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Interim Report on the Demonstration to Maintain Independence and Employment.
Gimm, Gilbert; Denny-Brown, Noelle; Gilman, Boyd; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2009
With better access to health care and employment supports, individuals with physical and mental impairments can stay employed, maintain health, and avoid becoming dependent on federal disability benefits. To help American workers with potentially disabling conditions achieve these goals,...
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The Origins of Anti-Immigrant Sentiments: Evidence from the Heartland in the Age of Mass Migration
Richardson, Gary - In: Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2005) 1, pp. 1375-1375
The Kansas Bureau of Labor and Industry surveyed attitudes towards immigration during the 1890s. The surveys reveal …
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The Marketing Performance of Illinois and Kansas Wheat Farmers
Dietz, Sarah N.; Aulerich, Nicole M.; Irwin, Scott H.; … - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 41 (2009) 01
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Illinois and Kansas over 1982â …€“2004. The results show that farmer benchmark prices for wheat in Illinois and Kansas fall in the middle third of the price … and Kansas wheat farmers routinely market the bulk of their wheat crop in the bottom portion of the price range. Tests of …
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A Multidimensional Homo Economicus: Cultural Dimensions of Economic Preferences in Four Countries
Ehmke, Mariah D.; Lusk, Jayson L.; Tyner, Wallace E. - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2005
dissimilar locations: Hangzhou, China; Niamey, Niger; Grenoble, France; Manhattan, Kansas; and West Lafayette, Indiana. Each …
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The Marketing Performance of Illinois and Kansas Wheat Farmers
Dietz, Sarah N.; Aulerich, Nicole M.; Irwin, Scott H.; … - Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, … - 2008
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the marketing performance of wheat farmers in Illinois and Kansas over 1982 …-2004. The results show that farmer benchmark prices for wheat in Illinois and Kansas fall in the middle-third of the price range … Kansas wheat farmers routinely market the bulk of their wheat crop in the bottom portion of the price range. Tests of the …
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Dissertation abstract: The influence of culture on economic behavior with applications to food and the environment
Ehmke, Mariah - In: Experimental Economics 9 (2006) 2, pp. 167-168
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Fence Laws vs. Herd Laws: A Nineteenth Century Kansas Paradox
Sanchez, Nicolas; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - Department of Economics and Accounting, College of the … - 1998
the context of Kansas in the 1870s, when counties were given the option to retain the traditional fence laws (requiring … wire fencing did not reach Kansas until 1875, and a very detailed agricultural census was recorded that year, this study is …
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Estimating the Supply of Corn Stover at the Farm Level for Biofuel Production: Taking Account of Farmers’ Willingness to Harvest
Bergtold, Jason; Shanoyan, Aleksan; Altman, Ira; … - Agricultural and Applied Economics Association - AAEA - 2014
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Agrarkredite in den europäischen Partnerstaaten : eine Bestandsaufnahme vor dem Hintergrund des Europäischen Binnenmarktes
Balz, Matthias - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 47 (1994) 10/11, pp. 29-38
Der Bericht behandelt die Agrarkreditpolitik und Agrarkreditpraxis in der Europäischen Union. Ziel der Studie war es, die Träger, das Volumen und die besonderen Bedingungen sowie die unterschiedlichen Wettbewerbsvoraussetzungen für das Agrarkreditgeschäft in den elf europäischen...
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Risk in agriculture as impediment to rural lending: the case of North-Western Kazakhstan
Petrick, Martin; Ditges, C. Markus - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2000
On the basis of portfolio selection theory, this paper finds that whole-farm risk must be regarded as a major reason for the low level of credit flow to agriculture in North-western Kazakhstan. A quadratic programming model was used in order (a) to demonstrate the comparatively high overall risk...
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