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Can outsourcing pest and disease control help reduce pesticide expenditure? Evidence from rice farmers

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Outsourcing pest and disease control (PDC) has grown rapidly worldwide, especially in developing countries. Although numerous studies have investigated various advantages of outsourcing PDC, little is known about its impact on pesticide expenditure.
Pengcheng Wang, Wanglin Ma, Mengling Diao   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutions and Wage Determination: a Multi-Country Approach [PDF]

We present an empirical analysis of the determinants of labour cost in OECD countries, with particular reference to the impact of labour market institutions from 1960 to 1994.
Luca Nunziata
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Analysis of the Demand for Tourist Accommodation to Travel with Dogs in Spain

Societies
Pets, generally, and dogs have become an essential part of families. This situation implies that people consider their dogs when planning family holidays, excluding moving to a second home.
José E. Ramos-Ruiz, Minerva Aguilar-Rivero, Jaime Aja-Valle, Lucía Castaño-Prieto   +3 more
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Geographical and industry differences on remuneration gap-enhanced labour productivity levels in a developing economy: South Africa as a case study

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2012
The aim of the article was to determine the geographic and industry differences for employee-remuneration gap-enhanced labour productivity levels in a developing economy. The Winter-Ebmer and Zweimuller model was used to estimate the signs and magnitudes
Gerhardus van Zyl
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PLAYBOOKS AND CHECKBOOKS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ECONOMICS, OF MODERN SPORTS, S. Szymanski, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2009, 225 pages. ISBN 978-0-691-12750-7 [PDF]

Simon Rottenberg is credited with starting the literature on sports economics in 1956 with his analysis of major league baseball’s labour market.
João Ramos
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Analyzing individual rent price ratios in eastern German agricultural land markets: A GAMLSS approach

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the rent price ratio in agricultural land markets, crucial for evaluating market efficiency, policy needs, and farmer decision‐making. Traditionally, the analyses faced challenges due to the absence of concurrent sale and rent data for the same land, potentially leading to biased results.
Marius Michels, Cord‐Friedrich von Hobe, Miryam Sarah Merk, Thomas Kneib, Oliver Musshoff   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labour supply, income taxes and hours restrictions in the Netherlands [PDF]

Labour ...
Kapteyn, A.J., Soest, A.H.O. van, Woittiez, I.B.   +2 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Inefficiency of automatically linking unemployment benefits to private sector wage rates [PDF]

Labour ...
Mulder, C.B.
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