EDUCATION AND LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE FROM BRAZIL

The effect of education on labour market outcomes is analysed using both survey and administrative data from The Brazilian PNAD and RAIS-MIGRA series, respectively. Occupational destination is examined using both multinomial logit analyses and structural dynamic discrete choice modelling. The latter approach is particularly useful as a means of evaluating policy impacts over time. We find that policy to expand educational provision leads initially to an increased take-up of education, and in the longer term leads to an increased propensity for workers to enter non-manual employment.

EDUCATION AND LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES: EVIDENCE FROM INDIA

The impact of education on labour market outcomes is analysed using data from various rounds of the National Sample Survey of India. Occupational destination is examined using both multinomial logit analyses and structural dynamic discrete choice modelling. The latter approach involves the use of a novel approach to constructing a pseudo-panel from repeated cross-section data, and is particularly useful as a means of evaluating policy impacts over time. We find that policy to expand educational provision leads initially to an increased takeup of education, and in the longer term leads to an increased propensity for workers to enter non-manual employment.

Education and labour market outcomes : evidence from India

The impact of education on labour market outcomes is analysed using data from various rounds of the National Sample Survey of India. Occupational destination is examined using both multinomial logit analyses and structural dynamic discrete choice modelling. The latter approach involves the use of a novel approach to constructing a pseudo-panel from repeated cross-section data, and is particularly useful as a means of evaluating policy impacts over time. We find that policy to expand educational provision leads initially to an increased takeup of education, and in the longer term leads to an increased propensity for workers to enter non-manual employment

Diluições em cilindros pressurizados para aplicações biológicas: CO2 e etileno.

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Chitosan nanoparticle coatings reduce microbial growth on fresh-cut apples while not affecting quality attributes.

This study addressed the effects of chitosan-based nanoparticles on microbiological quality, colour, polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and peroxidase (POD) and firmness of fresh-cut ?Gala? apple slices during storage at 5 °C for 10 days. The treatments carried out were as follows: (i) slices pulverised with 110-nm chitosan nanoparticles, (ii) slices pulverised with 300-nm chitosan nanoparticles, (iii) 2 g L 1 chitosan dissolved in 2% citric acid and (iv) noncoated samples.[On line]

Effects of carnauba wax and chitosan bilayer edible coating on shelf life of fresh-cut apple.

Abstract Edible coatings can be an alternative to extend shelf-life and preserve quality of fresh-cut fruits by forming a barrier that avoids physical and microbiological damages. Such coatings can be formed by individual or multiple layers. The main aim of this study consisted in the evaluation of the effect of a bilayer coating (carnauba wax and chitosan) on the quality of fresh-cut apples. Chitosan and carnauba wax were characterized, individually and in bilayer format, by Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR). The tests were performed on apple cv. Gala, sliced and sanitized, in five different treatments: (T1) uncoated, taken as control; (T2) Ascorbic acid solution at 1%; (T3) Chitosan at 1.5%; (T4) Carnauba wax at 0.5% and (T5) Bilayer ? (Chitosan 1.5% + Carnauba wax 0.5%). Physicochemical and microbial analyses were carried out every two days along 10 days storage at 5°C. Sensorial analyses were conducted on the fifth and tenth day. ATR revealed no interaction between main functional groups of carnauba wax and chitosan groups on the bilayer formations and no differences in firmness and weight loss were found among samples during the storage time. Color measurements confirmed that coated slices became dark faster than uncoated samples. Concerning microbiological analyses (total coliform microorganism and E. coli), slices coated with both chitosan and carnauba+chitosan bilayer, had the bacterial growing rate reduced. In sensorial analyses, panelists pointed their preference for apple slices treated with carnauba and also for bilayer coating, choice probably related to fruit appearance.V International Symposium on Postharvest Pathology: From Consumer to Laboratory-Sustainable Approaches to Managing Postharvest Pathogens