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We take advantage of a quasi-natural experiment in Peru by which the privatized telecommunications company was required by government to randomly install and operate public pay phones on small rural towns along the national territory. Using a especially designed household survey for a...
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This paper examines the changes in nutritional behavior of Russian adults over the ten-year transition period, between 1994 and 2004. We present evidence on the impact of individual as well as regional characteristics on changes in fat, protein, alcohol and cigarette consumption, and on...
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This paper examines how farmers have adapted to the current range of climates across China. A cross sectional method is … used to analyze irrigation choice and crop choice across 8,405 farmers in 28 provinces in China. We find that both …
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China has embarked on a major program to modernise agricultural and agribusiness structures with far reaching … in high-value agrifood chains, China should pursue a more incremental and facilitative approach based around developing …
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This paper examined China’s agricultural imports in regard to income growth, import price changes, and tariff … reductions due to China’s trade liberalisation. More specifically, it attempted to model behavioural relationships in the … agricultural trade between China and the EU by using annual trade data from 1986 to 2005. Econometric models were constructed for …
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aspect of dietary health, fat density of energy intake in China. The sample of 2612 individuals between the ages of 20 and 45 … is derived from the China Health and Nutrition Survey. The following insights emerge: (i) Fat density increases with …
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China has experienced frequently food safety scares due to pesticide residue issues in recent years. This excessive of … production practices of small-scale farmers directly, encouraging the adoption of food safety and quality standards by China … agricultural cooperatives in China. Our qualitative analysis suggests that cooperative size, perception and attitude toward …
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We used a primary panel survey at the household level conducted in 18 remote natural villages over three waves in China …
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an arid region in northwest China. The results show that the water policy change results in a lower elasticity of land …
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communities in China. We shall examine in detail the food industry, which is the link in the food chain that propels the …
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