This study evaluates the effects of two environmental policy instruments on the adoption of native tree planting in oil palm plantations. The first instrument is an information campaign on tree planting in oil palm. The second instrument combines the information campaign with a structural...

Abstract: Labor saving innovations are essential to increase agricultural productivity, but they might also increase inequality through displacing labor. Empirical evidence on such labor displacements is limited. This study uses representative data at local and national scales to analyze labor...

Der vorliegende Task Force-Band beschäftigt sich mit drei aktuellen gesellschafts- und wirtschaftspolitischen Themen aus Ostasien: Arbeitsmarkt- und Beschäftigungspolitik in Japan vor dem Hintergrund einer alternden Gesellschaft; private Altersvorsorge in Singapur; und Sozialstandards in der...

In contrast to the trend of a generally increasing liberalization of markets, agriculture remains one of the most protected sectors. In globally distributed production networks the effects of sector specific policies may spill over to other sectors and other countries. While the effects of these...