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Monash University
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Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-2009
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 25-04-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 23-11-2009
Publisher: Elsevier
Date: 2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 03-2018
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 09-2018
DOI: 10.1093/PCP/PCY180
Abstract: Pectin is a major component of primary cell walls and performs a plethora of functions crucial for plant growth, development and plant-defense responses. Despite the importance of pectic polysaccharides their biosynthesis is poorly understood. Several genes have been implicated in pectin biosynthesis by mutant analysis, but biochemical activity has been shown for very few. We used reverse genetics and biochemical analysis to study members of Glycosyltransferase Family 92 (GT92) in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochemical analysis gave detailed insight into the properties of GALS1 (Galactan synthase 1) and showed galactan synthase activity of GALS2 and GALS3. All proteins are responsible for adding galactose onto existing galactose residues attached to the rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I) backbone. Significant GALS activity was observed with galactopentaose as acceptor but longer acceptors are favored. Overexpression of the GALS proteins in Arabidopsis resulted in accumulation of unbranched β-1, 4-galactan. Plants in which all three genes were inactivated had no detectable β-1, 4-galactan, and surprisingly these plants exhibited no obvious developmental phenotypes under standard growth conditions. RG-I in the triple mutants retained branching indicating that the initial Gal substitutions on the RG-I backbone are added by enzymes different from GALS.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2009
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 12-07-2009
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2016
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 04-10-2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2012
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 04-01-2016
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 2013
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-04-2012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-2018
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 21-11-2014
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 10-06-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date: 2014
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2014
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 16-02-2015
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-2011
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-2009
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2010
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-03-2012
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-2011
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 16-08-2018
DOI: 10.1111/ECOJ.12497
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 25-08-2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2013
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-2008
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 05-10-2015
Abstract: – The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which workplace policies and practices are related to participation in, and frequency and duration of, workplace training, controlling for worker and workplace characteristics. – The authors regress variables depicting participation, frequency and duration of workplace training on workplace policies and control variables. In the case of participation in training, the dependent variable is binary hence, the authors use a logit model. To examine the number of times which employees participate in training and the number of days they spend training the authors use a Tobit model. The Lewbel (2012) method is used to examine whether there is a causal relationship between workplace policies and the frequency, and duration, of training. – The findings suggest that about half of the workplace policies considered are positively correlated with the incidence and breadth of workplace training. There is also some support for the view that bundling of policies is positively correlated with the provision of workplace training. The Lewbel (2012) results suggest a causal relationship between a bundle of workplace policies and the frequency, and duration, of workplace training. There is, however, no evidence that workplace policies designed to devolve responsibilities to workers and incentivize staff polarizes skills through resulting in more training for professional staff over others. – The authors use matched employer and employee cross-sectional data for Shanghai in China. To this point most studies that have examined the determinants of training use data for Europe or the USA. There are few studies of this sort for countries in other regions and, in particular, developing or transition countries. There are no studies at all on the relationship between workplace policies and practices designed to promote organizational performance and training in developing or transitional countries. This study addresses this gap in the understanding of the factors related to on-the-job training in transitional countries, such as China.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 11-01-2016
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 18-10-2021
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 06-2008
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 27-05-2014
Abstract: – The purpose of this paper is to use cross-sectional data collected from six cities in China to examine the relationship between subjective wellbeing and male and female earnings and also to consider the contribution of differences in subjective wellbeing to explaining the gender wage gap. – The paper uses survey data for 3,390 respondents working in a variety of blue collar and white collar jobs across a range of sectors including government, heavy and light manufacturing, mining and services in six Chinese cities: Chengdu, Dalian, Fushun, Fuxin, Fuzhou and Wuhan. The authors employ the ordinary least squares, Lewbel instrumental variable and Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to econometrically analyze the relationship between subjective wellbeing and gender wage gap. – The paper finds that the relationship between subjective wellbeing and wages is stronger for males than females. The authors note that 0.2 percent of the observed gender wage gap can be attributed to differences in mean subjective wellbeing in favor of females, while 53.5 percent can be ascribed to gender differences in returns to subjective wellbeing in favor of males. The paper also finds evidence that the relationship between subjective wellbeing and income is non-linear and that income peaks at higher levels of subjective wellbeing for men than women. – The paper extends the existing literature in three important ways. First, the authors use a novel identification strategy, proposed by Lewbel (2012) second it uses a better measure for subjective wellbeing and third, it examine the role of differences in subjective wellbeing in explaining the gender wage gap.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-04-2016
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2010
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 31-05-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2015
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2021
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 05-03-2010
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 23-06-2018
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 30-10-2013
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 17-08-2010
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2009
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 30-04-2010
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2016
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 21-01-2014
DOI: 10.1111/RODE.12073
Abstract: The relationship between research and development (R& D) intensity and wages is examined using a unique matched employer–employee dataset. The ordinary least squares estimates suggest that a one standard deviation increase in R& D intensity is associated with an increase in the hourly wage rate between 3.4% and 6.9% for the full s le, depending on the exact specification. The instrumental variable estimates are that a one standard deviation increase in R& D intensity is associated with an increase in the hourly wage rate between 5.5% and 11.4%. The wage elasticity with respect to R& D intensity is found to be higher in larger firms as well as for better educated workers and workers with technical skills. Consistent with the rent‐sharing hypothesis it is also found that the wage elasticity with respect to R& D intensity is higher for workers who belong to the Communist Party or union.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 12-2008
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 24-09-2014
Abstract: We estimate the effect of corporate ersification on firm value using a s le of 766 segment-year observations during 2004–2008 for firms listed on the Australian Stock Exchange as of August 2009. In addition to conventionally used measures of ersification, we develop five new measures of ersification that explicitly take into account the degree to which a multi-segment firm’s various segments are in related lines of business. We use three different excess value measures to estimate the valuation effect of ersification. We find that multi-segment firms in our s le enjoyed a significant ersification premium that ranges from 12.4% to 18% depending on the measures of ersification and excess value. We also find some evidence that multi-segment firms benefit more from ersification when their executives are motivated more through long-term incentives such as stock and stock options.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 02-2013
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