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A double-hurdle approach to modelling tobacco consumption in Italy [PDF]
Applied Economics, 2008 This paper analyses the determinants of tobacco expenditures for a sample of Italian households. A Box-Cox double-hurdle model adjusted for heteroscedasticity is estimated to account separate individual decisions concerning smoking participation and tobacco consumption and to correct for non-normality in the bivariate distribution of the error terms ...
ARISTEI, DAVID, PIERONI, Luca
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Detecting Wage Under-Reporting Using a Double Hurdle Model [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 We estimate a double hurdle (DH) model of the Hungarian wage distribution assuming censoring at the minimum wage and wage under-reporting (i.e. compensation consisting of the minimum wage, subject to taxation, and an unreported cash supplement). We estimate the probability of under-reporting for minimum wage earners, simulate their genuine earnings and
Elek, Péter +3 more
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A double-hurdle model of Irish household expenditure on prepared meals [PDF]
Applied Economics, 2003 In this paper, Irish households' expenditure on prepared meals for home consumption is analysed using the 1987 and 1994 Irish Household Budget Survey datasets. The aim of the paper is to analyse the factors influencing Irish households' decisions to purchase prepared meals and how much to spend on these food items.
Carol Newman +2 more
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Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 2023 Due to various health issues connected to the use of pesticides, cleaner production is now necessary for the cocoa sector. The health of people is negatively impacted by the residues left in cocoa beans through a variety of active pesticide components ...
Lawrence O. Oyenpemi +2 more
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Commercialization of teff growers and determinants in west Ethiopia: Double hurdle model analysis
Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development, 2023 Promoting commercialization of agricultural production is a cornerstone of the rural development strategies of Ethiopia and commercialization of smallholder farming is not yet adequate enough to enable farmers be profitable.
Zelalem Fikadu +2 more
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Land, 2022 Erosion and pollution in the Citarum River have reached a very worrying stage. To overcome this problem, the government has launched the Citarum Harum program.
Sumaryanto +6 more
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Examining the adoption of agroforestry in Southern Rwanda: a double hurdle approach
Forest Science and Technology, 2023 This article analyzes determinants of farmers’ adoption decisions for agroforestry practices and the extent of adoption in rural Rwanda. The study also investigates the key constraints hindering smallholder farmers to adopt agroforestry.
Jules Ngango +4 more
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Market information and maize commercialization in the Savannah and Northern regions of Ghana
Scientific African, 2021 This study employed the Double Hurdle (DH) regression model to identify factors that influence access to market information, market participation and intensity of participation decisions of maize farmers in the Mion and West Gonja Districts of Ghana. The
George Morton, Edward Martey
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Cogent Engineering, 2021 The study was conducted to assess factors that determine a household’s participation and intensity of use in the Gemechis district. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed and 167 sample households were selected by using the Cochran formula.
Tale Geddafa +2 more
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Advances in Bamboo Science, 2023 We investigated the factors that determine participation by smallholder farmers’ in the highland bamboo markets in Ethiopia. Our empirical data were drawn from a representative survey of 274 bamboo growers in the Hula and Gummer districts of Southern ...
Yared Gelaw +4 more
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