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Entrepreneurship and welfare [PDF]
Small Business Economics, 2009 Here, I examine returns to entrepreneurship using a standard measure of welfare, the per-capita consumption expenditure. This analysis, using quantile regressions, reveals the existence of a welfare hierarchy in occupations. The results suggest that, across the welfare distribution, entrepreneurs who employ others have the highest returns in terms of ...
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Welfarism and extra-welfarism: a critical overview [PDF]
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2017 Abstract: Rules and principles for guiding decision-making in the health care sector have been debated for decades. Here, we present a critical appraisal of the two most important paradigms in this respect: welfarism and extra-welfarism. While the former deals with the maximization of the overall sum of individual utilities as its primary outcome, the ...
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Adolescents care but don't feel responsible for farm animal welfare [PDF]
, 2015 Adolescents are the next generation of consumers with the potential to raise standards of farm animal welfare—to theirsatisfaction—if their preferences and concerns are translated into accurate market drivers and signals.
Abeyesinghe, S M +10 more
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The National Child Welfare Conference: Its Work and its Relations to Child Study [PDF]
, 1910 G. Stanley Hall
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Child Welfare: An Overview of Federal Programs and Their Current Funding [PDF]
, 2014 Child welfare services are intended to prevent the abuse or neglect of children; ensure that children have safe, permanent homes; and promote the well-being of children and their families. As the U.S.
Stoltzfus, Emilie
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Reducing Inefficiency in Carbon Auctions with Imperfect Competition [PDF]
, 2019 We study auctions for carbon licenses, a policy tool used to control the social cost of pollution. Each identical license grants the right to produce a unit of pollution.
Goldner, Kira +2 more
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Animal WelfareThe use of animals as scientific models is argued to be crucial for producing new scientific and medical knowledge and clinical treatments. However, animal research continues to raise socio-ethical concerns.
Renelle McGlacken, Pru Hobson-West
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Animal WelfareA wide range of animal taxa, including vertebrates and invertebrates, are controlled or kept by humans. They may be used as pets, for recreation, sport and hobbies, as working animals, as producers of animal-derived (food) products or as biomedical ...
Saskia S Arndt +2 more
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Does organic farming face distinctive livestock welfare issues? - A conceptual analysis [PDF]
, 2001 The recent development and growth of organic livestock farming and the related development of national and international regulations has fuelled discussions among scientists and philosophers concerning the proper conceptualisation of animal welfare ...
Alrøe, Hugo Fjelsted +2 more
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