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INFORMATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE ECONOMY

Papers in Regional Science, 1984
The geographical evolution of the economy requires reproduction of the existing structure as well as change. Both ordering within and variety outside the constraints are involved and are measured by entropy. Equiprobability, independence, compartmentalization and alphabet size are examined, sometimes in game theory terms.
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Formal and Informal Social Care in People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Cross‐Sectional Multicenter Survey

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living. This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disparate regions of England: Salford (urban) and Norfolk (rural).
Mehreen Somro, Karen Durrant, William G. Dixon, John McBeth, Alex MacGregor, Max Yates, Jenny H. Humphreys   +6 more
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How different theories of development address the relationship between the urban informal economy and poverty in the labour market

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The literature on informality observes a relationship between the informal economy and poverty but there is little theoretical discussion on this relationship. Despite the negative depiction of the informal economy by the modernization theory, and rather
Daniel Kennedy Amoah
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Caregiver Perspectives on the Burden of Disease and Treatment in Uncontrolled Gout

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Uncontrolled gout (UG) refers to persistently elevated serum urate (SU) levels >6 mg/dL and ongoing gout symptoms despite use of urate‐lowering therapy (ULT). The objective of this study was to evaluate the burden associated with informal caregiving for individuals with UG.
Angelo Gaffo, Bhavisha Desai, Abiola Oladapo, Nana Kragh, Rebekah Zincavage, Brad Padilla, Naomi Schlesinger   +6 more
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Determinants of the Informal Economy in EU Countries [PDF]

Romanian Economic Journal, 2020
The purpose of the paper is to explore determinants of informal economy for EU countries’ economies which contributes to the current literature. The authors used a dynamic panel Generalised Methods of Moments (GMM) technique.
Ozan Gülhan, Alban Hetemi, Egzon Osmani
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang, Lena Kuhn, Hang Xiong, Zhanli Sun, Thomas Glauben   +4 more
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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
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The Impact of Informal Economy in the Development of SMEs - Evidence from Kosovo (2008-2012) [PDF]

International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics, 2017
This paper discusses the relationship between the informal economy and the development of SMEs in Kosovo. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the informal economy, its causes, effects and its impact on business, as well as government policies to ...
Nagip Skenderi, Xhavit Islami, Enis Mulolli   +2 more
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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
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Labour standards application in the informal economy of Ghana: The patterns and pressures [PDF]

Ekonomski Anali, 2013
In spite of the rapid growth and importance of informal employment in Ghana, few studies have investigated the extent of coverage of labour standards application, as a form of labour market regulation.
Akorsu Angela D.
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