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Minimum Wages in Colombia: Holding the Middle With a Bite on the Poor [PDF]
This paper exploits the long history of the minimum wage in a relatively stable developing economy like Colombia in order to see whether it may alleviate the living conditions of low income families and reduce income inequality.
Carlos A.Arango, Angélica Pachón
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar +2 more
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Distributional labor market effects of the United States Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Discover Global SocietyThis study conducts an event study to evaluate the impact of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) on the United States’ labor market outcomes. Using an event-study design and data from the Current Population Survey (2000–2020), we compare labor ...
Salman Almutawa +2 more
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Should low-wage workers care about where they work? Assessing the impact of employer characteristics on low-wage mobility [PDF]
This paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. To address the initial conditions problem and the endogeneity of employer retention, we model (intra-firm) low-pay transitions using a multivariate ...
Heinze, Anja, Guertzgen, Nicole
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Hedging Potential of Occupational and Regional Wage Indices
, 2023 This article suggests a readily implementable approach to hedging occupational and regional wage risks. We show that currently available administrative data of the German social security system can be aggregated into indices of occupational and regional ...
Trede, Mark Matthias, Schmal, Friederike
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen +5 more
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Wage formation in the Italian private sector after the 1992-93 income policy agreements [PDF]
The effects of the 1992-93 Income Policy Agreements on wages and wage differentials are analysed. In the last decade, both the aggregate real wages and their differentials among individual remained constant.
Piero, Casadio
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra +3 more
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Current Innovation in Agriculture ScienceThe present study analysed the various aspects related to casual labour households, focusing on income levels, market functioning, employment status, wage rates, and constraints faced by households in rural and urban areas of Udaipur district of ...
Vikalp Sharma, G L Meena, Kanika Mehta
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Wage Distribution in Japan: 1989-2003 [PDF]
Diverging economic inequality has become a common focus of economic debate in developed countries. In particular, the recent experience of Japan has started attracting international attention.
Izumi Yokoyama +2 more
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