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Transportation infrastructure and rural development in China

Wang, Zhiyang; Sun, Sizhong - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 8 (2016) 3, pp. 516-525

Purpose The infrastructure investment is one important source of economic growth in China in the past three decades … affects rural development in China. In terms of cereal yield, a 1 percent increase in the road infrastructure (road length … transportation infrastructure on rural development in China. Despite of the importance of infrastructure and rural development, there …

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Migration, remittances, and agricultural productivity in small farming systems in Northwest China

Li, Lihua; Wang, Chenggang; Segarra, Eduardo; Nan, Zhibiao - In: China Agricultural Economic Review 5 (2013) 1, pp. 5-23

productivity by applying the new economics of labor migration model in the context of north‐west China. The specific objectives are …Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between migration, remittances and agricultural … to examine the impacts of rural out‐migration on agricultural productivity in various farming systems, and whether …

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Outsourcing and Networking: Similar Trends in Local State-NPO Cooperation in Germany and China

Levy, Katja; Ketels, Anja - In: Nonprofit Policy Forum 12 (2020) 2, pp. 243-284

non-profit organizations (NPOs) in the field of migration. It argues that NPOs and local governments deploy similar …

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A comparative analysis of China’s permanent and temporary migration during the reform period

Yang, Hong - In: International Journal of Social Economics 27 (2000) 3, pp. 173-193

Examines China’s population movement since the 1980s. The analysis tackles two types of migration: permanent with … to conduct inter‐provincial migration than their permanent counterparts. Coastal provinces and a few northwest provinces … has not led to a significant change in the formality of permanent migration. The large‐city oriented flow of the overall …

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On Solving Multiobjective Transportation Problems with Fuzzy Random Supply and Demand Using Fuzzy Goal Programming

Biswas, Animesh; Modak, Nilkanta - In: International Journal of Operations Research and … 8 (2017) 3, pp. 54-81

In this article a fuzzy goal programming model is developed to solve multiobjective unbalanced transportation problems with fuzzy random parameters. In model formulation process the cost coefficients of the objectives are considered as fuzzy numbers and the supplies and demands are considered as...

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Multiobjective Transportation Problem Using Fuzzy Decision Variable Through Multi-Choice Programming

Maity, Gurupada; Roy, Sankar Kumar - In: International Journal of Operations Research and … 8 (2017) 3, pp. 82-96

This paper analyzes the study of Multiobjective Transportation Problem (MOTP) under the consideration of fuzzy decision variable. Usually, the decision variable in a Transportation Problem is taken as real variable. But, in this paper, the decision variable in each node is selected from a set of...

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The Impact of Delivery Synergies on Bidding in the Georgia School Milk Market

Marshall, Robert C.; Raiff, Matthew E.; Richard, … - In: Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy 6 (2006) 1

Abstract Each summer milk processors around the country participate in sealed bid procurements for the right to provide public schools with milk throughout the subsequent academic year. School district contracts are an important part of vehicle routing problems that milk processors solve on an...

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On the determinants of firm leverage: evidence from a structural estimation

Menichini, Amilcar - In: International Journal of Managerial Finance 11 (2015) 2, pp. 179-197

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the phenomena of convergence and stability of leverage reported by Lemmon et al. (2008). Design/methodology/approach – A dynamic trade-off model of the firm was used to simulate investment, leverage, and payout decisions for different...

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The Study of Principles of Economic Ethics

Shuo, Dong‐Fang - In: International Journal of Social Economics 18 (1991) 8/9/10, pp. 105-115

Could “Economic Man” and “Moral Man” be integrated? Could “Business” and “Morality” contain each other? An attempt is made to verify, from the theoretical formation, the value rationality of economic behaviour, to seek the value co‐structure of ethics and economics.

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Fragil und prekär? Private Care-Arbeit in der Schweiz / Insecure and precarious? Private care work in Switzerland

Hettlage, Raphaela; Baghdadi, Nadia - In: Arbeit 22 (2013) 3, pp. 212-223

Abstract Als Folge der verstärkten Erwerbsorientierung und der demographischen Veränderungen werden individuelle Care-Verpflichtungen zunehmend ausgelagert und statt als Familienarbeit im Rahmen von marktlich organisierten Care-Arrangements bearbeitet. Die Care-Arbeiterinnen sind oftmals...

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