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Human capital, social mobility, and TESOL: An interview with Peter Sayer

EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages
This interview explores the intersection of social mobility and inequalities in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) through a dialogue with Peter Sayer, an Associate Professor at The Ohio State University.
Huseyin Uysal, Peter Sayer
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How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Sources of China's economic growth, 1952-99 : incorporating human capital accumulation [PDF]

China's performance in economic growth, and poverty reduction has been remarkable. There is an ongoing debate about whether this growth is mainly driven by productivity, or factor accumulation.
Yan Wang, Yudong Yao
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The Relationship Between Interest Rates and Agricultural Commodity Price Dynamics

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The U.S. Federal Reserve has undertaken several interest rate interventions in the past decade. This study explores the relationship between U.S. corn and soybean prices and Federal Reserve monetary policy interventions, in the short and long run.
Zhining Sun, Ani L. Katchova
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Social Capital and Economic Performance: some lessons from Farm Partnerships in Sweden [PDF]

The social capital literature usually perceives social capital as dues ex machine for economic performance. In this paper we use existing social capital theory to develop a conceptual framework to explain; (i) the importance of organizational capital as ...
Fragkandreas, Thanos, Larsen, Karin
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Farmers' Financial Literacy—Scale Development and Linkages to Accounting Practices and Financial Outcomes

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
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Vintage capital theory: Three breakthroughs [PDF]

Vintage capital growth models have been at the heart of growth theory in the 60s. This research line collapsed in the late 60s with the so-called embodiment controversy and the technical sophisitication of the vintage models.
David De La Croix, Omar Licandro, Raouf Boucekkine   +2 more
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Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple, Christian Stetter, Cathal Buckley   +2 more
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Religious-Based Family Management and Its Impact on Consumption Patterns and Poverty: A Human Resource and Management Perspective

Economies
Research Objective: This study aims to examine the impact of religious-based family management (RBFM) on absolute poverty through two main factors: short-term vision and uncontrolled consumption among low-income families.
Hasmin Hasmin, Jumiaty Nurung, Gunawan Bata Ilyas   +2 more
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Human Capital Theory and Internal Migration: Do Average Outcomes Distort Our View of Migrant Motives? [PDF]

Migrat Lett, 2017
Korpi M, Clark WAW.
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