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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki, Francisca N. Muteti, Annemie Maertens, Michael Ndegwa, Hope Michelson, Mercy Mbugua, Jason Donovan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler, Hope Michelson, Sarah Janzen, Christopher Magomba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

WHO WANTS TO WORK LONGER?

Quantitative Methods in Economics, 2013
The observed collapse of demographic pyramid increases the tension on the social security systems, especially pensions. It implies a requirement to extend the retirement age. On the basis of Eurobarometer 65.1 we calculate difference between expected and
Aleksander Strasburger, Olga Zajkowska
doaj  

Reverse auctions for drought‐responsive water buybacks: Evidence from co‐designed lab and field experiments

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Protecting endangered aquatic species while sustaining farming communities can require water buyback programs that are both cost‐effective and responsive to the variability and unpredictability of drought conditions. Working in close partnership with The Nature Conservancy and the Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center, we co‐design parallel
Lusi Xie, Kent D. Messer, Leah H. Palm‐Forster, Mark Masters, Holly A. Michael, Kristin Rowles   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Homeownership and Public Pensions in East Asia: Is the Trade-Off Real?

Journal of East Asian Studies
This study examines whether homeownership has a trade-off relationship with public-pension development in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Relying on a comparative historical approach, we find that while the three governments pursued homeownership ...
Inhoe Ku, Chung-Yang Yeh, Yong-Chang Heo, Atsushi Yuyama, Dongjin Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retiring on Time or Quitting Early? Preferred Retirement Age and Turnover Intentions Relationship with Organization, Team, and Individual Variables

, 2023
This thesis aims to investigate the dependent variables of preferred retirement age and turnover intentions. The relevance of retirement age in Norway stems from the country's aging population and the projected future workforce shortage. Turnover intentions refer to an individual's desire to leave their current job in the near future.
Atan, Esra, Eidesvik, Aina
openaire   +2 more sources

Social Determinants of Health and Health‐Related Quality of Life: The Potential Mediating Role of Social Activities, Access to Medical Services, and Access to Social Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster, Ashleigh Powell, Claire Hutchinson, Richard Leibbrandt, Svetlana Bogomolova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Il paradosso dell’anzianità

Quaderni di Sociologia, 2011
Sociologists have recently studied origins and maintenance of the so-called unpopular norms. These norms are not supported by a majority of persons, but notwithstanding are institutionalized and even endorsed by people who disapproved them. Some of these
Alberto Baldissera
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Hidden in the Labour Market: An Intersectional Latent Class Analysis of Discouraged Workers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs an intersectionality‐informed latent class analysis (LCA) to examine the hidden diversity of discouraged workers in Australia. Drawing on nationally representative data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, we identified six empirically distinct subgroups defined by intersecting demographic and ...
Sora Lee, Woojin Kang
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of chronic and acute physical activity on working memory performance in healthy participants: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background Understanding how physical activity (PA) influences cognitive function in populations with cognitive impairments, such as dementia, is an increasingly studied topic yielding numerous published systematic reviews.
Azeem Rathore, Barbara Lom
doaj   +1 more source