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Debt types and burdens by family structures
(2020)
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine family structure differences in debt types and burdens of American families. Design/methodology/approach: Data are obtained from the 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances. Eight ...
The water quality assessment and biodiversity of phytoplankton in Phayao Lake, Phayao Province, Thailand
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
The goals of this evaluation of Phayao Lake were to evaluate the physical, chemical, and biological water quality, to determine the phytoplankton biodiversity, and to examine the relationship between biodiversity and water ...
Implementation of national health insurance policy through the social security implementing agency health during the pandemic the Covid-19
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2022)
the Covid-19 epidemic, the development of national health insurance policies must be founded on the state's responsibility to meet the people's safety and fundamental needs through comprehensive health care. The research is new to the academic literature...
Property Rights and Incentives to Invest in Seed Varieties : Governmental Regulations in Argentina
(AgBioForum, 2005)
This paper analyzes the evolution of property rights legislation in Argentina with respect to new seed varieties. In comparison to the United States, Argentina has weak protection and enforcement of property rights for new ...
Changes in financial risk tolerance, 1983-2001
(2004)
Using six Survey of Consumer Finances cross-sectional datasets representing the years 1983 through 2001, this study investigates changes in financial risk tolerance levels over time. Logit analyses are performed to test ...
Chinese urban households' security market participation : does investment knowledge and having a long-term plan help?
(2015)
Investment in the securities markets is vital to households' wealth accumulation and financial security. Using data from the 2008 Survey of Chinese Consumer Finance and Investor Education, we found that self-assessed ...
Annotated Bibliography
(1986-10)
Global Impact of Biotech Crops : Socio-Economic and Environmental Effects in the First Ten Years of Commercial Use
(AgBioForum, 2006)
Genetically modified (GM) crops have now been grown com- mercially on a substantial scale for ten years. This paper assesses the impact this technology is having on global agricul- ture from both economic and environmental ...
Mechanized agriculture : machine adoption, farm size, and labor displacement
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2015)
Mechanization in such countries as the United States and Canada has dramatically reshaped the agricultural landscape since the time of early settlement. The introduction of new technologies -- such as the mechanical tomato ...
Can Cooperative Membership and Participation Affect Adoption Decisions? Issues for Sustainable Biotechnology Dissemination
(AgBioForum, 2009)
Biotechnology has become the dominate technology in the agricultural environment globally, possessing the capacity to address issues related to food insecurity and low productivity. Developing countries therefore cannot ...
The socio-economic impacts of GM cotton in Burkina Faso : does farm structure affect how benefits are distributed?
(University of Missouri, 2016)
This article documents the impact of GM cotton in Burkina Faso on input use and productivity. Six years of farm survey data found that GM cotton used two-thirds less insecticide and produced higher yields than conventional ...
Family finances in urban China : evidence from a national survey
(2010)
in China is currently underdeveloped and Chinese households may be reluctant to finance current consumption against their future income. Households spent only about half of their after-tax income. Future research is needed to help Chinese households better...
A Nonlinear IV Likelihood-Based Rank Test for Multivariate Time Series and Long Panels
(Berkeley Electronic Press, 2010)
-sectional correlation of the disturbances. The nonlinear IV rank test also extends earlier research on nonlinear IV unit root tests. However, the optimal instrument in the univariate case is not admissible in the more general multivariate case. The chi-squared result...
HOPE for the Pell? Institutional Effects in the Intersection of Merit-Based and Need-Based Aid
(Southern Economic Journal, 2006)
Prior empirical evidence finds that general enrollment effects of merit-aid programs such as the Georgia Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) scholarship are large and significant, while the effects of need-based ...
Using multiple data sources to investigate foraging niche partitioning in sympatric obligate avian scavengers
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2019)
As carrion feeders competing for a limited and ephemeral resource, avian scavengers are ideal model organisms to study mechanisms of niche partitioning. Previous work has focused on observations of species' interactions ...