Determining smallholder farmers’ preferences for Push-Pull technology dissemination pathways in western Kenya [PDF]
The push-pull technology (PPT) has widely been disseminated to control stemborer (Chilo partellus and Busseola fusca) and Striga weeds (Striga hermonthica and Striga asiatica) in maize fields in Kenya. This study examined farmers’ preferences for various
Amudavi, David M. +4 more
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Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.Abstract Do discriminatory attitudes held in the public influence public institutions? We study this question within the context of the criminal justice system of historical British Columbia (BC). During the late 1870s and early 1880s, an influx of Chinese immigrant workers employed in the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) was the catalyst
Kris Inwood, Ian Keay, Blair Long
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Standard language proficiency as social capital: Impacts on subjective socioeconomic status in China. [PDF]
PLoS OneWei Y, Cai X.
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Physical attractiveness, drug taking and gender differences
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the relationship between adolescent physical attractiveness and drug‐taking behaviour, emphasizing the human capital and “pretty girl” effects on the decision to use drugs. Through the human capital effect, physically attractive adolescents are better positioned to accumulate human capital at a young age compared to ...
Andy Chung, Junsen Zhang
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Exploring in-depth joint pro-environmental behaviors: a multivariate ordered probit approach
, 2019 Olivier Beaumais, Apolline Niérat
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Health insurance and labor supply: Evidence from same‐sex couples
Contemporary Economic Policy, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines labor supply effects of policies allowing public sector workers to include same‐sex partners in employer‐sponsored insurance plans. Unlike broader partnership recognition rights, these policies focus narrowly on insurance access.
Elisabeth Wurm
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Factors Influencing the Willingness of Layer Specialized Households to Participate in Cooperative Avian Influenza Prevention and Control: Evidence from China. [PDF]
Vet SciGuo D, Pu H.
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The Apple and Your Eye: Visual and Taste Rank-Ordered Probit Analysis with Correlated Errors
, 2009 Laura Schechter
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Talk or Fight? Activist Board Entry and Its Impact on Firm Strategic Change
Corporate Governance: An International Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue This study examines how the method of activist director board entry—via private settlements or proxy battles—influences their impact on firm strategic change, highlighting the moderating influence of prior activist experience on these entry methods.
Eugene See, Bruce Skaggs
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Psychosomatic Profiles and Their Association with Health Behaviors in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Low Disease Activity. [PDF]
J Clin MedGigante G +9 more
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