Training Manual on Climate Smart Agriculture Practices for Belize: Animal Management
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The Training Manual on Climate Smart Agriculture Practices for Belize is intended to be used by technicians and teams working within the Extension Office of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, the Environment, Sustainable Development and Immigration (MAFFESDI) of Belize, as well as personnel from both Agriculture and Cooperative Departments. Additionally, the manual can be used by technicians linked to producer organizations or agriculture research and development centers.
Does access to electricity accelerate home-based business creation in rural Ethiopia?
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Most of the businesses in rural areas are home-based, i.e., the household runs businesses such as food sales, restaurants, mobile, and electronics shops, barbering, etc., within their residence. Rural households’ business ownership increased from 17.5% in 2011 to 28.5% in 2016. We found that:
Wood trade responses to ecological rehabilitation program: evidence from China's new logging ban in natural forests
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This study examines the wood trade in response to China's new logging ban policy in natural forests (LBNF). Our identification is based on a triple-difference (DDD) strategy, in which the variations in the staggered policy implementation with region and time, together with the different trade responses between forest products, are jointly exploited. Our estimates show that the LBNF simulates an additional solid wood import by 15.2%, while the wood export and trade in other wood-related products were not affected.
Chasing clean air: pollution-induced travels in China
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This study uses “big” data to empirically investigate a highly effective, but underexamined way of reducing one’s exposure toward air pollution—short-term travel. We determine subscribers’ locations using mobile phones’ signals and thereby establish linkages between air pollution and short-term population movements between cities in China.
The effect of air pollution on migration: evidence from China
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This paper looks at the effects of air pollution on migration in China using changes in the average strength of thermal inversions over five-year periods as a source of exogenous variation for medium-run air pollution levels. Our findings suggest that air pollution is responsible for large changes in inflows and outflows of migration in China. Specifically, we find that a 10 percent increase in air pollution, holding everything else constant, is capable of reducing population through net outmigration by about 2.8 percent in a given county.
Energy efficiency-economic growth nexus: What is the role of income inequality?
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The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 stresses the importance for economies around the world to double
their efforts in improving energy efficiency. Energy efficiency improvements have been found to trigger economic
growth, albeit empirical evidence to support this claim remains mixed. In a world of widening inequality,
how income inequality dynamics affect the growth and energy efficiency nexus is critical, yet empirical research
investigating the role of income inequality is lacking. This study addresses this concern by examining the
The Impact of Lockdown Policies on Labor Market Outcomes of the Chinese Labor Force in 2020:Evidence Based on An Employee Tracking Survey
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This paper uses data from an employee tracking survey in China for about 6000 incumbent workers to document their dynamic labor market outcomes throughout the year 2020. I find that the employment situation worsened sharply during the lockdown period and then recovered gradually, showing a “V” shaped pattern. However, by the end of November 2020, about 4.4 per cent of 2019 incumbent workers were still unemployed, with few social protections.
Impact of air pollution on labor productivity: evidence from prison factory data
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This study examined the causal relationship between air pollution and labor productivity, by adopting prison factory data for a perfect measure of labor productivity. To address the endogeneity of air pollution, an instrumental variable strategy was used. The results showed that a 10-unit increase in air pollution index led to a significant decrease in labor productivity by 4%.
