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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
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Participation in a Public Insurance Program: Subsidies, Crowd-Out, and Adverse Selection

Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2002
This paper examines how varying the level of subsidies affects participation in a public insurance program, crowd-out of private insurance, and adverse selection. We study the experience in Washington's Basic Health program in 1997.
Stephen H. Long, M. Susan Marquis
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Effects of Insurance on Farmer Crop Abandonment

Empirical evidence for the existence of moral hazard in the U.S. crop insurance program has been inconclusive. Here, we seek empirical evidence of moral hazard in the U.S. crop insurance program, departing from the established empirical literature in two
Chen, Shu-Ling, Miranda, Mario J.
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Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele, Vigani Mauro   +1 more
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Factors Affecting Crop Insurance Purchase Decisions in Northern Illinois

When making crop insurance purchase decisions, farmers must consider multiple factors. This paper examines such factors through the use of a survey conducted in a 42 county region of Northern Illinois during 2005.
Ginder, Matthew G., Spaulding, Aslihan D.   +1 more
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Determining the Protective Effects of Long‐Term Physical Activity, Exercise, Mental Health, and Employment on Sarcopenia—A Result of a Feasibility Study of a Registry

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
This study highlights that physical activity, employment, and mental health significantly influence sarcopenia risk in healthy adults. Working part‐time or full‐time and exercising, especially sports like swimming, alongside good psychological health, may be associated with reduced odds of sarcopenia.
Mohammad Reza Shadmand Foumani Moghadam, Mostafa Shahraki Jazinaki, Sharif Etemadi, Kazem Eslami, Pegah Meghdadi, Parnian Pezeshki, Mohammad Amoushahi, Reyhane Bakhshipour, Majid Ghayour Mobarhan, Majid Khadem‐Rezaiyan, Reza Rezvani, Zohre Hosseini   +11 more
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Socioeconomic and Regional Determinants of Inclusive Insurance Participation in Indonesia

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Inclusive insurance plays a critical role in reducing household vulnerability in developing countries such as Indonesia. This study investigates the factors influencing inclusive insurance participation across regencies in the Special Region of ...
Rika Fitriani, Hyukjun Gweon, Shu Li
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Modeling Exit and Entry of Farmers in a Crop Insurance Program

This paper examines the factors influencing farmer participation in crop insurance schemes, but unlike previous studies that focus on total demand, participation is disaggregated into entrants and those exiting.
Leiva, Akssell J., Weersink, Alfons, Cabas, Juan H.   +2 more
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Disentangling the relationships between denomination of origin regulatory councils activities and Spanish wineries' export performance

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract World markets for quality differentiated agri‐food products are highly competitive, presenting significant challenges for firms aiming to compete effectively. Government agencies and business organizations often implement various export promotion policies to address these challenges.
Nicolás Depetris‐Chauvin, Marta Fernández‐Olmos   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Funeral insurance [PDF]

Funeral insurance has existed at least since antiquity, and it remains popular in many parts of Africa today. Yet the study of funeral insurance as a distinct form of insurance has hitherto been neglected.
Erlend Berg
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