Essays about: "yield penalty"

Found 3 essays containing the words yield penalty.

1. 1. Babies on a Budget: How the Cost of Child-Rearing Affects Fertility in Japan

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Malkolm Banker; Malin Lundblad; [2023]
   Keywords : fertility; family planning; panel data; child-rearing costs; child penalty;

   Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between child-rearing costs and fertility in Japan. Using panel data from the Japanese Panel Survey of Consumers, we investigate the issue through two distinct approaches. Firstly, we construct a proxy for expected child-rearing costs and attempt to find a link to the propensity of having children. READ MORE

3. 2. Evaluation of the effects of the waxy starch mutation and environment on yield and starch functional properties of cassava

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Plant Breeding (from 130101)

   Author : Amanda Karlström; [2015]
   Keywords : cassava; environment; functional properties; starch; yield penalty; waxy;

   Abstract : Cassava roots are one of the most important sources of starch on a global scale. Two aspects of cassava as a starch crop were studied in this thesis work; 1) determining if the amylose-free (waxy) mutation is coupled with a reduction in yield, and 2) the environmental impact on yield, yield components and starch functional properties of cassava. READ MORE

4. 3. A Parametric Method for Multi-Pitch Estimation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

   Author : Filip Elvander; [2015]
   Keywords : Mathematics and Statistics;

   Abstract : This thesis proposes a novel method for multi-pitch estimation. The method operates by posing pitch estimation as a sparse recovery problem which is solved using convex optimization techniques. In that respect, it is an extension of an earlier presented estimation method based on the group-LASSO. READ MORE