Livelihood diversification is relevant in poverty reduction, improve food security and a means of coping mechanism and risk management for survival of households. The research intended to examine the dynamics of livelihood diversification and food security over time, investigate the determinant...

Purpose Living walls (LWs), vegetated walls with an integrated growth layer behind, are being increasingly incorporated in buildings. Examining plant characteristics’ comparative impacts on LWs’ energy efficiency-related thermal behavior was aimed, considering that studies on their relative...

The purpose of this study is to test whether local government wealth has a significant effect on Internet Financial Reporting (IFR) disclosure. In addition, this study also tests whether the geographical location of local government is able to moderate the relationship between local government...

Economic growth is important for all countries of the world, regardless of their level of development, because it determines the standard of living of citizens and reduces the gap between countries of the world. In this paper, an analysis of scientific literature is carried out, which helps to...

Economic growth is important for all countries of the world, regardless of their level of development, because it determines the standard of living of citizens and reduces the gap between countries of the world. In this paper, an analysis of scientific literature is carried out, which helps to...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the backbone of the U.S. safety net. We provide the most comprehensive and generalizable evaluation of the labor supply effects of access to modern SNAP to date. To do so we use new, rich administrative data and an examiner design based on...

This paper examines the effect of increasing foreign staffing on the labor market outcomes of native workers in the German long-term care sector. Using administrative social security data covering the universe of long-term care workers and policy-induced exogenous variation, we find that...

This paper examines the effect of increasing foreign staffing on the labor market outcomes of native workers in the German long-term care sector. Using administrative social security data covering the universe of long-term care workers and policy-induced exogenous variation, we find that...

This study examines the response among young adults to the closure of a large local employer. By using military base closures in Sweden, I find that men experience lower earnings and enroll in tertiary education. This is driven by low-ability men who choose shortterm enrollment at nearby...

Agriculture subsidy programs increase participation of rural households in food security and nutrition improvement in Malawi. Digital technologies e.g. mobile application (App) and biometrical identification, electronic database have been integrated in implementation of Affordable inputs program...