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From Unemployment Benefits to Unemployment Accounts [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2002 We explore the implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by unemployment accounts (UA). Under the UA system, employed people would be required to make ongoing contributions to their unemployment accounts, and the balances in these accounts would then be available to them during periods of unemployment.
Orszag, Jonathan Michael +1 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques +2 more
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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 +3 more
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POLA INFLASI DAN PENGANGGURAN DI NEGARA NEGARA ASEAN TAHUN 2003 – 2012
Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan, 2014 This Research aims to analyze the relation between Inflation and Unemployment in ASEAN countries from 2003 until 2012. The variable used are Inflation and Unemployment.
Reiny Seruni
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Labor market in Serbia: 1990-2005 [PDF]
Sociološki 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
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The Effects of Structural Adjustment on Youth Unemployment in Egypt [PDF]
, 2005 The persistence of high unemployment rates in recent years has become a major problem in many MENA countries, especially in Egypt. The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of economic reforms in Egypt on youth unemployment.
El-Hamidi, Fatma, Wahba, Jackline
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FINANCING UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE [PDF]
National Tax Journal, 2014 Following the Great Recession, the unemployment insurance (UI) trust funds in most states became insolvent, requiring the states to borrow from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to finance benefit payments. This article describes the basics of UI financing and reviews the origins of the financial crisis facing the federal-state UI system.
Wayne Vroman, Stephen A. Woodbury
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Assessing the Impact of Promotions on Consumer Purchasing Behavior During Crises
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how households modify their food expenditure decisions during times of crisis is essential because consumer purchasing behavior frequently changes during these times. This study looks at these behavioral shifts during the COVID‐19 pandemic, concentrating on how price sensitivity and response to sales promotions changed over the ...
Wafa Mehaba, José María Gil
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Development of the rate of employment and unemployment of males and females in countries of EU15
Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2005 The paper is focused on the evaluation the rates of employment and unemployment of women, men and as a whole in countries of EU15. Rates of employment were evaluated in the period 1993–2002.
Milan Palát, Jan Klíma
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study develops and empirically estimates a structural framework to decompose the causal pathways of multilevel behavioral interventions targeting adolescent health behaviors. We apply this framework to the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a 6‐month, school‐based intervention evaluated through a clustered randomized controlled trial in rural
Naveen Abedin +5 more
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