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Activities in Retirement: Individual Experience of Silver Work

Comparative Population Studies, 2011
One consequence of demographic change is a longer average remaining lifetime after retirement. Many people, however, remain able and willing to continue work after reaching the statutory retirement age.
Leena Maxin, Jürgen Deller
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Context‐Dependent Inverse Association of Glucose–Lipid Metabolic Status With Anemia: Evidence From Multinational Multicohort Analyses

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Across six multinational cohorts, higher triglyceride–glucose index values are consistently associated with lower prevalent and incident anemia, despite their established adverse cardiometabolic significance. This inverse relationship varies across inflammatory, cardiovascular, and renal contexts, suggesting that glucose–lipid metabolic status carries ...
Guosong Jiang, Xinxing Wang, Lianfeng Xie, Wenna Ding, Yingyong Yin, Mei Yao, Zhibo Cui, Kaiqiang Tang, Lijie Zhong, Zhi Wang, Jia Wang, Lei Lei, Xiaoxiao Qu, Chi‐E. Qiu   +13 more
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Blockchain‐Based Smart Contracts in US Specialty Crop Marketing: Grower Preferences and Adoption Potential

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using survey and discrete choice experiment data, we examined US specialty crop growers' preferences for marketing contract attributes in the context of emerging blockchain‐based technologies and expanding traceability initiatives. Results show that farmers preferred traditional written contracts but might be willing to accept digital ...
Elizabeth Canales, Alba J. Collart, Matthew G. Interis, Esther Mmenaa Agyemang‐Duah   +3 more
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What Explains Racial Differences in Farm Succession Planning? Evidence From Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines racial differences in farm succession planning using survey data from Tennessee farmers. While observed differences between White and Black farmers are small, decomposition and counterfactual analyses show that structural characteristics, particularly farm size, would predict higher succession planning among White farmers ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa, Armine Poghosyan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

SENIOR TOURISM PERSP ECTIVES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PENSION REFORM IN RUSSIA

Стратегические решения и риск-менеджмент, 2018
The pension reform in Russia, launched in 2018, will have pronounced and multifaceted impacts on many industries in terms of production, consumption, marketing and employment.
S. V. Ilkevich
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How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar, Laura Meriluoto, Richard Watt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Differences in Planned Retirement Age Among Medical Students: Are Changes on the Horizon?

Journal of Regional Medical Campuses
Gender Differences in Planned Retirement Age Among Medical Students: Are Changes On the Horizon? Purpose Planned age of retirement has an important effect on the physician workforce.
William J. Crump, Summer Sparks, Lindsay Tucker, Cierra Woodcock, Craig Ziegler   +4 more
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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

Do flexible retirement policies contribute to extending working lives in Hungary?

Revija za socijalna politika
The increase in the old-age dependency ratio is putting pressure on public finances in ageing societies. Among the possible policy reform approaches postponing retirement can be particularly beneficial from the perspective of financial sustainability of
Márton Medgyesi
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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