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Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov, Abdusame Tadjiev, Nodir Djanibekov, Ajit Govind, Akmal Akramkhanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labor Market Regulation and Youth Employment : Empirical Evidence from MENA Region [PDF]

سیاست‌گذاری اقتصادی
Purpose: Identifying the determinants of youth employment has a direct effect on enhancing productivity, and knowing such determinants can facilitate it for policymakers to deal with the challenges ahead. Youth employment in the MENA region is one of the
Akram Khademi, Kazem Yavari, Hassan Heydari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wage Differences Matter: An Experiment of Social Comparison and Effort Provision when Wages Increase or Decrease

Games, 2020
Wage rates, efficiency wages, and gift exchange in a labor market are all crucial aspects in regard to designing contracts to ensure high effort from workers.
Jose Rojas-Fallas, J. Forrest Williams
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

Psychological contract in the light of flexible employment: The review of studies

Medycyna Pracy, 2016
Changing employment relations between employees and employers due to the increasing employment flexibility have contributed to the development of a new paradigm to analyze these relations based on the concept of psychological contract.
Dorota Żołnierczyk-Zreda
doaj   +1 more source

Fixed-Term employment contracts in Spain: Labor market flexibility or segmentation?. [PDF]

In this article, we provide some insights into the labor market effects of fixed-term contracts in Spain. We use in our study the dual labor market theory and some tenets of efficiency wage models.
Alba, Alfonso
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Drivers of Farmers' Contract Compliance Behavior: Evidence From a Case Study of Dangote Tomato Processing Plant in Northern Nigeria

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar, Sanzidur Rahman, Giacomo Zanello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The labor-managed firm, Herbert Gintis, and me

Frontiers in Behavioral Economics
During 1990–96, Herbert Gintis co-authored an influential series of journal articles and book chapters with Samuel Bowles on the nature of the capitalist economy and the prospects for labor-managed firms (LMFs).
Gregory K. Dow
doaj   +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