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Climate Change Agricultural Comparative Advantage and the US Trade Balance

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Current science indicates that warming and elevated atmospheric CO2 will have ambiguous results for crop productivity depending on crop type and geographic location, whereas increased heat stress makes livestock and human labor less productive.
Elizabeth A. Fraysse, Thomas W. Hertel, Roman Keeney   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in poor mental health among Iranian adult population: results from the PERSIAN cohort study

BMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background Socioeconomic inequality in mental health in Iran is poorly understood. This study aimed to assess socioeconomic inequality in poor mental health among Iranian adults.
Farid Najafi, Yahya Pasdar, Behzad Karami Matin, Satar Rezaei, Ali Kazemi Karyani, Shahin Soltani, Moslem Soofi, Shahab Rezaeian, Alireza Zangeneh, Mehdi Moradinazar, Behrooz Hamzeh, Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari, Mansour sajjadipour, Saeid Eslami, Maryam khosrojerdi, Sahar Shabestari, Amir Houshang Mehrparvar, Zahra Kashi, Azim Nejatizadeh, Mohammadreza Naghipour, Shahrokh Sadeghi Boogar, Ali Fakhari, Bahman Cheraghian, Haydeh Heidari, Parviz Molavi, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Yahya Salimi   +26 more
doaj   +1 more source

Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Changes in Depressive Symptoms, Physical Symptoms, and Sleep-Wake Problems From Before to During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Emerging Adults: Inequalities by Gender, Socioeconomic Position, and Race [PDF]

, 2021
Thomas E. Fuller‐Rowell, Olivia I. Nichols, Stacey N. Doan, Francesca Adler‐Baeder, Mona El‐Sheikh   +4 more
openalex   +1 more source

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
wiley   +1 more source

The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban–Rural Disparity for Socioeconomic Inequality Regarding PM2.5 Exposure

Aerosol and Air Quality Research
Background Socioeconomic inequality in air pollution exposure poses a significant public health challenge, yet little is known about how such disparities vary across levels of urbanization. This study aims to examine the association between socioeconomic
Ping-Yi Lin, Ying-Ying Lo, Wen-Yu Lin, Chih-Da Wu, Wen-Miin Liang, Hsien-Wen Kuo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Attitudes towards Democracy in Bulgaria: The Importance of Social Inequalities [PDF]

English Studies at NBU, 2019
This research is an attempt to examine the developmental relationship between democracy and the socioeconomic conditions in Bulgaria. The assumption is that one of the factors contributing to the negative attitude towards democracy in Bulgaria is the ...
Zhivko Minkov
doaj   +1 more source

Socioeconomic inequalities in intergenerational overweight and obesity transmission from mothers to offsprings in South Africa

SSM: Population Health, 2022
This study assesses socioeconomic inequality in the intergenerational transmission of overweight and obesity from mothers to offsprings in South Africa, including the factors contributing to inequality.
Mweete D. Nglazi, John E. Ataguba
doaj   +1 more source