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Forced Off Farm? Labor Allocation Response to Land Requisition in Rural China

Mu, Ren - 2017

Land requisition has been an important process by which Chinese local governments promote urbanization and generate revenue. This study investigates the impacts of land requisition on farmers' decisions of labor allocation between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. We argue that,...

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Is Women's Ownership of Land a Panacea in Developing Countries? Evidence from Land-Owning Farm Households in Malawi

Bhaumik, Sumon K. - 2014

Our analysis of a rich representative household survey for Malawi, where patrilineal and matrilineal institutions coexist, suggests that (a) in matrilineal societies the likelihood of cash crop cultivation by a household increases with the extent of land owned (or de facto controlled) by males,...

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Does Violent Conflict Affect Labor Supply of Farm Households? The Nigerian Experience

Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2023

Nigeria has experienced bouts of violent conflict in different regions since its independence leading to significant loss of life. In this paper, we explore the average effect of exposure to violent conflict generally on labor supply in agriculture. Using a nationally representative panel...

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Exports, Imports and Firm Survival : First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises in Germany

Wagner, Joachim - 2011

This paper documents the relationship between firm survival and three types of international trade activities - exports, imports and two-way trade. It uses unique new representative data for manufacturing enterprises from Germany, one of the leading actors on the world market for goods, that...

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Exports, Imports and Profitability : First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises

Wagner, Joachim - 2011

This paper documents for the first time the relationship between profitability and three types of international trade …

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Give Me Your Wired and Your Highly Skilled : Measuring the Impact of Immigration Policy on Employers and Shareholders

Lin, Carl - 2013

The paper links finance theory to labor economics and political economy in the context of migration and immigration policy. Most research treating the impact of immigration has focused on the consequences for employees as measured by wages, earnings, and employment. Less is known about the...

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Services Outsourcing and Innovation : An Empirical Investigation

Görg, Holger - 2014

activities towards innovation. We also find that international services outsourcing has a positive effect on profitability, as …

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Say Pays! Shareholder Voice and Firm Performance

Cuñat, Vicente - 2014

: profitability and labor productivity increase, while overheads and investment fall. In contrast, we find limited effects on pay …

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Do Cows Have Negative Returns? The Evidence Revisited

Gehrke, Esther - 2014

This paper addresses the apparent paradox between widespread support of cattle farming by agricultural policy interventions and negative returns to cattle as stressed in recent works. Using a representative panel dataset for Andhra Pradesh, a state in the south of India, we examine average and...

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Minimum Wages and Firm Profitability

Draca, Mirko - 2013

other aspects of firm behaviour. In this paper we consider the impact of minimum wages on firm profitability by exploiting … firm profitability was significantly reduced (and wages significantly raised) by the minimum wage introduction. This … residential care homes, and a second on firms across all sectors). Interestingly, we find no evidence that the profitability …

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