Labor mobility and a dual economy: a case of external economies of scale and unemployment

2004 ◽  
pp. 89-101
Keyword(s):  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Labor Mobility ◽  
Dual Economy ◽  
External Economies Of Scale

Clans and Ploughs: Traditional Institutions and Production Decisions of Kazakhs under Russian Colonial Settlement

2016 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Guirkinger ◽  
Gani Aldashev
Keyword(s):  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Nomadic Pastoralism ◽  
Traditional Institutions ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
Clan Identity ◽  
Organization Of Production ◽  
Colonial Settlement ◽  
External Economies Of Scale ◽  
Land Pressure

This article investigates how, with increasing land pressure during Russian settlement in Kazakh steppes in the late nineteenth century, clan institutions affected the transition from nomadic pastoralism to settled agriculture. Using a novel dataset constructed from Russian colonial expedition materials matched with clan genealogies, we find that, controlling for geographic factors, clan identity strongly influenced the duration of transhumance period, the organization of production, and the acquisition of new agricultural tools. Information transmission within clans, external economies of scale in nomadic pastoralism, and clan-specific values and norms underlie the results.

Patterns of labor mobility in a dual economy: The case of semiskilled and unskilled workers

1982 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald D'Amico ◽  
Timothy Brown
Keyword(s):  
Labor Mobility ◽  
Dual Economy ◽  
Unskilled Workers

EXTERNAL ECONOMIES OF SCALE AND OPTIMAL PLANT LOCATION: CORRECTION

2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-392
Author(s):  
HONG HWANG ◽  
CHAO-CHENG MAI ◽  
YEUNG-NAN SHIEH
Keyword(s):  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Plant Location ◽  
External Economies Of Scale

Imperfect Labor Mobility and Unemployment in a Dual Economy

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 698-708 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gu Wei ◽  
Shigemi Yabuuchi
Keyword(s):  
Labor Mobility ◽  
Dual Economy

Spatial analysis of the participation in agri-environment measures for organic farming

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Boncinelli ◽  
Fabio Bartolini ◽  
Gianluca Brunori ◽  
Leonardo Casini
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Spatial Econometrics ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Spatial Association ◽  
Spatial Relation ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Agglomeration Effects ◽  
The Impact ◽  
External Economies Of Scale

AbstractSupport for organic farming is a key strategy of rural development policies in several countries. This paper studied the spatial pattern of participation in agro-environmnetal policy the policies designing to foster diffusion of organic farming. The ultimate goal is to investigate the impact of local factors for improving the policy targeting. Indicators of spatial association and a spatial econometrics model were performed for the analysis. The results show regional agglomeration effects of the rate of participants to the measures adopted to promote organic farming. In addition, a spatial relation among the farms that obtain public support is found, highlighting that the diffusion of participation is driven mainly by imitation process and external economies of scale.

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