Ziel dieser Arbeit ist eine vergleichende Untersuchung des Innovationsverhaltens im verarbeitenden Gewerbe anhand eines Querschnittsdatensatzes des Mannheimer Innovationspanels. Die Besonderheiten des Ernährungsgewerbes werden durch eine kombinierte Analyse von Innovationsinput- und...

A shift towards healthier diets is expected to address the challenge of providing food security and nutrition for a growing global population. This report explores whether such a shift would also have positive effects on the other two challenges food systems face: supporting livelihoods for...

This survey reviews the existing literature, identifying the contribution of agriculture, schooling, and nutrition to economic growth and development over time and across countries. Particular attention is paid to the roles of improvements in agricultural technology and of the human capital of...

This chapter studies second-best models of nutritional externalities, credit, and incomplete markets for risk, developing implications for welfare-improving government policy using primitive economic building blocks. Using a simple model of altruism wherein the rich obtain utility from the...