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Ban Glyphosate—Does It Affect the Swedish Farmers' Willingness to Grow Cover Crops?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The cultivation of cover crops is one of the new Eco‐scheme practices introduced in Sweden. This study examines how the design of policy attributes of these schemes influences farmers' willingness to grow cover crops on arable land, with particular focus on the potential impact of a glyphosate ban.
Vivian Wei Huang +2 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent decades, agriculture has become increasingly concentrated through horizontal mergers and acquisitions via corporate entities, and policy makers are concerned this will be exacerbated by the aging population of farm operators. To reduce market concentration in agriculture, many states have enacted policies to entice new prospective ...
Justin M. Ross +2 more
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Spatial Differentiation of Labor Markets from the Labor Demand Perspective
Contemporary Economics, 2010 The labor market is not a homogenous category. Its diversity is a consequence of the specificity of the region, its structure and level of development.
Małgorzata Gawrycka, Anna Szymczak
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Labor Markets of the Northern Territories of Russia in 2019–2023
Арктика и СеверThe paper analyses the processes taking place in the local labor markets of Russia’s northern territories in 2019–2023. A review of the results of empirical studies showed that the northern territories of the Russian Federation differ in terms of ...
Marina A. Giltman +2 more
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BRIEF RADIOGRAPHY OF THE (IN) INTERNAL MIGRATION AND LABOR SEGMENTATION OF SINALOA
Ra Ximhai, 2020 The objective of this work is to analyze internal migration in the State of Sinaloa, both those of expulsion and those of attraction to the region, in order to understand the characteristics that help to understand Sinaloan migratory flows, finding ...
Renato Pintor-Sandoval
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, 2017 Labor market segmentation theories arose as an alternative to neoclassical notions of labor and labor markets in the 1970s. After briefly revisiting the strengths and the weaknesses of this approach, the article discusses more recent developments around the question of difference and diversity in labor markets, directing attention to three key ...
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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley +4 more
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Off-farm employment, informal insurance, and agricultural labor hiring in incomplete markets
International Review of Economics & FinanceRural households pursuing mixed livelihood strategies, continue to hire agricultural labor even when farming generates limited or negative returns. This paper explains this apparent anomaly as a household labor-portfolio choice in incomplete markets and ...
Fushun Zhang +3 more
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Desarrollo y Sociedad, 2013 The main objective of the work is to test the existence of differences in earnings between salaried jobs and self-generated jobs in the labor markets of Peru. To this purpose it uses data from household surveys from 2007 to 2011.
José S. Rodríguez
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Understanding Egg Price Volatility and Policy Implications in the U.S. With Machine Learning
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Eggs are an inexpensive and sustainable source of proteins, but volatility in the U.S. egg prices has intensified in recent years, raising concerns over food affordability and market stability. This study examines the drivers of U.S. egg price dynamics over 2004–2025 using a two‐stage framework that combines LASSO‐based variable selection with
Xuemei Zhao +3 more
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