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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"welfare impacts"”.
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Welfare impacts of GMO adoption along the marketing chain
… numerous studies attempting to measure the welfare gains. There are obvious gains from adopting the technology from a production efficiency standpoint, as it significantly decreases production cost and simplifies weed control management. However, with some consumers being reluctant to …
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Welfare Impacts Of False Codling Moth Threatening California Oranges
<p>Welfare impacts of alternative pest management strategies of False Codling Moth (FCM) threatening California's oranges are examined. Different economic agents along the supply chain of fresh oranges and orange products in the United States are considered, including consumers, retailers, …
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Subsidies, aquaculture technology adoption, and welfare impacts in Ghana and Kenya
… subsidies, aquaculture technology adoption, and welfare implications of fish farming households in Ghana and Kenya. It is divided into three separate chapters, each addressing a specific empirical issue related to aquaculture in the countries.</p> <p>The second chapter of this dissertation …
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Internal migration, remittances and welfare impacts : a case study in Dormaa Municipality, Ghana
… examines internal migration, remittances and welfare impacts among migrant households in the Dormaa Municipality in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. Data were gathered though a questionnaire survey among 202 migrant households and in-depth interviews with 8 of them and some key informants. The …
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Where trees grow, assets grow: applying spatial matching to evaluate agroforestry’s household welfare impacts in Kenya
… effect of agroforestry promotion on household welfare is difficult due to the long-term nature of agroforestry's payoffs and their dependence on local agro-ecological conditions. Agroforestry evaluation often requires detailed data that can only be collected by household survey, and is …
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Managing the welfare impacts of urbanization in Zambia: A case for a composite district performance index
This paper looks at the evolution of urbanization in Zambia. The country has a population of just over 15 million people with about 35% living in urban areas. The population in the urban areas is projected to increase driven by both natural population growth and rural-urban migration. This …
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Welfare Impacts of Alternative Public Policies for Environmental Protection in Agriculture in an Open Economy: A General Equilibrium Framework
… of agricultural products. The extent of the welfare gains differ across policies and with the nitrogen reduction target. In addition, this dissertation shows that a two-part instrument (a combination of implementable market based policies which restrict crop production and encourage farmers …
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Essays on Malawian agriculture: Micro-level welfare impacts of agricultural productivity; profitability of fertilizer use; and targeting of fertilizer subsidy programs
… <p>The first essay analyzes the micro-level welfare impacts of agricultural productivity. Welfare is measured by various dimensions of poverty and food insecurity; and agricultural productivity is measured by maize yield and value of crop output per hectare. Depending on the measure of …
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The Malaysian rice policy: Welfare analysis of current and alternative programs
… of government intervention policies and welfare impacts on related interest groups. The impact of current and alternative policy options are evaluated using an inter-commodity linkage model.
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A dynamic econometric-simulation model of the U.S. livestock industry
… analysis of the direct and indirect economic impacts of policies as well as the resulting distributional and welfare impacts.
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A Dynamic Welfare Analysis of Price Stabilization Policies in the Korean Rice Market
… and on the economic efficiency criteria. Welfare measurement methods are developed in a short-run and longer-run context. The welfare impacts become smaller if the longer-run measure is used because the longer-run measure takes into account the adjustment costs which come from factor …
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An urban equilibrium model of spatial mismatch
… an urban equilibrium model that can analyze the welfare impacts of spatial mismatch on black and white residents of a city.
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Market Power and Regulatory Failure in the Montana Wholesale Electricity Market
… and detecting the exercise of market power. Welfare impacts to Montana Consumers are estimated at $722 million. The work includes a significant review of NorthWestern Energy’s re-vertical integration and information about the structure of the Montana electrical market.
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Market Power and Regulatory Failure in the Montana Wholesale Electricity Market
… and detecting the exercise of market power. Welfare impacts to Montana Consumers are estimated at $722 million. The work includes a significant review of NorthWestern Energy’s re-vertical integration and information about the structure of the Montana electrical market.
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Distributional effects of the Mexican agricultural trade policies: The tomato case
The objective of this study was to analyze the welfare effects of Mexican tomato export policies. A voluntary import quota and production and export subsidies were used for the estimation of welfare impacts on Mexican consumers, producers and the government budget. Welfare effects were evaluated …
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Essays in labor and human capital investment in development economics
… In Chapter 2, I assess the labor supply and welfare impacts of a Bolivian policy change in 2014 that lowered the minimum working age. Finally, in Chapter 3, I examine the household characteristics particularly associated with children working in hazardous environments in Nepal.
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Income Shocks and the Acceptance of Intimate Partner Violence in Indonesia
… 1 in 3 women worldwide. Despite the negative welfare impacts, it is still seen as acceptable in some parts of the world, even amongst women. This paper examines how elastic these accepting attitudes towards IPV are to changing economic conditions. Specifically, this paper focuses on changes in …
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Three Essays in Development Economics
… of opportunity in adult health in Colombia, and welfare of rural Peruvian households. The evidence presented in the first essay, ”Intimate Partner Violence and Women’s Employment: Evidence from Colombia,” suggests that victims of intimate partner violence are more likely to work. This …
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Post-Weaning, Early Gestation Sows: Housing and Welfare
… consumers are expressing concern for the welfare of breeding sows in our food systems and are influencing markets rapidly through both their buying and voting choices. As producers necessarily begin to shift towards decreased breeding sow housing confinement, there is a need for nuanced …
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