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Property rights, tenure security and forest investment incentives: evidence from China's Collective Forest Tenure Reform

, 2014
This paper assesses how tenure reform in China's collective forest sector affects Chinese farmer households' perception of tenure security and propensity to invest in their forestland.
Xu, Jintao, Yi, Yuanyuan,, Yi, Yuanyuan, Xu, Jintao,, Köhlin, Gunnar,, Kohlin, Gunnar   +5 more
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Keeping Pace or Falling Behind? The Depth of Latin American Trade Agreements

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether Latin American countries are keeping pace with global trends in trade agreement depth or falling behind. Using 681 agreements (1970–2019), we develop the Depth Index of Trade Agreements (DITA) to weight provisions endogenously through factor analysis based on co‐occurrence patterns.
Raphael Gomes da Silva, Fernanda Aparecida Silva, Lia Nogueira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Program sustainability and the determinants of farmers' self-predicted post-program land use decisions: evidence from the Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) in China

, 2014
In this paper we evaluate the long-run sustainability of China's Sloping Land Conversion Program (SLCP) by investigating the determinants of farmers' self-predicted post-program land use decisions.
Xu, Jintao, Yang, Xiaojun, Yang, Xiaojun,   +2 more
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Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Complexity and Human Development [PDF]

, 2018
This book combines the human development approach and innovation economics in order to explore the effects that structural economic change has on human development.
Hartmann, Dominik
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The Role of Personal Remittances in Economic Development: A Comparative Analysis with Foreign Direct Investment in Lebanon

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Understanding the role of personal remittances in economic development is crucial, particularly for countries like Lebanon, where these inflows play a significant role in economic stability.
Samar F. Abou Ltaif, Simona Mihai-Yiannaki, Alkis Thrassou   +2 more
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Temporary Programs, Lasting Questions: Ad Hoc Assistance in the U.S. Farm Safety Net

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large ad hoc assistance programs have returned to U.S. farm policy since 2017, operating alongside a more developed safety net built around federally subsidized crop insurance, Title I commodity programs, and standing disaster assistance. This paper reviews the renewed use of ad hoc assistance, documents its recent scale using USDA data, and ...
Alejandro Plastina, Oranuch Wongpiyabovorn   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing antibiotic abuse in China: An experimental audit study

, 2014
China has high rates of antibiotic abuse and antibiotic resistance but the causes are still a matter for debate. Strong physician financial incentives to prescribe are likely to be an important cause.
Meng, Juanjuan, Currie, Janet, Lin, Wanchuan, Currie, Janet M.   +3 more
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
wiley   +1 more source

The Environment for Development Initiative: lessons learned in research, academic capacity building and policy intervention to manage resources for sustainable growth

, 2014
This article reviews the history of the Environment for Development (EfD) initiative, its activities in capacity building and policy-oriented research, and case studies at its centres in Chile, China, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa and ...
Xu, J. T., Sterner, Thomas, Alpizar, Francisco, Mariara-Kabubo, Jane, Rebolledo, C. A. C., Xu, Jintao, Berck, C. S., Dikgang, Johane, Sterner, Thomas,, Chavez Rebolledo, Carlos Alberto, Kirama, Stephen, Alpizar, F., Dikgang, J., Kirama, S., Alem, Yonas,, Mekonnen, A., Mariara-Kabubo, J., Alem, Yonas, Berck, Cyndi Spindell, Mekonnen, Alemu, Köhlin, Gunnar,, Kohlin, Gunnar   +21 more
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