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Factors affecting women's participation in soil & water conservation in Abeshege district Southern Ethiopia

Sherka, Tsegamariam Dula - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-15

The primary industry in Ethiopia that makes a significant contribution to economic growth is still agriculture. Despite making a considerable contribution to livelihoods, the sector continues to encounter difficulties since soil degradation and resource depletion have decreased crop and...

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Market participation of smallholder groundnut farmers in Northern Ghana : generalised double-hurdle model approach

Konja, Dominic Tasila; Mabe, Franklin Nantui - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-19

Market participation is both a cause and a consequence of economic development. Markets offer households the opportunity to specialize according to comparative advantage and thereby enjoy welfare gains from trade. The current literature on product marketing in Ghana is inadequate for designing...

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Measurement of the impact of buffer stock intervention on food security of smallholder farmers in Ghana by means of the nutrient-content household dietary diversity index

Abokyi, Emmanuel; Asiedu, Kofi Fred - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-22

Ordered Probit analysis as econometric methods. We find that marital status, gender, education, and income positively impact …

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The effects of schooling on rural unemployment in Ethiopia

Olkeba, Abdisa; Sherka, Tsegamariam Dula; Gutema, Paulos; … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-15

collected in 2021, was obtained. We used descriptive and probit models to analyze the data. The descriptive results showed that … unrelated jobs to education in rural areas is the cause of unemployment. However, the probit model result shows that schooling …

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Factors affecting renting in and renting out of land in a semi-arid economy of Tigrai, northern Ethiopia : a generalized random effect order probit model

Tesfay, Menasbo - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-17

-arid economy of Tigrai, northern Ethiopia, using a generalized random effect order probit model. The model result reveals that … decisions to rent in and/or rent out of land are significantly correlated, implying that standard order probit model analysis of … such decisions are biased, thereby, justifying the use of a generalized random effect order probit approach. Model results …

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Another look at the linear probability model and nonlinear index models

Chen, Kaicheng; Martin, Robert S.; Wooldridge, Jeffrey M. - 2023

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Determinants of climate change perception and behaviour of European households

Horbach, Jens - 2023

The success of climate change measures is highly dependent on household behaviour as one of the most important emission sources of carbon dioxide. Private heating, electricity consumption or private transport are important key levers to reduce households´ impacts on climate change. The paper...

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DS-HECK : double-lasso estimation of Heckman selection model

Hirukawa, Masayuki; Liu, Di; Murtazashvili, Irina; … - In: Empirical economics : a quarterly journal of the … 64 (2023) 6, pp. 3167-3195

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Does internal locus of control get you out of homelessness?

Budría, Santiago; Betancourt-Odio, Alejandro; Wirth, Eszter - 2023

This paper examines the role of internal locus of control in shaping transitions into homelessness. The data is taken from a longitudinal Australian dataset drawn from a sample of vulnerable individuals. The results, based on a Wooldridge Conditional Maximum Likelihood (WCML) estimator, show...

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Characteristics, determinants, challenges and performance of self-employment among the youth in Uganda

Barugahara, Florence; Barungi, Mildred - In: International journal of economics and financial issues … 13 (2023) 3, pp. 1-10

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