Results 61 to 70 of about 3,305,229 (295)

Educational Expansion as a Driver of Longer Working Lives?

Comparative Population Studies
This study investigates the contribution of educational expansion to changes in labour force participation among Europeans aged 55-74 between 2000 and 2019, while accounting for changes in educational inequalities in labour market activity.
Aart-Jan Riekhoff, Kati Kuitto
doaj   +1 more source

Economic fluctuations and urban-rural differences in educational inequalities in mortality in the Baltic countries and Finland in 2000–2015: a register-based study

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
We examined urban-rural differences in educational inequalities in mortality in the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and Finland in the context of macroeconomic changes.
M. Leinsalu, A. Baburin, D. Jasilionis, J. Krumins, P. Martikainen, A. Stickley   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap, Becca B. R. Jablonski, John Bovay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do More Open Economies Export Less Diversely in Brazilian Agribusiness?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper asks whether municipalities with a larger export‐to‐revenue ratio display a more concentrated bundle of exported goods in Brazilian agribusiness. Recent advances in export imputation for Brazilian municipalities allow for an analysis of the concentration profile of each municipality and its association with export openness.
Alan Leal, Michelle Marcia Viana Martins
wiley   +1 more source

Do differences in the administrative structure of populations confound comparisons of geographic health inequalities? [PDF]

, 2010
<p>Background: Geographical health inequalities are naturally described by the variation in health outcomes between areas (e.g. mortality rates). However, comparisons made between countries are hampered by our lack of understanding of the effect of
Jackson, A.L., Carolyn A Davies, Alastair H Leyland, Andrew L Jackson, Davies Carolyn A, Leyland Alastair H, Davies, C.A., Leyland, A.H., Jackson Andrew L   +8 more
core   +2 more sources

What Explains Racial Differences in Farm Succession Planning? Evidence From Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines racial differences in farm succession planning using survey data from Tennessee farmers. While observed differences between White and Black farmers are small, decomposition and counterfactual analyses show that structural characteristics, particularly farm size, would predict higher succession planning among White farmers ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa, Armine Poghosyan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Development of Deviant and Delinquent Behavior over the Life Course in the Context of Processes of Social Inequalities [PDF]

, 2013
Reinecke J, Stemmler M, Sünkel Z, et al. The Development of Deviant and Delinquent Behavior over the Life Course in the Context of Processes of Social Inequalities. SFB 882 Working Paper Series. Vol 17.
Meinert, Julia, Schepers, Deborah, Pöge, Andreas ; https://orcid.org/, Reinecke, Jost, Wallner, Susanne, Arnis, Maria, Kucur-Uysal, Burcu, Sünkel, Zara, Stemmler, Mark, Wittenberg, Jochen, Weiss, Maren   +10 more
core