The persistence of relatively high unemployment rates in certain regions of many western industrial countries is well-established. These problems have been acknowledged, in part, in macro-economic labour market policies and also in regional economic development programmes. The paper re-examines...

Literature assessing the quantity and quality of voluntary social and environmental reporting has shown critical reflections regarding the quality and reliability, the (largely) qualitative nature of disclosure with lack of measurability, credibility or comparability, and information being...

Literature assessing the quantity and quality of voluntary social and environmental reporting has shown critical reflections regarding the quality and reliability, the (largely) qualitative nature of disclosure with lack of measurability, credibility or comparability, and information being...

This ecological study describes the cholera epidemic in Harare during 2008-2009 and identifies patterns that may explain transmission. Rates ratios of cholera cases by suburb were calculated by a univariate regression Poisson model and then, through an Empirical Bayes modelling, smoothed rate...

An empirical model accurately estimates row crop and extensive crop acreage in the North Central region. It shows (a) for each 1-acre increase in diversion, rcw crops decrease 0.62 acre and extensive crops decrease 0.12 acre, and (b) the annual shift to .row crops is diminishing.

This research completes a series of estimates of supply relationships for corn, sorghum, oats, and barley. (See M. E. Ryan and M. E. Abel, "Corn Acreage Response .. .,"Agr. Econ. Res. 24(4); 102-112, Oct. 1972, and "Supply Response of U.S. Sorghum Acreage ...,"Agr. Econ. Res. 25(2); 45-55, April...

This study aims to test 1. whether two indicator-based tools for poverty assessment in rural Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, developed in 2005 are capable of predicting absolute poverty in 2007, and 2. whether the indicator composition of these poverty assessment tools remains robust over time. In...

This paper modifies and employs a model previously developed for empirical evaluation of the impact of commodity price-support programs on corn acreage. (See J. P. Houck and M. E. Ryan, "Supply Analysis for Corn in the United States ... ," Amer. Jour. Agr. Econ. 54: May 1972; and J. P. Houck and A....

This paper uses a model previously developed for empirical evaluation of the impact of commodity price-support programs on corn acreage (sec J. P. Houck and M. E. Ryan, "Supply Analysis for Corn in the United States ....," Amer. Jour. Agr. Econ. 54: May 1972) to evaluate the impact of...