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The March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant accident have had immense impacts on Japanese agri-food sector. Previous analysis has demonstrated that some of the impacts that triple disaster are difficult to identify and assess due to the insufficient information, controversial data,...
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output and income; assessment of overall impact on farm economy; and conclusion with lessons and recommendations. …
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a certain threshold where pollution begins to fall with increasing income. In EKC analysis, the relationship between … pollution level. The study seeks to examine the pattern and nature of EKC in Africa and major income groups according to World …The Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis asserts that pollution levels rises as a country develops, but reaches …
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Exploring the short-run and long-run relationships between consumption of various sources of non-renewable energy, economic growth and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions would be considered as a golden key to provide rational energy policies of Iran in the post sanctions era. The aim of this paper...
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This report surveys a dozen international comparative studies of poverty, income distribution and the elderly in OECD … fare? What is the mix between public and private sources of income? Do the elderly poor remain poor? There is also a …
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When estimating regional inequality, many economists use inequality indices weighted by the regions' shares in the national population. Although this approach is widespread, its adequacy has not received attention in the regional science literature. This paper proves that such approach is...
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This paper examines the determinants of economic growth, income inequality, and their relationship in the context of … capital have a disequalizing relationship with income distribution. This study also indicates that economic growth has a … significantly equalizing link with income distribution. In addition, the current level of inequality and growth is positively …
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Agency-based explanations of the great deprivation, contrasted with structure-based explanations, suffer not merely from the criticism of relying on irrational and irresponsible behavior of millions, including that of the most astute financial experts, but are also at a loss to explain why such...
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disease and their likelihood of receiving a nutritious diet. The starting hypothesis, consistent with an universal interest in … percentage points lower than that for boys. In respect of receiving a nutritious diet, the treatment of girls depended very much …
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greater incentive to go on a diet and this tendency is more distinct in urban areas than in other areas. …
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