2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA

The economies of rural America continue to lag those in metropolitan areas with many experiencing significant hardship, but there is increasing agreement among researcher [...]

There is a nascent discussion among policymakers and researchers that rural areas may be disadvantaged by their location within the supply-chain as providers of raw and m [...]

This study examines the impact of droughts on intra-household food consumption, diet diversity, and nutrition. The study provides a unique and nuanced understanding of ho [...]

We compute corrections for sedentary behavior in physical activity levels (PALs) and incorporate them along with corrections for over estimation of basal metabolic rates [...]

Researchers seeking to identify a causal treatment effect of interest often gravitate toward reduced-form modeling approaches, while those interested in characterizing th [...]

In a forthcoming paper, Chow and Sheldon (2024) conclude that US challenge(s) to Canada’s dairy tariff rate quotas (TRQs), under the US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) preferenti [...]

This study finds that even though people spend a larger share of their food budget on food away from home (FAFH), it does not necessarily mean they gain higher welfare fr [...]

Farmers in low-income countries suffer from several challenges that prevent them from achieving higher yields and generating economic gains. Improved agricultural technol [...]