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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Labor allocation"”.
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Labor allocation decisions of Virginia's farm families
… Statistical Service in 1989, off-farm labor participation models were developed to identify factors that influence the probability that a farm operator or spouse in Virginia would choose to work off the farm. The sample indicated that a substantial proportion of Virginia farms had at …
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Optimization of labor allocation at a syringe production facility : design proposals
… the syringe value stream is facing escalating labor cost and high labor turnover. Therefore, optimization of the current labor resources is necessary to control the labor cost effectively without affecting the production capacity in order to stay competitive in the global context. A method used …
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Optimization of labor allocation at a syringe production facility : work study
… the syringe value stream faces escalating labor cost and high labor turnover. Two labor allocations were proposed previously to optimize current labor resources, with the aim of controlling the labor cost effectively without affecting the production. Proposal Two, which had demonstrated …
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Three essays on the labor allocation decisions of the modern farm family
… address the role of government payments in the allocation of off-farm labor through three essays. Government payments have been a part of agriculture since 1933 and at no time has the government stated a policy objective of decreasing the agricultural labor force. Using time series data and new …
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Optimization of labor allocation at a syringe production facility using computer simulation
Optimization of the current labor resources at a Singapore pharmaceutical company is necessary to control the labor cost effectively without affecting the production capacity. Two new labor allocations were proposed. They featured higher labor flexibility to reduce the response time to machines …
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Essays on Labor Allocation by Small Scale Farmers in the Brazilian Amazon
… I (Chapter 2) examines how health affects the labor allocation and production choices of migrant smallholders in the Brazilian Amazon. We show that the impacts of illness on household decisions depend critically on labor market function in the rural areas of the tropics. Furthermore, results …
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Operations Research and Lean 6S for Optimized Labor Allocation and Workforce Efficiency Under Absenteeism
… (OR) and Lean–6S methodologies to address labour allocation challenges in a real-world egg processing facility. The research focuses on the packaging zone the most labour-intensive and absenteeism-sensitive stage of production where a Binary Linear Programming (BLP) model was developed in Excel …
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Effects of Farm and Household Decisions on Labor Allocation and Profitability of Beginning Vegetable Farms in Virginia: a Linear Programming Model
… to develop a plan to balance on- and off-farm labor could allow farmers to make more profitable decisions. In this study, a General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS) is used to develop a labor management planning framework for use by Virginia's beginning vegetable farmers or service providers, …
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Food aid and economic development: impact of food for work on labor allocation, production and consumption behavior of small family-farms in a semi-arid area of Kenya
… However, it was feared that FFW might divert labor from own-farm production and reduce the level of locally produced food crops. The purpose of this dissertation was to empirically examine these hypotheses in the Ewalel and Marigat locations of Baringo District, Rift Valley Province, Kenya. A …
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The influence of ethnic embeddedness on the gender role attitudes and division of household labor of married Hispanic women
… gender role attitudes and division of household labor among Hispanic women. Using a representative sub-sample drawn from the first wave of the National Study of Families and Households, I determine to what extent network processes help explain the gender role attitudes and behaviors of Hispanic …
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Gender Impacts of Molecular-Assisted Breeding: The Case of Insect and Disease Resistant Cassava in Nigeria
… statistical analysis reveals that total female labor is higher than total male in cassava production, processing and marketing. Women spend more labor days than males for planting, weeding, harvesting, marketing and processing. The total female family labor is higher for adopters of new improved …
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The Productivity Trap in Kenya's Highland Agriculture: A Bilevel Programming Analysis of Credit and Wage Constraints
… such as operating capital (credit) and labor allocation. It has been observed that access to credit by the small farms is limited by their ability to offer collateral. Generally, large farms are thought to make more profitable use of productive assets than small farms and hence the …
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Reforma trabalhista brasileira de 2017: efeitos da criação do trabalho intermitente e da flexibilização do trabalho parcial sobre a construção civil
… study is to assess the effects of the Brazilian labor reform regarding the creation of the intermittent labor contract and the flexibilization of the part-time job, on employment, hours of work, and wages in the construction industry between 2017 and 2019. The labor law reform in Brazil promoted …
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Modeling drug substance purification manufacturing through schedule optimization and simulation
… XX1 (BXX). Current production planning and labor resource evaluation methods at BXX Purification are manual, do not capture schedule delays, and do not adequately account for labor availability. Because of this, BXX is unable to accurately evaluate to what extent labor resource contributes …
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Three essays on financial economics
… by the degree of reversibility of capital and labor. UK-exposed firms with less redeployable capital and high input-offshoring dependence cut investment the most. Employment cuts are observed inside US borders, particularly in industries with more unionized workers. Job posting data point to a …
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Tractor Rental Services In Kenya: Understanding Mechanization and Changes in Agricultural Production among Smallholder Farmers
Tractor Rental Services In Kenya: Understanding Mechanization and Changes in Agricultural Production among Smallholder Farmers John Mburu Mukundi Abstract Tractor rental services provide a pathway for smallholders, particularly those faced with limited financial resources, to access mechanization. …
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Essays on growth and development
… capital intensities are the additional ""labor push"" needed to explain the observed movement of labor out of manufacturing. The second chapter provides quantitative evidence of the Ricardian Effect, namely the replacement of labor in the production process when capital is introduced. …