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Development Studies
Kayla Yurco
Summary: This study provides a framework to empirically demonstrate the importance of gendered, intra-household units in shaping pastoral livestock management and food security. It shows that livestock management not only happens in range-lands with male herders, but also within the home under the care of women. By considering multiple spaces of livestock management and introducing the concept of the milking unit, this study highlights the significance of gendered, intra-household relations in determining livelihoods and human-environment interactions for pastoralists.
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Economics
Han Zhang, Jinhui Zheng, Ahmed Imran Hunjra, Shikuan Zhao, Elie Bouri
Summary: By examining the impact mechanism and threshold effect of urban land use efficiency (ULUE) on resources and environment carrying capacity (RECC), this study finds that improving ULUE can enhance RECC and plays an important role in the rationalization and advancement of industrial structure. The study also reveals significant differences in the impact of ULUE on RECC across regions, periods, administrative levels, and resource endowments.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES
(2024)
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Economics
Gian Luigi Albano, Angela Cipollone, Roberto Di Paolo, Giovanni Ponti, Marco Sparro
Summary: In this experiment, we investigate the relative weight of quality and price in procurement contract auctions and find that different weights significantly alter the strategic environment and affect efficiency. Our findings demonstrate that a higher weight on quality performs better in terms of its own objective function compared to a lower weight on quality, despite inducing larger deviations from equilibrium.
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Economics
Qiuyue Huang, Zhiyuan Li
Summary: This paper empirically examines the impact of international trade on peace in the world and among different countries from the perspective of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The results provide robust evidence that international trade, represented by the WTO, reduces the probability and intensity of conflicts, contributing significantly to global peace. However, the magnitude of this impact varies depending on geographical distance, tariff concessions, and changes in the WTO's institutional framework.
CHINA ECONOMIC REVIEW
(2024)
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Development Studies
Yuanzhe Li, Tianyang Xi, Li-An Zhou
Summary: This paper examines the economic impacts of improving access to drinking water facilities for rural households in China. The study reveals that obtaining access to drinking water facilities increases off-farm employment and labor income for households, especially benefiting low-income households.
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Development Studies
Alina Botezat, Cristian Incaltarau, Peter Nijkamp
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the global shortage of nurses and doctors, emphasizing the need for countries to be self-sufficient in their healthcare workforce. Economic recession in origin countries can lead to increased loss of medical personnel, while a health shock temporarily reduces nurse outflow.
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Development Studies
Ashwini Deshpande, Naila Kabeer
Summary: Based on primary data from a large household survey in seven districts in West Bengal, India, this paper analyzes the reasons behind the low labor force participation of women. The paper highlights the involvement of women in expenditure saving activities within the family and suggests methods to improve the measurement of women's work. It also finds that social norms and visible markers are not significant determinants of women's probability of being in paid work, while being primarily responsible for domestic chores decreases the likelihood of working. The study demonstrates the existence of 'virtuous cycles' within families, where a history of working women increases the probability of women being in paid work in future generations.
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Economics
K. P. Prabheesh, Rakesh Padhan, Javed Ahmad Bhat
Summary: This study examines the reaction of financial markets in eight emerging market economies to large-scale asset purchase programs during the COVID-19 pandemic period. The findings suggest that stock returns generally increased and yields decreased in response to the asset purchase announcements. Currency appreciation was observed in two economies, while currency depreciation occurred in three economies. Overall, the asset purchase announcements had mixed effects on the stock, bond, and foreign exchange markets.
JOURNAL OF ASIAN ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Economics
Xiaolei Wang, Fangfang Yuan
Summary: The study models the mode choices of travelers in a simple urban transportation scenario with and without ride-hailing services, and examines the potential of ride-hailing in mitigating congestion. It also investigates the impacts of three traffic regulation policies and their ability to achieve system optimum in the presence of ride-hailing.
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Economics
Karahan Kara, Galip Cihan Yalcin, Avni Zafer Acar, Vladimir Simic, Serkan Konya, Dragan Pamucar
Summary: This research assesses Turkey's sustainable competitiveness position relative to its neighboring countries and provides recommendations for strategies aimed at improving sustainable competitiveness.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES
(2024)
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Economics
Besma Belhadj
Summary: This article proposes a fuzzy alternative approach to classical multiple regressions, aiming to analyze the impact of various factors on poverty in the MENA region. The study estimated and analyzed the effect of annual GDP growth rate, unemployment rate, inflation rate, and annual population growth rate on poverty.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC PLANNING SCIENCES
(2024)
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Economics
Enrique Alasino, Maria Jose Ramirez, Mauricio Romero, Norbert Schady, David Uribe
Summary: This paper provides evidence of significant learning losses and partial recovery in Guanajuato, Mexico during and after the COVID-19 school closures. Students' performance in Spanish and math declined by 0.2 to 0.3 standard deviations after schools reopened, equivalent to 0.66 to 1.05 years of schooling. By June 2023, students were able to recover about 60% of the learning loss, but still scored 0.08-0.11 standard deviations below their pre-pandemic levels.
ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION REVIEW
(2024)
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Development Studies
William L. Allen, Isabel Ruiz, Carlos Vargas-Silva
Summary: This study examines the preferences for migration policies in receiving countries, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, and explores the extent to which humanitarian concerns influence these preferences. The study conducted a conjoint experiment in Colombia, a major destination for Venezuelan migrants, and found that Colombians prefer more open policies for Venezuelan migrants, but support restrictions on the overall number of migrants and length of stay. It also reveals that respondents with higher levels of humanitarianism prefer less restrictive policies towards migrants.
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Ecology
Kangyin Dong, Yang Liu, Jianda Wang, Xiucheng Dong
Summary: This study uses the generalized method of moments (GMM) model to explore the relationship between the digital economy and energy vulnerability in 110 economies. The findings suggest that the digital economy effectively reduces energy vulnerability, with digital infrastructure and social impact being the main contributors. Furthermore, the digital economy helps upgrade the industrial structure and financial development level, thereby reducing energy vulnerability. Additionally, the negative impact of the digital economy on energy vulnerability is more significant in regions with higher income levels.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Development Studies
Minghui Hou, Shi Min, Ping Qing, Xu Tian
Summary: Dietary knowledge among rural residents in developing countries is generally low, and there is a need for an effective and low-cost intervention. This study found that providing knowledge calendars to rural residents significantly improves their dietary knowledge level, with heterogeneous intervention effects based on individual and household characteristics.
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Economics
John Rehbeck
Summary: This paper proposes a simple extension to analyze the impact of menu complexity on alternative choices and characterizes its mathematical properties. The research shows that, in some cases, people are more likely to choose the default option as the menu size increases. Furthermore, the study relates this model to the class of perturbed utility models.
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Ecology
James R. Meldrum, Patricia A. Champ, Hannah Brenkert-Smith, Christopher M. Barth, Abby E. McConnell, Carolyn Wagner, Colleen Donovan
Summary: This study reassessed a previous study using a richer dataset and found that individuals with lower incomes are less likely to participate in cost-sharing programs, and even if they do participate, they contribute a lower share. This indicates potential economic equity concerns.
ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Development Studies
Allison P. Salinger, Isabel Charles, Naomi Francis, Becky Batagol, Litea Meo-Sewabu, Sudirman Nasir, Audra Bass, Hamdan Habsji, Losalini Malumu, Liza Marzaman, Michaela F. Prescott, Mere Jane Sawailau, Syaidah Syamsu, Ruzka R. Taruc, Autiko Tela, Isoa Vakarewa, Alexander Wilson, Sheela S. Sinharoy
Summary: Communities with higher levels of social capital have better performance and health outcomes in community-level water and sanitation interventions. This study evaluates the effect of participatory design and community engagement activities on social capital in urban informal settlements in Fiji and Indonesia. While the results varied by country and gender, the study suggests that the relationship between participatory design and social capital may be bidirectional.
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Economics
Ennio Bilancini, Leonardo Boncinelli, Chiara Nardi, Veronica Pizziol
Summary: In this study, we investigated the impact of environmental risk and correlation of risk among group members on cooperation in a one-shot public goods game. We found that neither the presence nor the correlation of risk significantly affected individual contributions.
JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS
(2024)
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Demography
Mirka Zvedelikova
Summary: This study examines the use of age limits on job applicants and the characteristics of firms that set them using an original dataset of online mid-career job ads. The results show that firms with higher capital, fewer employees, older age, and urban location tend to set requirements on applicants. Domestic firms, firms with fewer employees, in urban centers, and firms using probation periods are more likely to set age limits.
JOURNAL OF THE ECONOMICS OF AGEING
(2024)
