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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drought is among the most severe and persistent threats to food supply chains, and relocating production to less drought‐prone regions offers a strategy to reduce this risk. This is particularly relevant for fresh vegetables, which are highly water‐intensive, yet drought‐driven reconfiguration strategies remain understudied.
Bingyan Dai +2 more
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Labor market dynamics under long-term wage contracting [PDF]
Journal of Monetary Economics, 2009 Abstract Recent research seeking to explain the strong cyclicality of US unemployment emphasizes the role of wage rigidity. This paper proposes a micro-founded model of wage rigidity—an equilibrium business cycle model of job search, where risk neutral firms post optimal long-term contracts to attract risk averse workers.
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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
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Labor markets and health: an integrated life course perspective
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2016 Current work and health research is fragmented, focusing on jobs, exposures, specific worker groups, work organization, or employment contracts. An emphasis on the labor market in framing the work and health relationship conceptualizes work not only as ...
Benjamin C Amick +2 more
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Value of Information of Improved Traceability in Fresh Produce Markets
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Traceability plays an important role in promoting a safe food supply by fostering transparent information exchange along the food supply chain. New technological innovations have the potential to improve traceability outcomes, as greater transparency along the food supply chain can aid in pinpointing precise origins of the contamination ...
Kelsey Vourazeris +2 more
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The labor-managed firm, Herbert Gintis, and me
Frontiers in Behavioral EconomicsDuring 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
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Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2020 A firm’s expectation about the future business cycle is an important determinant of the decision to train apprentices, especially as German firms typically offer apprenticeships to either fill future skilled worker positions, or as a substitute for other
Samuel Muehlemann +2 more
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Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences
AI &Innovation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
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Labor Market Regulation and Youth Employment : Empirical Evidence from MENA Region [PDF]
سیاستگذاری اقتصادیPurpose: 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 +2 more
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