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Determinants of health costs due to farmers’ exposure to pesticides: an empirical analysis
Athukorala, Wasantha; Wilson, Clevo; Robinson, Tim - School of Economics and Finance, Business School - 2012
' exposure to pesticides, the costs of ill-health and their determinants have been based on information provided by farmers … conducting surveys among two groups of farmers who use pesticides on a regular basis. The first group is made up of farmers who … perceive that their ill-health is due to exposure to pesticides and have obtained at least some form of treatment (described in …
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Pesticides and Productivity – a Study of Vegetable Farming in Nepal
Jha, Ratna Kumar; Regmi, Adhrit Prasad - eSocialSciences - 2010
effectiveness of pesticides in reducing crop losses amongst vegetable farmers in Nepal. …In Nepal, agriculture is commercializing day by day and levels of agro-chemical use are growing. This is beginning to … raise concerns about the health and environmental impacts of farm chemicals such as pesticides.The brief looks at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480371
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How does crop insurance influence pesticide use? : evidence from French farms
Enjolras, Geoffroy; Aubert, Magali - In: Review of agricultural, food and environmental studies 101 (2020) 4, pp. 461-485
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418124
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Pesticide or Wastewater, Which One is Bigger Culprit for Acute Health Symptoms among Vegetable Growers in Pakistan’s Punjab
Abedullah; Ali, Haseeb; Kouser, Shahzad - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
Past studies highlight harmful effects of using pesticides and untreated wastewater on farmers’ health in agriculture … intensive use of hazardous pesticides but also due to irrigation with untreated wastewater. The objective of this article is to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913887
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Exports and Productivity Growth: First Evidence from a Continuous Treatment Approach
Fryges, Helmut; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
A recent survey of 54 micro-econometric studies reveals that exporting firms are more productive than non-exporters. On the other hand, previous empirical studies show that exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. One possible reason for this result is that most previous studies are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822920
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Do dropouts with longer training exposure benefit from training programs? Korean evidence employing methods for continuous treatments
Choe, Chung; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Lee, Sang-Jun - In: Empirical Economics 48 (2015) 2, pp. 849-881
Failure of participants to complete training programs is pervasive in existing active labor market programs, both in developed and developing countries. From a policy perspective, it is of interest to know if dropouts benefit from the time they spend in training since these programs require...
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The Impact of Public Support Intensity on Business R&D: Evidence from a Dose-Response Approach
Cerulli, Giovanni; Potí, Bianca - European Regional Science Association - 2014
This paper presents an original econometric model for estimating a dose-response function through a regression approach when: (i) treatment is continuous, (ii) individuals may react heterogeneously to observable confounders, and (iii) selection-into-treatment may be potentially endogenous. After...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011157159
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Nonparametric Estimators of Dose-Response Functions
Michela, BIA; FLORES Carlos A.; Alessandra, MATTEI - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2011
We propose two semiparametric estimators of the dose-response function based on spline techniques. Under uncounfoundedness, the generalized propensity score can be used to estimate dose-response functions (DRF) and marginal treatment effect functions. In many observational studies treatment may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009207100
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Do Dropouts Benefit from Training Programs? Korean Evidence Employing Methods for Continuous Treatments
Choe, Chung; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Lee, Sang-Jun - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Failure of participants to complete training programs is pervasive in existing active labor market programs both in developed and developing countries. The proportion of dropouts in prototypical programs ranges from 10 to 50 percent of all participants. From a policy perspective, it is of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009359867
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A Stata package for the application of semiparametric estimators of dose-response functions
Michela, BIA; FLORES Carlos A.; Alfonso, FLORES-LAGUNES; … - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research … - 2013
In many observational studies the treatment may not be binary or categorical, but rather continuous in nature, so focus is on estimating a continuous dose-response function. In this paper we propose a set of Stata programs to semiparametrically estimate the dose-response function of a continuous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098296