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ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR DIETARY IMPROVEMENT AMONG FOOD STAMP RECIPIENTS
Lin, Biing-Hwan; Yen, Steven T.; Dong, Diansheng; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Most Americans need to consume more fruits, vegetables, and dairy products. This need is particularly acute among low-income individuals. The objective of this study is to examine the cost effectiveness of two economic policies that use alternative policy levers available within the Supplemental...
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The impact of parental migration on children’s school performance in rural China
Zhao, Qiran; Yu, Xiaohua; Wang, Xiaobing; Glauben, Thomas - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
A substantial amount of China’s rapid economic growth in has been attributed to its large proportion of rural …-urban migrants, but more than 80% of these migrants’ children are still left in rural areas mainly due to China’s household … registration system. Identification of the impact of parental migration on children’s school performance may encounter the problem …
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Poverty Reduction in a Refugee-Hosting Economy. A Natural Experiment
Maystadt, Jean-Francois - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
The role of migration in reducing poverty in developing countries has been investigated mainly from the perspective of … (Tanzania) traced between 1991 and 2004 have been affected by massive refugee inflows to assess how migration may affect poverty …
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Natural Experiment Evidence on Whether Selection Bias Overstates the Gains from Migration
Gibson, John; McKenzie, David; Rohorua, Halahingano; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
Migration of workers from developing to developed countries and the resulting remittance flows are important … development policies. World Bank calculations show that restrictions on international migration have larger welfare costs than the … more widely studied restrictions on international trade. But estimated gains from migration may be affected by selection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005330297
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Analysis of Vocational and Residential Preferences of Rural Population: Application of an Experimental Technique to Rural Slovenia
Zanni, Alberto M.; Davidova, Sophia; Bailey, Alastair - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
migration and commuting has been revealed. As a result, a rapid urbanisation process is unlikely to happen in the near future …
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Costs of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Brazil
Gurgel, Angelo Costa - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
The Brazilian government has announced volunteer targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during the 2009 COP meeting in Copenhagen. In this paper we estimate the economic impacts from alternative policies to achieve such targets, including actions to cut emissions from deforestation and...
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Extending General Equilibrium to the Tariff Line: U.S. Dairy in the DOHA Development Agenda
Grant, Jason H.; Hertel, Thomas W.; Rutherford, Thomas F. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
Market access has been at the core of eight negotiating rounds of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Yet, agricultural trade remains a heavily protected sector, characterized by higher tariffs relative to industrial goods, large tariff dispersions, numerous specific tariffs and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005484006
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COPPER CRISIS AND AGRICULTURAL RENAISSANCE IN ZAMBIA: AN ECONOMY-WIDE ANALYSIS
Lofgren, Hans; Robinson, Sherman; Thurlow, James - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2003
Zambia's strong dependence on copper exports has suppressed other tradables sectors, indicative of a Dutch disease phenomenon. The current copper crisis will have strong economic effects, possibly reversing such Dutch disease effects. We use a computable general equilibrium model built around a...
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Standards Driven Rural Development: A General Equilibrium Model with Market Imperfections
Xiang, Tao; Huang, Jikun; Kancs, d'Artis; Swinnen, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
dataset from China and do simulations through three ways: increasing world price of high standards food, increasing urban …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913367
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The economic value of releasing parasitoid for the control of maize stemborers in East and Southern Africa
Kipkoech, Anderson Kipruto; Schulthess, Fritz; Yabann, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
The braconid larval parasitoid Cotesia flavipes Cameron was introduced from Asia into East and Southern African region starting in 1993 to control the invasive exotic maize stemborer Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). A quasi-experiment was constructed using farmers that applied...
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