Abstract This study examines the impact of soil erosion on agricultural land values in the United States (US) Midwest. Based on a novel county‐level panel data set with information on soil erosion levels and agricultural land values covering five census years (1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, and 2017), we separately investigate the direct effect of two types ...
Le Chen +3 more
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Low Fertilities before the Fertility Transition:
This chapter reconsiders the relationship between low fertility and demographic transition by examining childlessness and very small families in a pre-transition society. Focusing on Zeeland, a Dutch province in the nineteenth century, it challenges the conventional view that childlessness and two-child families were primarily products of modernization,
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Accounting for animal health in efficiency analysis: An application to Swedish dairy farms
Abstract Poor animal health is a central concern in modern livestock production. Despite the necessity to incorporate animal health in efficiency analysis, the theoretical and empirical developments are limited on this subject. This article appropriately characterizes the axiomatic properties of animal health within a production framework.
Frederic Ang +3 more
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Food inflation pass‐through from agricultural imports in a small open economy
Abstract This paper develops a new framework for quantifying cost pass‐through in a small open economy by estimating firm‐level markup responses to agricultural import price shocks. We show theoretically that markup adjustments depend on firms' reliance on imported inputs and demand curvature, generating heterogeneous inflationary effects across firm ...
Minseong Kang, Seungki Lee
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Screening for asthma among women referred for fertility treatment using a symptom questionnaire and fractional exhaled nitric oxide. [PDF]
Miller ON +6 more
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The role of venture‐financed startups in innovation for US agriculture
Abstract To evaluate the role played by startup companies in the innovation ecosystem of US agriculture, we compile a unique dataset of 6024 new entrants founded 1987–2019 that details their financing lifecycles, annual economic performance, and patenting activities.
Gregory D. Graff +2 more
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Correction: Transcriptomics of cumulus cells – a window into oocyte maturation in humans
Brandon A. Wyse +5 more
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Nicarbazin-Based Fertility Control for Urban Pigeon Management: A Review of Experimental, Regulatory and Operational Evidence. [PDF]
Pellizzari M, Albonetti PP, Hankaz Y.
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Farm labor scarcity and its uneven impacts on crop producers in the United States
Abstract This study is the first to evaluate the impacts of farm labor scarcity on producers in the United States across different crop production systems. Between 2002 and 2017, we disentangle the effects of labor scarcity from the impacts of rising commodity demand, technological change, and supply of other inputs on labor market outcomes.
Srabashi Ray +4 more
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Quality appraisal of clinical practice guidelines for fertility preservation in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review using AGREE II and AGREE-REX. [PDF]
Yan W, Wang L, Zhou H, Zhao L, Zhang Y.
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