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Temperature and Farm Labor in Nigeria

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We estimate the impact of temperature shocks on the composition of farm labor in rural Nigeria using a nationally representative household panel survey. Leveraging plausibly exogenous year‐to‐year variation in growing season temperatures, we find that warmer temperatures significantly alter farm labor composition, prompting a substantial shift
Andu Berha
wiley   +1 more source

Embracing uncertainty: rethinking migration policy through pastoralists' experiences. [PDF]

Comp Migr Stud, 2022
Maru N, Nori M, Scoones I, Semplici G, Triandafyllidou A.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Sale of visas: a smuggler's final song? [PDF]

, 2013
Is there a way of eliminating human smuggling? We set up a model to simultaneously determine the provision of human smuggling services and the demand from would-be migrants.
Auriol, A., Mesnard, A.
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Migrant Labour in the Russian Economy: a Burden or a Blessing? [PDF]

, 2016
The article discusses the potential threats and benefits of external labour migration for the Russian economy through establishing cause-effect relations between the migration processes and the current economic situation. The analysis of statistical data
Koretskaya-Garmash, V. A.
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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

Latin American migrants' transit/ions and sexual agency reconfigurations

Frontiers in Human Dynamics
This paper explores how gender-diverse migrants negotiate their sexual agency as they navigate migration structures, transiting sexual and geographical states of nepantla (in-betweenness).
Abril Ríos-Rivera
doaj   +1 more source

Illegal migration, enforcement and minimum wage [PDF]

, 2007
This paper examines the connection between illegal migration, minimum wages and enforcement policy. We first explore the employers’ decision regarding the employment of illegal migrants in the presence of an effective minimum wage.
Epstein, G.S., Heizler, O.
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The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

Service Migration Policy Optimization considering User Mobility for E-Healthcare Applications. [PDF]

J Healthc Eng, 2021
Zhao X, Liu J, Ji B, Wang L.
europepmc   +1 more source

European Labour Mobility: Challenges and Potentials [PDF]

European Union economies are pressed by (i) a demographic change that induces population ageing and a decline of the workforce, and (ii) a split labour market that is characterized by high levels of unemployment for low -skilled people and a simultaneous
Klaus F. Zimmermann
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