Similar Search Results

Sustainable agriculture and food security in Africa : an overview

Kleemann, Linda - 2012

The development of the agricultural sector and the improvement of the food security situation are seen as essential components to sustainable development in Africa. However, continuing population growth, impacts of climate change and environmental degradation add to an unprecedented combination...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009672279

Life expectancy, schooling, and lifetime labor supply : theory and evidence revisited

Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2013

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the role of life expectancy for optimal schooling and lifetime labor supply. The results of a simple prototype Ben-Porath model with age-specific survival rates show that an increase in lifetime labor supply is not a necessary, nor a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721323

Family reunification or point-based immigration system? : the case of the United States and Mexico

López Real, Joel - 2011

) the offspring of the immigrants invest more in human capital than the United States natives; (v) the earnings ratio … reverses converging at the steady state. -- Migration ; self-selection ; human capital ; immigration policies …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009233421

A survey of the literature on managing capital inflows

Kawai, Masahiro (contributor); Takagi, Shinji (contributor) - 2008

How to manage capital inflows remains an important policy issue for many emerging market economies. This paper presents … a brief survey of the literature on managing capital inflows, with a focus on developing and emerging market economies …. The paper, after discussing the economic characteristics of capital inflows, provides an overview of the evolution of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003719200

Survey of models on demand, customer base-line and demand response and their relationships in the power market

Heshmati, Almas - 2012

The increasing use of demand-side management as a tool to reliably meet electricity demand at peak time has stimulated interest among researchers, consumers and producer organizations, managers, regulators and policymakers, This research reviews the growing literature on models used to study...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548648

Ethical consumption : a research overview

Hiller, Alex; Goworek, Helen - 2023

"Arising from foundations in green and eco consumerism alongside corporate social responsibility, ethical consumption is a multi-disciplinary area of research, incorporating perspectives from marketing, psychology and sociology. This shortform book presents an expert overview of the empirical...