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Preferences over Inflation and Unemployment: Evidence from Surveys of Happiness

open access: yes, 2001
Modern macroeconomics textbooks rest upon the assumption of a social welfare function defined on inflation, p, and unemployment, U. However, no formal evidence for the existence of such a function has been presented in the literature. Although an optimal
R. Tella   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Cyclical Behavior of Equilibrium Unemployment and Vacancies Revisited

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network, 2008
Recently, a number of authors have argued that the standard search model cannot generate the observed business-cycle-frequency fluctuations in unemployment and job vacancies, given shocks of a plausible magnitude.
Marcus Hagedorn, I. Manovskii
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the U.S. Unemployment Rate Today Already as High as It Was in 1982? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In 1982, the United States experienced the highest annual unemployment rate since the Great Depression -- 9.7 percent. In principle, that rate is directly comparable to the 8.1 percent seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for February 2009, and suggests
Dean Baker, John Schmitt
core  

Unemployment and Identity [PDF]

open access: yesCESifo Economic Studies, 2012
This article employs social identity and self-categorization theories as a useful heuristic framework through which to learn more about the nature of the misery experienced by the unemployed; in economic terms, the individual cost of unemployment. Utilizing this framework, the article provides different empirical identification strategies in order to ...
openaire   +5 more sources

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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

Analysis of unemployment hysteresis of country groups for migration policy: PANIC fourier evidence

open access: yesComparative Migration Studies
One of the most important reasons for international migration is unemployment, along with economic concerns. Domestic and international migration movements generally take place from regions with high unemployment to the regions where unemployment is low.
Ahmet Tayfur Akcan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE UNEMPLOYMENT EVO LUTION IN ROMANIA [PDF]

open access: yesStrategii Manageriale, 2013
Unemployment represents a phenomenon frequently met in the economy of any state. This paper presents the unemployment evolution in Romania in order to observe its evolution and the category of people affected by unemployment, from the sex point of view ...
Mihaela, Savu, Mihaela, Bursugiu
doaj  

Labor market in Serbia: 1990-2005 [PDF]

open access: yesSociološki Pregled, 2006
Key problems in transitions in Serbia can be analyzed through the processes happening at the labor market. Labor market in Serbia is divided on the formal and informal one ("gray"). The basic problem is mass unemployment.
Stojanović Božo
doaj   +1 more source

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