CENTURY US [PDF]
Tuberculosis remains a major cause of international mortality, and researchers and policy advocates continue to seek a cost effective prevention and treatment.
Scott Alan Carson
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Gender Inclusion in Climate Change Adaptation [PDF]
There is increasing evidence that climate change has an impact on natural disasters, such as flooding, and on agricultural production, both of which have implications for gender issues.
Aoyagi, Midori +2 more
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