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| Butler, Jeffrey; Giuliano, Paola; Guiso, Luigi. |
| We investigate the relationship between individual trust and individual economic performance. We find that individual income is hump-shaped in a measure of intensity of trust beliefs. Heterogeneity of trust beliefs in the population, coupled with the tendency of individuals to extrapolate beliefs about others from their own levels of trustworthiness, could generate this non-monotonic relationship: highly trustworthy individuals tend to form overly optimistic beliefs, to assume too much social risk and to be cheated more often, ultimately performing less well than those with a belief close to the mean trustworthiness of the population. On the other hand, less trustworthy individuals form overly pessimistic beliefs and avoid being cheated, but give up... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Trust; Trustworthiness; Economic Performance; Culture; False Consensus; Labor and Human Capital; A1; A12; D1; O15; Z1. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/90947 |
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| Pandey, Sushil; Bhandari, Humnath; Ding, Shijun; Prapertchob, Preeda; Sharan, Ramesh; Naik, Dibakar; Taunk, Sudhir K.; Sastri, Asras. |
| Drought is a major constraint affecting rice production especially in rainfed areas of Asia. Despite its importance in rice growing areas, the magnitude of economic losses arising from drought, its impact on farm households and farmers' drought coping mechanisms are poorly understood. This paper provides insights into these aspects of drought based on a cross-country comparative analysis of rainfed rice growing areas in China, India and Thailand. The economic cost of drought is found to be substantially higher in eastern India than in the other two countries. Higher probability and greater spatial covariance of drought and less diversified farming systems with rice accounting for a large r share of household income are likely to be the main reasons for... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Drought; Economic cost; Coping mechanisms; Poverty; Crop Production/Industries; D1; I3; Q1. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25553 |
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| Kaya, Ozgur; Florkowski, Wojciech J.; Suh, Dong-Kyun. |
| The knowledge of the overall willingness-to-pay and the specific price premiums consumers accept when buying foods with less fat, saturated fat, sodium, sugar and more fiber shapes food manufacturer and distributor marketing strategies and supports the development of public health strategies. This study applies survey data collected in Korea to identify consumer profiles associated with the expressed willingness to pay a premium for foods with nutritionally desired attributes and, next, estimates the influence of consumer and household characteristics on the WTP a particular premium level for such foods. Results indicate the importance of socio-economic variables such as location, income and education, variables representing the risk of health problems... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Willingness to pay; Price premium; Modified food; Republic of Korea; Survey data; Logit; Generalized ordered logit; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; Q1; C3; D1. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/61004 |
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| Witcover, Julie; Vosti, Stephen A.; Lipton, Michael. |
| Green Revolution technologies were developed and promoted in the 1960s in response to alarm about impending famine in Asia. By boosting food supplies and fostering development, the technologies were expected to create "breathing space" for completing demographic transitions there. This paper uses District-level data from rural India on agricultural transformation (from 1961 to 1981) and on changes in human fertility (from 1971 to 1981) to examine whether they did so. In a reduced form model, female literacy and marriage rates emerged as strong fertility change determinants; effects varied by age cohort. Growth in real wages in rural areas, in part brought about by HYV technologies, accelerated fertility declines. With real wage growth effects of Green... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: International Development; Q16; J1; Q18; D1; O3. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25443 |
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| Miyata, Sachiko; Sawada, Yasuyuki. |
| This study examines the factors that influenced poor Indonesian farmers to invest in floating net aquaculture after being relocated due to a reservoir construction project. To compare three primary decision factors, credit accessibility, risk attitudes, and social learning, (i.e., learning effects from others experience), we analyze 16 years of socio-economic retrospective data collected in the field interviews exclusively for this study. Our analysis reveals that credit accessibility and risk attitudes are the most important factors that influence the rate of aquaculture investment. Social learning as well as household education also influences the investment decision significantly. Our results suggest that developmen t projects that involve voluntary... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Household investment decision; Credit constraints; Risk attitudes; Social learning; Panel data; Farm Management; D1; D8; D12; Q22. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25669 |
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| Goodwin, Barry K.; Harper, Daniel C.; Schnepf, Randall D.. |
| Fats and oils play a prominent role in U.S. dietary patterns. Recent concerns over the negative health consequences associated with fats and oils have led many to suspect structural change in demand conditions. Our analysis considers short run (monthly) demand relationships for edible fats and oils. In that monthly quantities of fats and oils are likely to be relatively fixed, an inverse almost ideal demand system specification is used. A smooth transition function is used to model a switching inverse almost ideal demand system that assesses short-run demand conditions for edible fats and oils in the United States. The results suggest that short-run demand conditions for fats and oils experienced a gradual structural shift that began in the late 1980s... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Fats and oils; Inverse demand system; Structural change; Q0; D1. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37858 |
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| Rodriguez, Elsa M.; Lupin, Beatriz; Lacaze, Maria Victoria. |
| There is an increasing consumers' concern for food safety and quality and, at the same time, there has been a significant market increment in differentiated or high value products consumption, including organic products. The lack of empirical research in Argentina regarding consumers' awareness of food safety brought our attention. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to analyse consumers' perceptions about the risk and quality attributes of food consumption; and to evaluate the incidence of these factors when buying organic products in Argentina. The Lancaster model (1966) provided the theoretical basis for the use of products attributes and characteristics to analyse the incidence of these attributes in consumers' choices. The data used in this... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Food safety; Quality attributes; Consumers; Organics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Q18; D1. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25791 |
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| Maertens, Miet. |
| Agricultural supply chains are changing globally with pervasive food standards and increased vertical coordination. The impact of these changes for developing countries and for small farmers in those countries is not yet well understood. We analyze the developments in high-standards FFV supply chains and the effects for small farmers and rural households in Senegal. We use a unique dataset derived from company level interviews and household surveys in the main horticulture zone in Senegal. Supply chain restructuring resulted in a shift from contract-farming with small-scale producers to large-scale vertically integrated estate-farming. A comprehensive econometric analysis shows that the restructuring of the value chain has enhanced an equitable... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade; D1; L66; O13; Q12; Q17. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25614 |
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| Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent. |
| We empirically analyze the labor supply choices of married men and women according to their body size (BMI), using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics on anthropometric characteristics of both spouses, and unmarried men and women as comparison group. Heavier husbands are found to work significantly more hours and earn more labor income, controlling for both spouses’ demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Conversely, no such effect is found for either unmarried individuals or for married women. We suggest a marriage market mechanism through which male BMI and earnings are positively related. Heavier married men compensate for their negative physical trait by providing their wives with more disposable income, working more hours and earning... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Body Size; Labor Supply; Earnings; Marriage; Labor and Human Capital; D1; I1; J1; J22. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56209 |
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| Zhang, Xu; Goddard, Ellen W.. |
| The competitive landscape in retailing has changed over the past decade. Moreover, the degree of product differentiation has been increasing: households are able to choose between an increasing number of store brands and national brands of similar products. The value added meat market is no different than any other sector of the grocery market – both national brands and private label brands are being developed to appeal to the consumer‘s desire for convenience, health, production and environmental attributes. Understanding the factors that are influencing consumers‘ value added meat product preferences is important for meat manufacturers who wish to add value to their firm‘s performance and increase market share. This knowledge is required in order to... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Consumer behaviour; Store loyalty; Meat demand; Value-added meat; National/store brand choice; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; D1; M3. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/99703 |
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| Hendriks, Sheryl L.; Msaki, Mark M.. |
| The impact of smallholder commercialisation on food consumption patterns in a rural community of South Africa was investigated. The consumption patterns, dietary diversity and nutrient intakes of certified and partially certified members of an organic farmers' organisation were compared to data from a random sample of non-member households. Two consecutive survey rounds (n = 200) conducted in November 2004 and March 2005 enabled comparison of dietary diversity, nutrient adequacy (in terms of per household adult female equivalents for energy, iron, and vitamin A) and expenditure elasticities between seasons. Households with members engaged in certified comm ercial organic farming enjoyed greater dietary diversity, improved nutrient intakes com pared to... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Food consumption; Nutrition; Farm households; Small holder; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; D1; Q12. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25304 |
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