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PREDICTING ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR BASED ON ECONOMICS EDUCATION IN THE FAMILY AND UNIVERSITY BY MEDIATING ECONOMIC LITERACY

آموزش مهندسی ایران
The aim of the present study was to investigate the casual relationship between economics education in the family and university and economic behavior of engineering students by mediating economic literacy.
farideh nasiri , sakineh jafari
doaj   +1 more source

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

La calidad de la educación superior en Colombia. Una aproximación econométrica (2007-2012)

CLIO América, 2015
This paper explores the relationship between levels of teacher education and socioeconomic characteristics of students with quality education that they themselves receive; the analysis takes place in the higher education sector over the period 2007-2012
Mayra A. Torres Cabrera, José M. Vélez Peláez, Freddy Altamar Bula   +2 more
doaj  

Blindspots in Economics and Design: A Review of John Heskett’s Design and the Creation of Value

She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics and Innovation, 2017
Blindspots in Economics and Design is a review of John Heskett’s Design and the Creation of Value (2017). Importantly, the book cogently examines five economic theories and presents diagrammatic interpretation of their foci, contrasts, and evolutions ...
Sharon Helmer Poggenpohl
doaj   +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

Making economics real - The Economics Internship

, 2013
In the context of higher education concerns surrounding economics enrolments in Australia and industry concern about the quality of graduates, an Economics Internship was developed as a final year elective course in an Australian business degree.
Brimble, Mark, Brett Freudenberg, Cameron, Craig, Brimble, M, Cameron, C, Freudenberg, B, Craig Cameron, Freudenberg, Brett, Mark Brimble   +8 more
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Teaching out-of-field in Home Economics: A Systematic Quantitative Literature Review

, 2022
Out-of-field teaching (OOFT) is a global phenomenon impacting student learning outcomes and teacher attrition. Anecdotal evidence suggests that home economics teacher shortages drive OOFT, yet there is an absence of research regarding its impacts.
Du Plessis, Anna, McManus, Sarah, Pendergast, Donna, Deagon, Jay   +3 more
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Research Ethics Education in Economics

Review of Social Economy, 2015
In this paper, we report the findings from the data we collected from a survey in order to measure how common research ethics education in economics is. We have found out that (1) research ethics is taught in only a very few economics departments around the globe; (2) topics related to research ethics are not taught in courses on economics and ethics ...
Yalcintas, Altug, Selcuk, Isil Sirin
openaire   +2 more sources

The Cost of a Nutritious Diet in Cafeterias: Evidence From US Military Dining Facilities

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing nutritious meals in institutional settings with financial constraints, such as military dining facilities, is challenging. The US Department of War (DoW) and US Department of Agriculture (USDA) collaborated to modernize the Basic Daily Food Allowance (BDFA) using an optimization model that incorporates service members' consumption ...
Linlin Fan, Yiwen Zhao, Andrea Carlson, Parke Wilde, Joanna Reagan, Julianna Jayne, Starr Seip, Denise Laursen, Matthew P. Rabbitt   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Economics with training wheels’: Using blogs in teaching and assessing introductory economics

, 2011
Blogs provide a dynamic interactive medium for online discussion, consistent with communal constructivist pedagogy. This paper explores the use of blogs in the teaching and assessment of a small (40-60 students) introductory economics paper.
Cameron, Michael Patrick
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