Human capital: Migration and rural population change

JE Taylor, PL Martin - Handbook of agricultural economics, 2001 - Elsevier
The movement of labor out of agriculture is a universal concomitant of economic
modernization and growth. Traditional migration models overlook many potential …

NAFTA revisited: Achievements and challenges

GC Hufbauer, JJ Schott - 2005 - books.google.com
NAFTA entered into force in 1994 after a bitter Congressional debate. But NAFTA in
operation has proved no less controversial than NAFTA before ratification, for both …

Persistence Pays: US Agricultural Productivity Growth and the Benefits from Public R & D Spending

JM Alston, MA Andersen, JS James, PG Pardey - 2010 - Springer
Persistence Pays: US Agricultural Productivity Growth and the Benefits from Public R&D
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[图书][B] Managing labor migration in the twenty-first century

P Martin, M Abella, C Kuptsch - 2008 - books.google.com
Why have ninety million workers around the globe left their homes for employment in other
countries? What can be done to ensure that international labor migration is a force for global …

[图书][B] Trade and migration: NAFTA and agriculture.

PL Martin - 1993 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This study examines the question of whether the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) will increase or decrease Mexican migration to the USA. It is estimated that in the …

The potential of temporary migration programmes in future international migration policy

M Ruhs - Int'l Lab. Rev., 2006 - HeinOnline
A number of high-income countries have been considering the (re-) introduction or
expansion of temporary migration programmes (TMPs) as a policy instrument for managing …

Animals, agency, and class: Writing the history of animals from below

JC Hribal - Human Ecology Review, 2007 - JSTOR
This essay is an historical exploration of the nexus between animals, agency, and class.
More significantly, it seeks to place the agency of horses, cows, sheep, pigs, etc. into the …

The economics of agricultural innovation

JM Alston, PG Pardey - Handbook of agricultural economics, 2021 - Elsevier
Throughout history and in every part of the world, innovation in agriculture has played
crucial roles in economic development by increasing farm productivity, enhancing the …

On the political economy of immigration and income redistribution

J Dolmas, GW Huffman - International Economic Review, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we analyze an economy in which agents vote over immigration policy and
redistributive tax policy. We show that natives' preferences over immigration are influenced …

[图书][B] The agrarian history of Sweden: from 4000 BC to AD 2000

J Myrdal, M Morell - 2011 - books.google.com
Comprehensive and concise, this account details the agrarian history of Sweden-as it is
defined by its present national borders-from the Neolithic times to present day. Key historical …