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Ioana Marinescu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effect of labor Market Information on community college students major choice
Economics of Education Review, 2018Co-Authors: Rachel Baker, Eric Bettinger, Brian A Jacob, Ioana MarinescuAbstract:Abstract An important goal of community colleges is to prepare students for the labor Market. But are students aware of the labor Market outcomes in different majors? And how much do students weigh labor Market outcomes when choosing a major? In this study we find that less than 15% of a sample of community college students in California rank broad categories of majors accurately in terms of labor Market outcomes. Students believe that salaries are 13% higher than they actually are, on average, and students underestimate the probability of being employed by almost 25%. We find that the main determinants of major choice are beliefs about course enjoyment and grades, but expected labor Market outcomes also matter. Experimental estimates of the impact of expected labor Market outcomes are larger than OLS estimates and show that a 10% increase in salary is associated with a 14 to 18% increase in the probability of choosing a specific category of majors.
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the effect of labor Market Information on community college students major choice
National Bureau of Economic Research, 2017Co-Authors: Rachel Baker, Eric Bettinger, Brian A Jacob, Ioana MarinescuAbstract:An important goal of community colleges is to prepare students for the labor Market. But are students aware of the labor Market outcomes in different majors? And how much do students weigh labor Market outcomes when choosing a major? In this study we find that less than 40% of a sample of community college students in California rank broad categories of majors accurately in terms of labor Market outcomes. However, students believe that salaries are 13 percent higher than they actually are, on average, and students underestimate the probability of being employed by almost 25 percent. We find that the main determinants of major choice are beliefs about course enjoyment and grades, but expected labor Market outcomes also matter. Experimental estimates of the impact of expected labor Market outcomes are larger than OLS estimates and show that a 1% increase in salary is associated with a 1.4 to 1.8% increase in the probability of choosing a specific category of majors.
Julius J. Okello - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Impact of Information and Communication Technology-Based Market Information Services on Smallholder Farm Input Use and Productivity: The Case of Kenya
World Development, 2014Co-Authors: Sylvester Ochieng Ogutu, Julius J. Okello, David Jakinda OtienoAbstract:Information asymmetry has traditionally constrained smallholder farmers’ access to Markets, consequently limiting their adoption of modern technologies and farm productivity. Improved smallholder farmers’ access to Markets via the recent Information and Communication Technology (ICT) platforms has the potential to reverse this scenario. This study uses Propensity Score Matching (PSM) technique to evaluate the impact of an ICT-based Market Information services (MIS) project on farm input use and productivity in Kenya. It finds a positive and significant impact of the intervention on the use of seeds, fertilizers, land, and labor productivity. However, a negative impact on labor usage is found.
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Impact of ICT-based Market Information Service Projects on Smallholder Farm Input Use and Productivity in Kenya
2012Co-Authors: Sylvester O. Ochieng, Julius J. Okello, David Jakinda OtienoAbstract:Information asymmetry has traditionally constrained smallholder farmers’ access to Markets. Past studies indicate that it contributes to low adoption of modern agricultural technologies that have the capacity to enhance the productivity of smallholder farms. Low use of inputs results in low farm productivity, which curtails the transformation from subsistence to commercial agriculture, hence perpetuating the detention of smallholder farmers in the low equilibrium poverty trap. The desire to improve farmers’ access to Markets has seen the emergence of a number of projects that employ Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools in the provision of Market Information. However, little is known about the effects of such projects on smallholder agriculture, particularly in developing countries. The present study evaluates the impact of participation in an ICT-based Market Information service (MIS) project on farm input use (e.g. fertilizer, purchased seed, purchased manure, pesticides, labour etc.), labour and land productivity in Kenya. It employs propensity score-matching technique on cross-sectional data of 375 farmers from Bungoma, Kirinyaga and Migori counties in Kenya. The study finds that participation in an ICT-based MIS project has a positive and significant impact on the quantity of seeds and fertilizers used and improves land and labour productivity. Specifically, participants in an ICT-based project spent between Kshs 282.45 and 359.21 and Kshs 952.67 and 1035.10 more than non-participants on purchased seed and fertilizer per acre, respectively. Additionally, participants in the ICTbased MIS project have relatively higher land productivity (between Kshs 7,007.14 and 8,605.84) per acre than non-participants. Participation in an ICT-based MIS project also increases labour productivity by between Kshs 367.46 and Kshs 406.95 per acre. However, participation in an ICT-based MIS project has a negative and significant impact on the use hired, family and total labour. Participants in the ICT-based project use less labour by between 6.10 and 6.46, 7.95 and 13.49, and 15.68 and 21.96 man-days per acre for hired, family and total labour, respectively. The study discusses the implications of these findings for policy.
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the role of ict based Market Information services in spatial food Market integration the case of malawi agricultural commodity exchange
International Journal of Ict Research and Development in Africa, 2011Co-Authors: Samson P Katengeza, Julius H Mangisoni, Julius J. OkelloAbstract:The government of Malawi in 2004 initiated an ICT-based Malawi Agricultural Commodity Exchange (MACE), a Market Information service project, to improve access by farmers to Market Information. MACE was intended to improve the efficiency of agricultural Markets as part of the strategy to improve food security. This study uses quantitative methods to examine whether MACE has contributed to efficiency of rice Markets in Malawi. It especially tests if MACE has contributed to spatial integration of rice Markets. As hypothesized, the study finds that the tendency of rice prices to move together in spatially separated Markets has significantly increased since the implementation of MACE. It concludes that ICT-based Market Information services project enhances linkages between Markets and can therefore improve the efficiency with which agricultural Markets perform. The study discusses implications of this finding for policy.
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the role of ict based Market Information services in spatial food Market integration the case of malawi agricultural commodity exchange
Research Papers in Economics, 2010Co-Authors: Samson P Katengeza, Julius H Mangisoni, Julius J. OkelloAbstract:The government of Malawi in 2004 initiated an ICT-based Malawi Agricultural Commodity Exchange (MACE), a Market Information service project, to improve access by farmers to Market Information. MACE was intended to improve the efficiency of agricultural Markets as part of the strategy to improve food security. This study uses quantitative methods to examine whether MACE has contributed to efficiency of rice Markets in Malawi. It especially tests if MACE has contributed to spatial integration of rice Markets. As hypothesized, the study finds that the tendency of rice prices to move together in spatially separated Markets has significantly increased since the implementation of MACE. It concludes that ICT-based Market Information services improve the efficiency with which agricultural Markets perform. The study discusses implications of this finding for policy.
David Jakinda Otieno - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Impact of Information and Communication Technology-Based Market Information Services on Smallholder Farm Input Use and Productivity: The Case of Kenya
World Development, 2014Co-Authors: Sylvester Ochieng Ogutu, Julius J. Okello, David Jakinda OtienoAbstract:Information asymmetry has traditionally constrained smallholder farmers’ access to Markets, consequently limiting their adoption of modern technologies and farm productivity. Improved smallholder farmers’ access to Markets via the recent Information and Communication Technology (ICT) platforms has the potential to reverse this scenario. This study uses Propensity Score Matching (PSM) technique to evaluate the impact of an ICT-based Market Information services (MIS) project on farm input use and productivity in Kenya. It finds a positive and significant impact of the intervention on the use of seeds, fertilizers, land, and labor productivity. However, a negative impact on labor usage is found.
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Impact of ICT-based Market Information Service Projects on Smallholder Farm Input Use and Productivity in Kenya
2012Co-Authors: Sylvester O. Ochieng, Julius J. Okello, David Jakinda OtienoAbstract:Information asymmetry has traditionally constrained smallholder farmers’ access to Markets. Past studies indicate that it contributes to low adoption of modern agricultural technologies that have the capacity to enhance the productivity of smallholder farms. Low use of inputs results in low farm productivity, which curtails the transformation from subsistence to commercial agriculture, hence perpetuating the detention of smallholder farmers in the low equilibrium poverty trap. The desire to improve farmers’ access to Markets has seen the emergence of a number of projects that employ Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools in the provision of Market Information. However, little is known about the effects of such projects on smallholder agriculture, particularly in developing countries. The present study evaluates the impact of participation in an ICT-based Market Information service (MIS) project on farm input use (e.g. fertilizer, purchased seed, purchased manure, pesticides, labour etc.), labour and land productivity in Kenya. It employs propensity score-matching technique on cross-sectional data of 375 farmers from Bungoma, Kirinyaga and Migori counties in Kenya. The study finds that participation in an ICT-based MIS project has a positive and significant impact on the quantity of seeds and fertilizers used and improves land and labour productivity. Specifically, participants in an ICT-based project spent between Kshs 282.45 and 359.21 and Kshs 952.67 and 1035.10 more than non-participants on purchased seed and fertilizer per acre, respectively. Additionally, participants in the ICTbased MIS project have relatively higher land productivity (between Kshs 7,007.14 and 8,605.84) per acre than non-participants. Participation in an ICT-based MIS project also increases labour productivity by between Kshs 367.46 and Kshs 406.95 per acre. However, participation in an ICT-based MIS project has a negative and significant impact on the use hired, family and total labour. Participants in the ICT-based project use less labour by between 6.10 and 6.46, 7.95 and 13.49, and 15.68 and 21.96 man-days per acre for hired, family and total labour, respectively. The study discusses the implications of these findings for policy.
Ryuta Morooka - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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perceptual differences in offer quality between western australian rock lobster exporters and japanese rock lobster importers
Supply Chain Management, 2003Co-Authors: Peter Batt, Ryuta MorookaAbstract:An empirical examination of the perceived differences in offer quality between Western Australian rock lobster exporters and their respective Japanese importers reveals that consistent quality, a willingness to provide Market Information and a willingness to meet importers” immediate needs were the most important variables influencing an importer's decision to purchase. While both importers and exporters agreed that delivering consistent quality was the most important variable, exporters ranked competitive price much higher than importers. This suggests that Western Australian exporters may benefit from adding greater value to their product offer by providing continuous product support, timely Market Information and responding better to importers' immediate needs, rather than attempting to compete on price against lower cost producers.
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Offer Quality: Perceptual Differences Between Australian Rock Lobster Exporters And Japanese Rock Lobster Importers.
2000Co-Authors: Peter Batt, Ryuta MorookaAbstract:An empirical examination of the perceived difference in product offer quality between WA rock lobster exporters and their respective Japanese importers revealed that consistent quality, a willingness to provide Market Information and a willingness to meet importer's immediate needs were the most important variables influencing an importer's decision to purchase. While both importers and exporters agreed that delivering consistent quality was the most important variable, exporters ranked competitive price much higher than importers. Results demonstrate that WA exporters have an opportunity to add value to their product offer by providing continuous product support, Market Information and being able to respond better to importers immediate needs.
Rachel Baker - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the effect of labor Market Information on community college students major choice
Economics of Education Review, 2018Co-Authors: Rachel Baker, Eric Bettinger, Brian A Jacob, Ioana MarinescuAbstract:Abstract An important goal of community colleges is to prepare students for the labor Market. But are students aware of the labor Market outcomes in different majors? And how much do students weigh labor Market outcomes when choosing a major? In this study we find that less than 15% of a sample of community college students in California rank broad categories of majors accurately in terms of labor Market outcomes. Students believe that salaries are 13% higher than they actually are, on average, and students underestimate the probability of being employed by almost 25%. We find that the main determinants of major choice are beliefs about course enjoyment and grades, but expected labor Market outcomes also matter. Experimental estimates of the impact of expected labor Market outcomes are larger than OLS estimates and show that a 10% increase in salary is associated with a 14 to 18% increase in the probability of choosing a specific category of majors.
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the effect of labor Market Information on community college students major choice
National Bureau of Economic Research, 2017Co-Authors: Rachel Baker, Eric Bettinger, Brian A Jacob, Ioana MarinescuAbstract:An important goal of community colleges is to prepare students for the labor Market. But are students aware of the labor Market outcomes in different majors? And how much do students weigh labor Market outcomes when choosing a major? In this study we find that less than 40% of a sample of community college students in California rank broad categories of majors accurately in terms of labor Market outcomes. However, students believe that salaries are 13 percent higher than they actually are, on average, and students underestimate the probability of being employed by almost 25 percent. We find that the main determinants of major choice are beliefs about course enjoyment and grades, but expected labor Market outcomes also matter. Experimental estimates of the impact of expected labor Market outcomes are larger than OLS estimates and show that a 1% increase in salary is associated with a 1.4 to 1.8% increase in the probability of choosing a specific category of majors.
