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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sociology, medicine and the construction of health-related sociology.

open access: yesRevista de saude publica, 2009
Partindo de artigo publicado em 1971 sobre a aproximação entre sociologia e medicina, no Brasil e Reino Unido, foi realizada atualização histórica, com o fim de refletir sobre novas conformações do ensino e pesquisa das ciências sociais e humanas no campo da saúde em ambos os países.
Barros, Nelson Filice de   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Feminism and the sociology of gender, health and illness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This editorial considers how the study of gender and health has played out in the pages of the Sociology of Health and Illness over the past quarter century, paying particular attention to how a theory of gender has informed empirical work and the ...
Bradby, Hannah
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Medical sociology, sociology of health or social medicine? : a comparative analysis between France and Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
O objetivo deste trabalho é esboçar um estudo comparativo da sociologia médica na França e no Brasil, aproveitando a ocasião proporcionada pelas trocas e a discussão entre sociólogos brasileiros e franceses, que partilham um interesse mútuo sobre os ...
Montagner, Miguel Ângelo
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Growth of Omnichannel Grocery Retailing and Food Prices

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the effects of the growth of omnichannel grocery retailing on food prices. We first develop a conceptual model of consumer choice and retailer pricing that allows us to evaluate changes in equilibrium prices, quantities, and profits with online channel growth and alternative pricing strategies.
Xiangwen Kong   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

State and green crimes related to water pollution and ecological disorganization: water pollution from publicly owned treatment works (POTW) facilities across US states [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Green criminologists often refer to water pollution as an example of a green crime, but have yet to produce much research on this subject. The current article addresses the need for green criminological analyses of water pollution problems, and draws ...
Long, Michael   +2 more
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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From sociology in medicine to the sociology of collective health: contributions toward a necessary reflexivity

open access: yesSalud Colectiva, 2016
En este texto se aborda la distinción entre la sociología en la medicina (colaboradora de las instituciones de salud) y la sociología de la medicina (independiente de las instituciones de salud).
Roberto Castro
doaj   +1 more source

Some social and physical correlates of intergenerational social mobility: evidence from the west of Scotland Collaborative Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Mainstream sociological studies of intergenerational social mobility have emphasised social factors such as education and the material and cultural resources of the family of origin as the main influences on the chances and direction of social mobility ...
Blane, D., Davey Smith, G., Hart, C.L.
core   +1 more source

Facilitators and barriers to neighborhood social integration

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Social isolation has reached concerning rates, particularly in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Social integration is critical to combatting social isolation and loneliness by promoting a sense of community and belonging. Yet, most existing research centers on fostering close personal relationships within family and friend networks.
Joelle Fuchs   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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