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transformation in Norway. After WWII, Norwegian farms began widely adopting milking machines to replace the hand milking of cows, a …-level data from the Census of Agriculture, we show that the adoption of milking machines triggered a process of structural …
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transformation in Norway. After WWII, Norwegian farms began widely adopting milking machines to replace the hand milking of cows, a …-level data from the Census of Agriculture, we show that the adoption of milking machines triggered a process of structural …
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Technological change in production processes with gendered division of labor across tasks, such as agriculture, can …
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Technological change in production processes with gendered division of labor across tasks, such as agriculture, can …
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dynamics of international migration by highlighting the role of tradition in propelling migration; by admitting that the human … capital formation response to the prospect of migration is gradual; by studying the impact of such formation on economic … growth and welfare; by working out the consequences of the migration of parents for the wellbeing of their children; by …
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Climate change has increased rainfall uncertainty, leading to greater production risks in agriculture. We examine the …
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We analyze investment decisions when information is costly, with and without delegation to an agent. We use a rational-inattention model and compare it with a canonical signal-extraction model. We identify three "investment conditions". In "sour" conditions, no information is acquired and no...
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affected both labor coercion and the adaption of labor-saving technologies within the agriculture sector along the lines …
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