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PRECISION FARMING IN IRRIGATED CORN PRODUCTION: AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
Watson, Susan; Segarra, Eduardo; Machado, Stephen; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2003
A dynamic optimization model is used to assess the profitability of precision and whole-field farming in corn production. Yield, on the average, was higher under whole-field farming practices, while net present value of returns was higher under precision farming, on the average, by 7.41% and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005476670
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The relationship between labour force status and educational attainment : evidence from a system of simultaneous equations model
Alam, Khorshed; Mamun, Shamsul Arifeen Khan - In: Economic analysis and policy : EAP ; journal of the … 52 (2016), pp. 55-65
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011557296
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Technology adoption in education : usage, spillovers and student achievement
Bergman, Peter - 2016
Given significant expenditures on education technologies, an important question is whether these products are adopted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541111
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The impact of increased school: Enrollment on economic growth in Tanzania
Seebens, Holger; Wobst, Peter - 2003
formation bears consequences on an economy wide level, since education contributes to labor productivity. We examine the impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323645
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THE IMPACT OF INCREASED SCHOOL ENROLLMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN TANZANIA
Seebens, Holger; Wobst, Peter - 2003
formation bears consequences on an economy wide level, since education contributes to labor productivity. We examine the impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443032
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Analyzing Growth and Welfare Effects of Public Policies in Models of Endogenous Growth with Human Capital: Evidence from South Africa
Badibanga, Thaddee Mutumba - 2008
Since the abolition of its Apartheid regime in 1994, South Africa has launched a massive program of education, which … of public spending on education is 1.3 times the average of industrialized countries (5.4%) and almost twice that of … shift in the allocation of government expenditures between public spending on education andtransfers as well as those of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443249
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Anatomy of Stigmatized Behavior: Peer Influence and Relative Concern
Chen, Xi - 2011
This paper is based on an ongoing joint work with David Sahn and Xiaobo Zhang.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444329
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The contribution of female non-farm income to poverty reduction
Seebens, Holger - 2009
There is a widely held view that off-farm income in developing countries tends to reduce poverty, leading to the conclusion that policies should focus on the further diversification of income options of rural households. However, much off-farm employment might be initiated rather as a survival...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444858
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Human Capital, Population Growth and Economic Development: Beyond Correlations
Rosenzweig, Mark R. - 1987
Empirical evidence on three assertions commonly-made by populationpolicy advocates about the relationships among population growth, humancapital formation and economic development is discussed and evaluated inthe light of economic-biological models of household behavior and of itsrelevance to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445167
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How Effective is the Invisible Hand? Agricultural and Food Markets in Central and Eastern Europe
Hockmann, Heinrich; Brosig, Stephan; Popp, Jozsef; … - 2005
Since the seminal work of Adam Smith, markets have been considered an efficienttool for co-ordinating the behaviour of economic agents. The basic characteristicof a market economy is that the complex system of interaction amongindividuals is not centrally coordinated. Under the assumption of...
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