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Retirement, consumption of political information, and political knowledge
, 2018 Democratic societies depend on citizens being informed about candidates and representatives, to allow for optimal voting and political accountability. As the Fourth Estate, news media have a crucial role in this context.
Marcel Garz, Garz, Marcel,
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Measuring Nutrition Security Using the Consumer Food Data System Datasets
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nutrition security is an emerging concept lacking a consensus definition, conceptualization, or standardized measure. This perspectives manuscript synthesizes findings from two previously published analyses to assess the feasibility of using available measures of key dimensions of nutrition security from two Consumer Food Data System (CFDS ...
Vibha Bhargava +2 more
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Journal of Public and Nonprofit Affairs, 2015 It has long been understood that political knowledge in the U.S. is very low. For those who care about the quality of American democracy, this is a big problem. In attempting to find a solution, many people often blame education.
Aaron Dusso, Sheila Suess Kennedy
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of geographical indication (GI) certification on the export performance of Turkish agri‐food products by analyzing both trade volume and unit value dynamics. Drawing on monthly data from 2000 to 2024 across 22 GI‐certified products, the research employs product‐level regressions, fixed‐effects panel models ...
Ihlas Sovbetov, Muge Burcu Ozdemir
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Civic education attendance as a factor of youth political knowledge, pro-democratic beliefs and political activism [PDF]
Psihološka Istraživanja, 2012 The paper explores the relative importance of civic education courses as the factor of some pro-democratic orientations. The significance of civic education (non) attendance as a predictor of political knowledge, political efficacy, political tolerance ...
Pavlović Zoran
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Media and Communication, 2023 The news media are among the most important sources of information about political events, such as referendums. For young adults, the smartphone has become the main device for accessing news.
Daniel Vogler +7 more
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Replication data for: "Don't Know" Responses, Personality and the Measurement of Political Knowledge
, 2015 A prominent worry in the measurement of political knowledge is that respondents who say they don't know the answer to a survey question may have partial knowledge about the topic---more than respondents who answer incorrectly, but less than those who ...
Jessee, Stephen
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Why Didn't I Get a Payout? Understanding Farmer Choices, Index Insurance, and Basis Risk
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Index insurance, while heralded as a potential solution to alleviate poverty and food insecurity among agricultural households, has its own set of challenges, notably basis risk. Basis risk is the discrepancy between the insurance payout and losses incurred, posing a significant deterrent to the adoption of index insurance.
S. Lucille Blakeley +4 more
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Widening or Closing the Knowledge Gap?
Nordicom Review, 2013 The public has gradually become more dependent on the mass media for their political information as alternative channels of political communication have been marginalized. Political knowledge is not equally distributed, and according to the knowledge gap
Jenssen Anders Todal
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah +3 more
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