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Developing countries and fertility: role of agricultural technology
Self, Sharmistha - In: International Journal of Development Issues 7 (2008) 1, pp. 62-75
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of agricultural technology on fertility rates in … techniques and labor demand patterns which affect fertility rates. The hypothesis is tested empirically using ordinary least … a direct and indirect negative impact on fertility. Once technology is divided into mechanical and biochemical …
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Education and fertility: an investigation into Italian families
Aldieri, Luigi; Paolo Vinci, Concetto - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2012) 4, pp. 254-263
children in Italy, where a very low fertility rate may be observed. Design/methodology/approach – Since the number of children … authors use also partner's education to take into account the family dimension. Furthermore, in the context of fertility, zero … her fertility rate in the Italian case. In those frameworks, the education variable is usually considered as a control …
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Labour Laws and Informalisation of Employment: Panel Evidences from Indian Formal Manufacturing Sector
Sofi, Irfan Ahmad; Sharma, Pritee - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 6 (2015) 1, pp. 65-84
Abstract Labour law is widely being cited as one of the principal factors creating rigidities in industrial business and, thereby, holding back productivity growth and employment generation. However, a substantial chunk of literature disputes the “rigidity argument” on the ground that there...
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Participation of Developing Countries in Dispute Settlement System of World Trade Organisation
Khan, Humayun Rasheed - In: Asian Journal of Law and Economics 6 (2015) 1, pp. 45-64
Abstract Today the world economy is immeasurably more complex, multi-faceted, and integrated than it was in the last quarter of 20th century. New financial procedures and interests have multiplied in the current trade and investment matrix. Developing countries are now rightfully taking a much...
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International rent sharing and takeovers
Konings, Jozef; Marcolin, Luca; van Beveren, Ilke - In: International Journal of Manpower 37 (2016) 2, pp. 268-302
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence of international rent sharing in multinational enterprises. It looks at changes in rent sharing before and after the acquisition of a company by a foreign entity, and assesses the role of target and acquirer profitability in...
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Senior citizen's bargaining power in residential real estate markets
E. Larsen, James; W. Coleman, Joseph - In: International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 7 (2014) 1, pp. 5-17
Purpose – Researchers have previously examined, with mixed results, whether experience in the single-family house market enhances a buyer's bargaining power by comparing prices paid by relatively young first-time buyers and experienced buyers. The present study aims to extend this basic line...
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Subcontractors’ liability for project delay
Greenwood, David; Hogg, Keith; Kan, Stanley - In: Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction 10 (2005) 2, pp. 107-114
The normal way of dealing with damages for delay in a construction contract is to use a Liquidated and Ascertained Damages clause. Such clauses specify a preset sum to be due to the client for every day, week or month by which the contractor fails to meet the works completion date. However, the...
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Retail bargaining in China
P.S. Fong, Candy - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 25 (2013) 4, pp. 674-694
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how consumers set bargaining goal when they negotiate price of relatively less expensive shopping products with salesperson. The impact of bargaining goal on bargaining outcomes is also discussed. Design/methodology/approach – To increase...
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Auditor switching and audit fee discounting: the Iranian experience
MohammadRezaei, Fakhroddin; Mohd-Saleh, Norman - In: Asian Review of Accounting 25 (2017) 3, pp. 335-360
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of auditor switching on audit fee discounting in Iran. The increased competition in the Iranian audit market following audit market liberalization in 2001 has resulted in a rapid increase in auditor switching and reduces the relative...
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Leaving a joint audit system: conditional fee reductions
Holm, Claus; Thinggaard, Frank - In: Managerial Auditing Journal 29 (2014) 2, pp. 131-152
Purpose – The authors aim to exploit a natural experiment in which voluntary replace mandatory joint audits for Danish listed companies and analyse audit fee implications of using one or two audit firms. Design/methodology/approach – Regression analysis is used. The authors apply both a core...
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