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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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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
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Urban Unemployment Duration Analysis in Post-Reform China
American Business ReviewWe link China’s accession to the WTO with the unemployment duration of urban jobseekers. Using data from the Rural Urban Migration in China (RUMiC) of a survey conducted in early 2008, we construct an inflow sample of those who started a period of ...
Soumyatanu Mukherjee, Soumya Roy
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Unemployment Duration and its Determinants Using Cox Proportional Hazard Model Evidence from Yazd City during 2007-2010 [PDF]
فصلنامه پژوهشهای اقتصادی ایران, 2012 The following research attempts to study the effect of personal characteristics on unemployment duration in Yazd city during 2007-2010. The Cox proportional hazard model is used to test the hypotheses in this study.
Mohammad Ali Feizpour +1 more
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis
Agribusiness, 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
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Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, 2019 The purpose of this study was to determine the job placement profiles of the graduates of Bahir Dar University and the relevance of school-related factors to job placement.
Haile Mekonnen Fenta +4 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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Reemployment Chances of Low Educated People in Romania [PDF]
Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie, 2015 The aim of this research is to analyze unemployment duration and reemployment chances of low educated individuals registered as unemployed in Romania during 2008-2010.
DANIELA-EMANUELA DĂNĂCICĂ
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Analysis of Unemployment Duration of Men and Women Job Seekers Referring to Job Centers of Iran over the Period of 2013-2019 [PDF]
زن در توسعه و سیاستThe objective of this research is to compare the duration of unemployment among Iranian men and women who have visited labor centers. The current study is a secondary analysis, and the statistical population of the study consists of all job seekers aged ...
Saadolah Darabi +3 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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