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Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava, Jung Sun Lee, Travis A. Smith   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Population and the Fight Against Poverty [PDF]

Is poverty incidence higher among families with a bigger family size? Is there a cause and effect in the relationship between family size and poverty incidence? Dr. Aniceto Orbeta Jr. believes that indeed, there is.
Orbeta, Aniceto Jr. C.
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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley, Sean Posey, Kathy Baylis, Daniel Osgood, Stuart Sweeney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah, Obed Quaicoe, Fafanyo Asiseh, John N. Ng'ombe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of Western values on marital, family, and reproductive attitudes of youth

Вестник университета
The complex impact of Western values on marital, family, and reproductive attitudes transformation in Russian youth in the context of globalization, digitalization, and an ideologically multipolar world has been studied.
F. G. Myshko, V. V. Popov
doaj   +1 more source

Macroeconomic Impact of Ageing Population in Scotland. A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis. [PDF]

This paper combines a multi-period economic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling framework with a demographic model to analyse the macroeconomic impact of the projected demographic trends in Scotland.
Karen Turner, Katerina Lisenkova, Kim Swales, Nikos Pappas, Peter Mcgregor, Robert Wright   +5 more
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Macroeconomic impacts of demographic change in Scotland : a computable general equilibrium analysis [PDF]

, 2007
This paper combines a multi-period economic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling framework with a demographic model to analyse the macroeconomic impact of the projected demographic trends in Scotland.
Lisenkova, Katya, McGregor, Peter, Pappas, Nikos, Swales, Kim, Turner, Karen, Wright, Robert E.   +5 more
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen, Leon Englberger, Jens Rommel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Socio‐economic indicators of demographic disadvantage in the Altai Krai

Векторы благополучия: экономика и социум
The urgency of the problem of demographic disadvantage is due to the need to minimize and overcome the accelerated depopulation of the Russian population, which is the main threat to the national security of the country.
M.I. Cherepanova, S.A. Meshalkin, I.P. Sаutinа, Ya.A. Chistopashin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Are all meats substitutes? A basket‐and‐expenditure‐based approach

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the relationship among animal‐based meat and plant‐based meat alternatives (PBMAs) using a basket‐and‐expenditure‐based choice experiment. In particular, we examine whether animal‐based meat products are substitutes or complements with PBMAs.
Clinton L. Neill, Logan L. Britton
wiley   +1 more source