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Disentangling the Role of Contract Types and Sector Disparities for Public Service Motivation
Grund, Christian; Thommes, Kirsten - 2015
specific public service motivation (PSM) is shaped. In our paper, we analyze how different degrees of inclusion in the public … sector impact PSM. We also investigate how prospects of employment relations (fixed-term versus permanent contracts …), temporal differences (part-time versus full-time employment), and actual jobs (core versus subsidiary jobs) moderate PSM in …
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Adoption of improved groundnut seed and its impact on rural households' welfare in Eastern Ethiopia
Ahmed, Musa H.; Mesfin, Hiwot M.; Abady, Seltene; … - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-18
This study has evaluated the impact of adoption of improved groundnut seed on the well-being of the farmers of Eastern Ethiopia using a cross-sectional data collected from 301 sample households. To address this objective, both descriptive and econometric analysis methods were employed. In the...
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The impact of agricultural cooperatives membership on the wellbeing of smallholder farmers: empirical evidence from eastern Ethiopia
Ahmed, Musa Hasen; Mesfin, Hiwot Mekonnen - In: Agricultural and Food Economics 5 (2017) 6, pp. 1-13
This study evaluated the impact of agricultural cooperative membership on the wellbeing of smallholder farmers using cross-sectional data collected from the eastern part of Ethiopia. Using consumption per adult equivalent as a wellbeing indicator, we measured the impact of agricultural...
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Perceived Value of Broadcasting: Normal vs. Restoration Stages from Earthquake Disasters
Mitomo, Hitoshi; Otsuka, Tokio - 2018
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The impact of remittances on household food security: A micro perspective from Tigray, Ethiopia
Abadi, Nigussie; Techane, Ataklti; Maxwell, Daniel; … - 2018
While the volume of remittances to developing countries has been growing significantly over the years, the impact of remittances on food security has not received much attention. To bridge the gap this paper has examined the impact of remittances on farm household's food security status, using a...
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The children are alright: Revisiting the impact of parental migration in the Philippines
Pajaron, Marjorie; Latinazo, Cara T.; Trinidad, Enrico G. - 2020
The Philippine government has focused most of its migration policy initiatives to encouraging international labour migration and protecting the rights of Filipino migrant workers. However, government interventions and aids to left-behind families and children left much to be desired. This paper...
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What is so special about robots and trade?
Alguacil Marí, María Teresa; Lo Turco, Alessia; … - 2020
robot adoption on the firm level export performance consists on combining propensity score matching (PSM) and difference in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012405656
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Impact of off-farm activities on technical efficiency: Evidence from maize producers of eastern Ethiopia
Ahmed, Musa Hasen; Melesse, Kumilachew Alamerie - In: Agricultural and Food Economics 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-15
This article analyzes the impact of participation in off-farm activities on technical efficiency of maize production in eastern Ethiopia. We combined propensity score matching with a stochastic production frontier model that corrects sample selection bias resulting from unobserved factors that...
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Quality of information disclosure, property rights, and bank loans: A bank heterogeneity perspective
Chen, Xichan; Li, Wanli; Hu, Shiyang; Liu, Xing - In: China Journal of Accounting Research 12 (2019) 1, pp. 63-92
Using the context of the financial reform and the development of the non-state sector in China in the past decade, we examine the roles that the quality of information disclosure and property rights play in the allocation of different types of bank credit. We find that foreign banks and policy...
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The impact of agricultural package programs on farm productivity in Tigray-Ethiopia: Panel data estimation
Mebrahtu, Teka Araya; Lee, Sung-kyu - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 7 (2019) 1, pp. 1-28
household-based agricultural package programs on farm productivity in Tigray region, and (ii) the propensity score matching (PSM … households have higher productivity than the non-beneficiaries. Secondly, the PSM estimation result ensures that the ATT is …
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