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Are workers with a disability less productive or less understood? An empirical investigation from an entrepreneurial business planning perspective
Hindle, Kevin; Noble, Jock; Phillips, Brian - 1999
group between workers with a disability and workers without a disability. On five measures of productivity, no significant … differences were discernible but on a sixth measure, length of employment, it was found that disability workers remained in … employment significantly longer. These results strongly refute the ‘intuitive wisdom’ that workers with a disability are less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483816
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Since I came to work at DAL I don't have a disability
Marks, Genee - 2005
receive federal or state disability funding, and about half as many support staff. Rather than being seen as an agency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484663
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THE IMPACT OF MICRONUTRIENTS ON LABOR PRODUCTIVITY: EVIDENCE FROM RURAL INDIA
Weinberger, Katinka - 2003
Micronutrient malnutrition, particularly of iron, is widespread on the South Asian subcontinent and economic losses due to reduced productivity of afflicted population groups are believed to be substantial. This paper examines the impact of micronutrient intake on productivity of house-hold...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442430
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HUMAN CAPITAL AND LABOR FLOWS OUT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR: EVIDENCE FROM SLOVENIA
Bojnec, Stefan; Dries, Liesbeth; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - 2003
This paper analyses of determinants of agricultural labor flows and the role of human capital in this process on the basis of the Slovenian Labor Force Surveys for the years 1993 to 1999. The household heads living in larger households, having a larger farm size, and working full-time (more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442445
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Weather Risk and the Off-­Farm Labor Supply of Agricultural Households in India
Ito, Takahiro; Kurosaki, Takashi - 2006
As one of the measures to smooth income, this paper focuses on the diversification of labor allocation across activities. A key feature of this paper is that it pays particular attention to differences in the covariance between weather risk and agricultural wages and between weather risk and...
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The Effect of Farm Labor Organization on IPM Adoption: Empirical Evidence from Thailand
Beckmann, Volker; Irawan, Evi; Wesseler, Justus - 2006
This paper examines the empirical evidence of a theoretical economic model of the effect of labor organization on IPM adoption developed by Beckmann and Wes seler (2003). We use cross section data collected from the participatory farming system survey of 150 durian growers in Chanthaburi,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442461
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Analysis of Vocational and Residential Preferences of Rural Population: Application of an Experimental Technique to Rural Slovenia
Zanni, Alberto M.; Davidova, Sophia; Bailey, Alastair - 2006
This study represents the first application of Choice Experiments to the analysis of the monetary and non-pecuniary determinants of vocational choice and spatial labor supply. It identifies the determinants of individual’s choice of jobs and place of residence, and provides a better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442493
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Immigrant Workers and Technological Change in U.S. Agriculture: A Profit Maximization Approach of Induced Innovation
Napasintuwong, Orachos; Emerson, Robert D. - 2006
This paper analyzes changes in U.S. agricultural technology during 1960-1999, emphasizing the role of immigrant workers on farm mechanization. The rates and directions of biased technological change based on the induced innovation theory are compared before and after the passage of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442506
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Impact Assessment of Farmer Field School Using A Multi-Period Panel Data Model
Praneetvatakul, Suwanna; Waibel, Hermann - 2006
This paper presents an application of a two and three stages difference in differences model to measure environmental and economic impacts of Farmer Field School on crop and pest management practices of rice in Thailand. Panel data from 241 farm households were collected three times over a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442507
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Farm Productivity and Efficiency in Rural Bangladesh: The Role of Education Revisited
Asadullah, M. Niaz; Rahman, Sanzidur - 2006
This paper reassesses the debate over the role of education in farm pro duction in Bangladesh using a large dataset on rice producing hous eholds from 141 villages. Average and stochastic production frontier functions are estimated to ascertain the effect of education on productivity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442512