2024 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 5-7, 2024, San Antonio, Texas

Changes in the global economy and climate system have large and wide-ranging repercus- sions for local and regional economies and ecosystems. Here we focus on global-to-l [...]

Smallholder farmers often lack documented land rights to serve as collateral for formal loans, and their livelihoods are inextricably linked to increasingly variable weat [...]

Many indicators suggest a potential decline in the domestic farmworker supply, which is often presumed to have driven agricultural employers towards an increased reliance [...]

This paper uses the most recently available data to provide current evidence about farm workers’ wage determinants with a focus on legal status. The preliminary results [...]

Fertility decline in rural sub-Saharan Africa has lagged behind other developing countries. The gap in fertility preferences between men and women plays a pivotal role in [...]

Smallholder, indigenous farmers play a key role in the food system in Ecuador, applying traditional farming practices that ensure the sustainability of their food product [...]

Index insurance is considered an important strategy to reduce agricultural risk and increase smallholder farmers’ investments. However, insured farmers may develop mist [...]

Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) are regional minimum wages paid to foreign employees working in the United States under the H-2A visa non-immigrant agricultural guest w [...]