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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines whether ESG‐related profitability differences arise from observable firm characteristics or from structural differences in how firms convert those characteristics into performance outcomes. Using an unbalanced panel data design, the final sample comprises 727 firm‐year observations from 178 publicly listed non‐financial ...
Yara Ibrahim +2 more
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Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.Abstract Agriculture remains highly vulnerable to labor exploitation, affecting almost two million workers worldwide and drawing increasing attention, particularly within the framework of Sustainable Development Goal 8 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. However, the informal nature of exploitation and fragmented data complicate its analysis.
Claudio Mirabella +3 more
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Scientific ReportsThis article explores the integration of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled deep learning methods with accurate crop yield prediction. The objective of the work is to enhance the accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of crop yield prediction.
Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj +3 more
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Same Practices, Different Outcomes: Gender Gaps in Organic Certification
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines gender differences in organic certification among Hungarian wineries and asks whether they reflect observable differences in sustainability engagement, organizational capabilities, and structural characteristics, or differences in how similar profiles translate into certified status.
Imre Fertő, Valéria Lekics
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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The gender gap in risk preferences in rural farm households, with female farmers commonly viewed as more risk‐averse than their male counterparts, may have profound implications for addressing the gendered impacts of climate change. Understanding these gender differences and their drivers is essential for designing policies that enhance ...
Abebe Hailemariam +2 more
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Pseudo-Panel Decomposition of the Blinder–Oaxaca Gender Wage Gap
EconometricsThis article introduces a novel approach to decomposing the Blinder–Oaxaca gender wage gap using pseudo-panel data. In many developing countries, panel data are not available; however, understanding the evolution of the gender wage gap over time requires
Jhon James Mora, Diana Yaneth Herrera
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Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Using the European Quality of Government Index across 183 NUTS‐2 regions (2010–2024), this paper documents that education improves institutional quality in Western Europe but not in postsocialist regions. Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition reveals that 77 percent of the West–East institutional gap reflects different returns to education, not ...
Nikolaos Tzivanakis
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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Childhood obesity has become a significant public health issue worldwide. Socioeconomic status is among its key determinants. This study examined the socioeconomic inequality in different phenotypes of childhood obesity at the national level ...
Zohreh Mahmoodi +7 more
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Focusing on the distinctive characteristics of the highly gendered long‐term care (LTC) sector, in this study, we analyze wages and earnings within caring sectors through an integrated theoretical approach that includes theories of ageism, compensating wage differentials, and gender‐based devaluation.
Viktoria Szenkurök, Ricardo Rodrigues
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