Results 101 to 110 of about 106,279 (285)
From metropolis to metropolis-based region: the case of Tel-Aviv [PDF]
The decreasing importance of metropolitan areas in the distribution of population and economic activity within many nations of the developed world raises questions about the emergence of agglomeration diseconomies and about the changes in urban spatial ...
Parr, John B., Bar-El, Raphael
core
Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
wiley +1 more source
Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, 2016 The present paper aims to find the factors influencing population growth in metropolises and thus provide a model for population growth in large cities based on expert opinions.
F. Mansourian +3 more
doaj +1 more source
The Effect of SNAP Purchasing Power on Diet Quality
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits millions of eligible low‐income Americans by increasing access to food, helping to reduce food insecurity. Previous studies have documented that the geographical variation in local food prices leads to significant differences in SNAP's purchasing power.
Farah Khan, Augustine Denteh
wiley +1 more source
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn +3 more
wiley +1 more source
On the containment condition for adaptive Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithms [PDF]
, 2009 This paper considers ergodicity properties of certain adaptive Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms for multidimensional target distributions, in particular Adaptive Metropolis and Adaptive Metropolis-within-Gibbs.
Rosenthal, Jeffrey S. (Jeffrey Seth) +2 more
core
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
wiley +1 more source
SensorsThis study is devoted to creating a neural network technology for assessing metal accumulation in the body of a metropolis resident with short-term and long-term intake from anthropogenic sources. Direct assessment of metal retention in the human body is
Yulia Tunakova +4 more
doaj +1 more source
tcompa/Laughlin-Metropolis: Laughlin-Metropolis v1.0.1
, 2018 <p>This is a simple python/cython code implementing the Metropolis Monte Carlo algorithm to sample configurations from the Laughlin wave function with an arbitrary number of quasiholes.</p> <p>The program was developed by Tommaso ...
Tommaso Comparin (5583857) +3 more
core +1 more source