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Tracking change in the relative economic status of Indigenous People in New South Wales
Taylor, John - 2005
rise over time in the Indigenous employment rate and a slight decline in the unemployment rate, but with both of these … in income relativities, with one reason being a growing reliance on jobs in the Community Development Employment Projects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451685
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An Analysis of the Output and Employment Conversion Matrices of Australia’s Economy
Valadkhani, Abbas; Robinson, T. - 2005
on output and employment in various sectors using the 1989 and 1997 conversion matrices. The sectoral output and … employment are linked with final demand deliveries in such a way that one can measure the impacts on changes in each component of … aggregate demand, other components remaining unchanged, on output and employment. A comparison of the aggregate output and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457580
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Using Input-Output Analysis to Identify Australia’s High Employment Generating Industries
Valadkhani, Abbas - 2003
Using the 1996-97 input-output table, the objective of this paper is to identify Australia’s high employment generating … industries. First, the “real” (direct and indirect) contribution of the tradeable industries to employment are quantified by … adopting the “loss of the industry” or “shut-down of industry” approach. Second, the sectoral employment elasticities are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009457627
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Intra-industry trade and adjustment costs in the Australian textile, clothing and footwear and motor vehicle industries : a comparative case study approach
Marks, Andrew - 2009
complement the existing literature by examining the IIT and hence output and employment performance of two different digit … exhibited a superior IIT and hence output and employment performance as compared to the TCF industry, as well as the … reinforcing the former industry's stronger IIT and hence output and employment performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482081
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Mother's income and child mortality in southern Nigeria
Sulaiman, Ismaila Lawal - 1987
Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be positively associated with survival, both within and between countries. Preston (1975, 1976), in particular, using cross-national data for three separate decades of the 20th century,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438517
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Does having a newborn child affect income diversification opportunities?: evidence from the Peruvian Young Lives Study
Escobal, Javier; Suárez, Pablo; Huttly, Sharon; … - 2005
The ability of households to diversify their income sources is strongly related to their capacity to cope in times of pressure, such as during economic crises. This is particularly so among the poor, who often do not have adequate resources on which to draw when under such pressures. Households...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441486
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Interlinked Transactions in Cash Cropping Economies: The Determinants of Farmer Participation and Performance in the Zambezi River Valley of Mozambique
Benfica, Rui M.S.; Tschirley, David L.; Boughton, Duncan - 2006
This paper investigates the determinants of participation and performance of tobacco contract farmers, and the effects of participation on overall crop and household incomes in the Zambezi Valley of Mozambique. We test the existence of threshold effects in land holdings and educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444299
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From Needs to the Market: Changing Inequality of Household Income in the Czech Transition
Vecernik, Jiri - 2001
Statistical income surveys are used to document systemic changes in distribution and redistribution of household income and its determinants over the period 1988-1996. First, the growing difficulties facing income surveys under the democratic regime are considered. Secondly, the substantive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476863
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Brand Inertia in U.S. Household Cheese Consumption.
Arnade, Carlos; Gopinath, Munisamy; Pick, Daniel - 2008
To analyze U.S. consumers' brand choices for cheese purchases, we derive a set of discrete-choice models from dynamic utility maximization. ACNielsen Homescan Survey data on U.S. households is used to estimate a dynamic probit model for each of the top brands for cheddar, shredded, and sliced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429467
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The income volatility see-saw : implications for school lunch.
Newman, Constance.; United States. - 2006
Income volatility challenges the effectiveness of the safety net that USDA food assistance programs provide low-income families. This study examines income volatility among households with children and the implications of volatility for eligibility in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429474