Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli +2 more
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Giants on Clay Feet-COVID-19, infection control and public health laboratory networks in England, the USA and (West-)Germany (1945-2020). [PDF]
Soc Hist Med, 2022 Kirchhelle C.
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West German model predicts low growth in energy demand [PDF]
, 1978 Casper Schuuring
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Do the Best Go West?: An Analysis of the Self-Selection of Employed East-West Migrants in Germany [PDF]
Since the inequality of earnings in East Germany has approached West German levels in the late 1990s, the standard Roy model predicts that a positive selection bias of East-West migrants should disappear.
Herbert Brücker, Parvati Trübswetter
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov +4 more
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The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions [PDF]
Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of ...
Fitzenberger, Bernd +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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Changes in authoritarianism before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Comparisons of latent means across East and West Germany, gender, age, and education. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2022 Heller A +6 more
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Innovation cooperation in East Germany - only a half-way success? [PDF]
The paper focuses on the question whether enterprises that engage in innovation cooperation with external partners are more innovative and thus more productive than non-cooperating firms. A comparison between East and West Germany is being made. It shows
Jutta Günther
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A comparative analysis of East and West German labor markets before and after unification [PDF]
, 2010 This paper uses micro data to analyze the wage structures in East Germany and West Germany before and after unification. In 1988, the wage distribution in East Germany was much more compressed than in West Germany or in the U.S.
Krueger, Alan B., Pischke, Jörn-Steffen
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