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lessons for China are offered from the different urbanisation experiences of Latin America (especially Colombia) and Singapore. …This paper addresses the challenges facing China in accelerating the pace of rural-urban migration as part of its on …
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food environment, obesity, stochastic frontier
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jointness in participation are estimated and tested under conditions of presence or absence of children, followed by estimation …-holding, decision-making, intergenerational transfer, farm women, off-farm employment, employment, labor …
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Revised version of paper added to AgEcon Search 10/06/05.
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This study uses a unique firm-level dataset to examine how falling trade costs from 1993-2001 affected entry, exit, productivity, and exporting in the Korean manufacturing sector. We verify many of the predictions of recent heterogeneous-firm models of international trade. For example, falling...
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This study analyzes the impact of local labor market conditions on the probability of employment and duration of … employment for low-income adults in Oregon. We find that economic conditions (lower employment growth and higher unemployment … rates) help to explain the less successful employment outcomes for low-income adults in non-metro areas. …
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employment increases by less than previously reported, with about two additional jobs being created per 1000 head of hogs in …
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. However, there are no adequate studies of the benefits of such courses in terms of employment and earning outcomes for … students. This study addresses that gap through a careful examination of the self-reported employment records of a set of over … counterpart on various aspects such as time needed to employment, starting salary, chances of getting raise and promotion and so …
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of hospitals, particularly in rural communities, to attract non-health related employment and provide higher wage jobs to … hospital. Hospitals are shown to be positively related to overall employment as well as exhibit positive employment spill …
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The value of statistical life (VSL) is one of the most scrutinized and controversial parameters estimated by environmental economists (Cameron 2009, Viscusi 2010), largely due to the wide use of VSL estimates to value the mortality risk benefits of regulations that affect public health and...
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