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This paper evaluates the impact of privatization on firm employment using a panel dataset of 386 firms in China in the … period 1995-2001. Controlling firm and year fixed effects, our panel regressions find that employment grows faster in … the dynamic impact of privatization on employment growth and find that the performance of privatized firms improves over …
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The 2004 Global Labor Survey (GLS) is an Internet-based survey that seeks to measure de facto labor practices in countries around the world, covering issues such as freedom of association, the regulation of work contracts, employee benefits and the prevalence of collective bargaining. To find...
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The paper tries to understand precisely how the food safety regulations applied by the industrialized countries have an … effect on Indias export of processed food to these markets. It also examines the information deficiencies of Indian firms … about international food safety standards, which influence their current performance. In the light of these objectives the …
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This study aimed to characterize and analyze the various contractual arrangements in selected agricultural commodities in parts of Central and Northern Luzon. Specifically, the objectives are to : i) characterize the nature, process and degree of various agricultural contracts involved in the...
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particularly in many areas in Mindanao. On the other hand, Mindanao, being groomed as the countrys food basket, shows an example on …
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rice from a prestige and mainly elite food to the staple food by the end of the nineteenth century. This was accompanied by …
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Rice has been a pivotal political commodity since the Commonwealth because of its importance as a staple food and … calorie source for majority of the population, especially in the low-income groups, as well as a source of employment and … income to a wide range of people that comprise the demand and supply chain. As a result, food security and price stability …
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Public agricultural extension systems face increasing pressure resulting from diverse demands for services coupled with problems in declining funds. This study explores the role of a municipal agricultural extension system in the development of a robust agriculture-based municipality and their...
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The wine market is a pretty paradoxical research object for the economical and marketing studies. In France alone, every year, hundreds of thousands of new brand differentiated products are marketed. How can so many brands survive to any rationalization process? One could think this situation to...
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This paper presents some of the preliminary results and findings of an ongoing study, jointly conducted by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC AQD) and Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), which assesses the current state of aquaculture in Laguna de Bay. The...
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