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The processes of emigration from Lithuania in the conditions of economic globalization / Emigracijos iš Lietuvos procesai ekonomikos globalizacijos sąlygomis

open access: yesMokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis, 2015
International migration is an integral part of globalization: the twenty-first century is even called the “age of migration”. Although international migration has existed for a long time before the age of globalization, global migration volume, speed and
Indrė Naulickaitė, Borisas Melnikas
doaj   +1 more source

Coping With Production Risk: Effects of Sown Plant Diversity on the Attractiveness of Crop Insurance in Grasslands

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating situation of Lithuania in the European Union: Structural indicators and MULTIMOORA method / Lietuvos situacijos Europos Sąjungoje įvertinimas: struktūriniai rodikliai ir MULTIMOORA metodas

open access: yesTechnological and Economic Development of Economy, 2010
According to the Lisbon Strategy, which was adopted in 2000, the European Union (EU) should become the most competitive region in the World. Goals, defined in the strategy, and instruments for seeking them are identified by structural indicators as well ...
Alvydas Baležentis   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamics and causes of crashes on Lithuanian roads

open access: yesMokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis, 2023
Lithuania is the only European Union country that has reduced the number of road deaths by more than 50% from 2011 to 2021. However, even with significant progress, Lithuania has 53 deaths per 1 million inhabitants and Lithuania is still behind the EU ...
Edgaras Naidič, Justas Bražiūnas
doaj   +1 more source

Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Climate‐Friendly Food Production: The Role of Production Method Information and Social Norms

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether information about production methods and social norms can increase consumers' willingness to pay (WTP) a price premium for food produced using climate‐friendly farming methods. A randomized survey experiment was conducted with 1568 respondents across Denmark, Lithuania, and Spain, who were assigned to one of four ...
Kassa Tarekegn Erekalo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Administrative division of Lithuania on the Russian maps of the XIX and XX centuries (2 of 3)

open access: yesGeodesy and Cartography, 2012
Continued of Review article: Gliožaitis, A. (2012). Administrative division of Lithuania on the Russian maps of the XIX and XX centuries (1 of 3). Geodesy and Cartography, 32(2), IIa-IIf.
Algirdas Gliožaitis
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Does Participating in Agricultural Global Value Chains Promote Agricultural Growth?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between GVC participation and agricultural value‐added growth in 43 countries over the period 1995–2022. In contrast to prior literature, we disaggregate the agricultural sector into four sub‐sectors namely crop cultivation, animal production, forestry and fishing.
Taner Turan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Administrative division of Lithuania on the Russian maps of the XIX and XX centuries (3 of 3)

open access: yesGeodesy and Cartography, 2012
Continued of Review article: Gliožaitis, A. (2012). Administrative division of Lithuania on the Russian maps of the XIX and XX centuries (2 of 3). Geodesy and Cartography, 32(3), Ia-Ig.
Algirdas Gliožaitis
doaj   +1 more source

Jewish heritage in the creative cities of Central and Eastern Europe: tourism, technologies and prosthetic memory

open access: yesCreativity Studies, 2020
This paper deals with Jewish mobile multimedia cultural-heritage, root-diaspora tours and apps. The author presents and compares UNESCO Creative Cities Network of Central and Eastern Europe in which Jewish communities were numerous before the World War ...
Žilvinė Gaižutytė-Filipavičienė
doaj   +1 more source

‘The Other Parent’: A Critical Policy Analysis of Fatherhood Discourses in the Australian Government's Paid Parental Leave Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Australian paid parental leave (PPL) government scheme aims to support working parents through financial assistance and the promotion of gender equality in caregiving responsibilities. However, the scheme's implementation has been critiqued for its gendered design, which marginalises fathers and reinforces traditional gender roles.
Lily Lewington   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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