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BMC Geriatrics, 2020 Background Providing support to others has been shown to be beneficial to older adults. As people age, their health and social relationships change. These changes may also relate to changes in social support provision.
S. K. Lestari +4 more
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Citrus growers’ willingness to pay and perceptions of cover crops
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2023 This study develops and uses a survey to gather information on demographics, production and management practices, and perceptions on using cover crops as a conservation practice from citrus growers and utilizes the double-bounded dichotomous choice ...
Carter Cosgray +3 more
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Productivity development in the construction industry and human capital: a literature review [PDF]
, 2021 Tis paper is a literature review focusing on human capital, skills of employees, demographic change, management, training and their impact on productivity growth. Intrafirm behaviour has been recognized as a potentially important driver for productivity.
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Indebtedness and Subjective Financial Wellbeing of Households in Indonesia
Economics and Finance in Indonesia, 2016 Indebtedness is an element to foresee household financial wellbeing. This vulnerability could be determined objectively and subjectively. Objective financial vulnerability is the objective ability to make ends meet that is analyzed using household income
Dwini Handayani +2 more
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Land, 2022 This paper investigates the impact of high-speed railways (HSR) on urban innovation levels by improving intercity accessibility. We employ prefecture city-level data within three megacity regions in China from 2009 to 2018.
Na Li, Haiyan Lu, Yongxin Lv
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Spatial-SIR with Network Structure and Behavior: Lockdown Rules and the Lucas Critique [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 We introduce a model of the diffusion of an epidemic with demographically heterogeneous agents interacting socially on a spatially structured network. Contagion-risk averse agents respond behaviorally to the diffusion of the infections by limiting their social interactions.
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Impact of the demographic dividend on economic growth [PDF]
Population and Economics, 2018 In the context of the working-age population decline in the Russian Federation, the study of the influence of the dynamics of the share of the working -age population on economic growth is of particular interest. The main purpose of the article is to assess the contribution of the first demographic dividend to the GDP per capita growth rate in Russia ...
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Religion-based Urbanization Process in Italy: Statistical Evidence from Demographic and Economic Data [PDF]
, 2015 This paper analyzes some economic and demographic features of Italians living in cities containing a Saint name in their appellation (hagiotoponyms). Demographic data come from the surveys done in the 15th (2011) Italian Census, while the economic wealth of such cities is explored through their recent [2007-2011] aggregated tax income (ATI).
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Who Votes for Library Bonds? A Principal Component Exploration [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Previous research has shown a relationship between voter characteristics and voter support for tax bonds. These findings, however, are difficult to interpret because of the high degree of collinearity across the measures. From 13 demographic measures of voters in a library bond election, seven independent principal components were extracted which ...
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Demographic transition, demographic dividendand economic growth in Nigeria
African Population Studies, 2012 Changes in age structure that results from demographic transition have economic consequences. This paper identifies the period of potential window of opportunity or demographic dividends created by Nigeria’s demographic transition. This is done by simulating the period of the demographic window of opportunity in Nigeria. In a simulation covering 1950 –
Olaniyan, Olanrewaju +2 more
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