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The paper uses the farm problem theory as the framework for comparative analysis of cooperative, market and hierarchical organization in the agrifood system. In order to conduct this analysis, the paper proposes the organizational economics approach to the farm problem which supplements the...
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Average wages are considerably lower in agriculture than in the other sectors. We document this fact for thirteen countries ranging from rich (Canada, U.S.) to poor (India, Indonesia). We develop a measure of human capital that accounts for the selection of workers with different unobserved...
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תקציר בעברית: חוק עובדים זרים תשנ"א-1991 קובע שורה של תנאים להעסקת מהגרי עבודה, וביניהם את חובת המעסיק לספק מגורים הולמים לעובד. מחקר זה מבקש לבחון באופן השוואתי את...
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Based on fieldwork in Egypt’s desert lands, this paper discusses rural childhoods in an area experiencing rapid social and cultural change. Since 1987, the Egyptian Government has made new villages in the desert as a means to increase agricultural production and solving problems of...
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Die Reduzierung der Flächeninanspruchnahme stellt eine zentrale Herausforderung der Nachhaltigkeitspolitik in Deutschland dar. Mit dem 30ha-Ziel - bezogen auf die tägliche Neuinanspruchnahme von Siedlungs- und Verkehrsfläche - bis zum Jahr 2020 hat die Bundesregierung diesbezüglich eine...
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