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When minds and networks matter: how mental health and social capital shape social frailty in older adults. [PDF]

Front Med (Lausanne)
Almutairi S, Hussein Ramadan Atta M, Alasqah I, El-Sayed MM, Gomaa Mohammed S, Othman AA, Abdallah HMM, Amin SM.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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, Sean Posey, Kathy Baylis, Daniel Osgood, Stuart Sweeney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Associations Between Well-Being, Mental Distress, and Five Dimensions of Social Capital in Rural Georgia. [PDF]

Fam Community Health
Smith AJ, Bigger LM, McGee RE, Hermstad A, Haardӧrfer R, Kegler MC.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Social Capital, Creative Destruction and Economic Development

This paper develops a conceptual framework for the role of social capital in the political economy of innovation, growth and reform, with illustrations from developing and transition countries.
Dulleck, Uwe, Bezemer, Dirk, Frijters, Paul   +2 more
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Understanding Egg Price Volatility and Policy Implications in the U.S. With Machine Learning

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Eggs are an inexpensive and sustainable source of proteins, but volatility in the U.S. egg prices has intensified in recent years, raising concerns over food affordability and market stability. This study examines the drivers of U.S. egg price dynamics over 2004–2025 using a two‐stage framework that combines LASSO‐based variable selection with
Xuemei Zhao, Simon Meister, Lucie Maruejols, Xiaohua Yu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can social capital motivate individuals to continue exercising? the case of group extreme conditioning program training. [PDF]

Front Sports Act Living
Ntovoli A, Stavropoulou G, Anagnostou G, Papadopoulos P, Zourladani A, Giaginis C, Alexandris K.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unpacking the Farmland Capitalization Effect of Ethanol Establishment

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We unpack the impact of expansions in ethanol production—as measured by proximity to newly constructed ethanol plants and capacity expansions—on farmland values using land transaction data from Kansas in combination with modern causal inference techniques.
Gabriel S. Sampson, Jisang Yu
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between involvement in group extreme conditioning program training and PERMA: the mediating role of social capital. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Ntovoli A, Stavropoulou G, Anagnostou G, Papacosta E, Papadopoulou S, Giaginis C, Alexandris K.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
wiley   +1 more source

Sport Participation and Happiness Among Veteran Footballers: The Mediating Role of Social Capital. [PDF]

Healthcare (Basel)
Adatepe E, Kul M, Özkan A, Kırkbir F, Öz Ü, Ünlü Y, Seleciler C, Boz E.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source