Scholarly Work - Agricultural Economics & Economics
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The longer‐term labor market impacts of paid parental leave
(Wiley, 2021-03)Although paid family leave (PFL) has the potential to improve labor market and other outcomes for mothers, there is also concern that PFL might also lead to discrimination against women of childbearing age. We examine the ... -
A Tale of Two Borders: Use‐Value Assessment, Land Development, and Irrigation Investment
(Wiley, 2020-03)Since 1960, all 50 states in the US have adopted some form of preferential tax treatment for farmland. These provisions often take the form of use-value assessment, where farmland is taxed on the basis of its value in ... -
Population Mortality and Laws Encouraging Influenza Vaccination for Hospital Workers
(American College of Physicians, 2021-04)Background: Since 1995, 14 states have passed laws encouraging or mandating influenza vaccination for hospital workers. Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends vaccinating health care workers ... -
Culture and gender allocation of tasks: source country characteristics and the division of non-market work among US immigrants
(2020)There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation ... -
Identifying the causal effect of income on religiosity using the Earned Income Tax Credit
(2020-10)How do economic conditions – income and the generosity of social insurance–affect religious behavior? This paper provides novel evidence for the United States using variation in Earned Income Tax Credit benefits across ... -
Child access prevention laws and juvenile firearm-related homicides
(2021-11)Debate over safe-storage gun regulations has captured public attention in the aftermath of several high-profile shootings committed by minors. To date, the existing literature provides no evidence that these laws are ... -
Criminal Deterrence when There Are Offsetting Risks: Traffic Cameras, Vehicular Accidents, and Public Safety
(2020-08)Numerous cities have enacted electronic monitoring programs at traffic intersections in an effort to reduce the high number of vehicle accidents. The rationale is that the higher expected fines for running a red light will ... -
Is Organic Farming Risky? An Evaluation of WFRP in Organic and Conventional Production Systems
(2020-07)Farm-level data from the Farm Financial Management Database (FINBIN) are used to evaluate the effectiveness of Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) insurance in diverse farming operations. A panel of diverse Minnesota farms ... -
Market access and regional dispersion of human capital accumulation in Turkey
(2020-05)Building on early advances in development economics, the theoretical construct of new economic geography asserts that geography plays a crucial role in educational human capital accumulation. Based on this expectation, ... -
State Gun Control Laws, Gun Ownership and the Supply of Homicide Organ Donors
(2020-09)The likelihood of being a potential deceased organ donor is higher for individuals who have been exposed to situations typically characterized by a severe head trauma or stroke that result in brain death. Employing count ... -
Fracking and Risky Sexual Activity
(2020-07)This paper examines the impact of the U.S. fracking boom on local STI transmission rates and prostitution activity as measured by online prostitution review counts. We first document significant and robust positive effects ... -
Households' public library use across the school calendar
(2020-04)When schools are on break, some households may be constrained to provide educational resources to their children. Public libraries could be low-cost providers of materials and services that foster educational investment. ... -
Don't Judge a Wine by Its Closure: Price Premiums for Corks in the U.S. Wine Market
(2019-02-19)For many purchases, consumers often possess only limited information about product quality. Thus, observable product characteristics are used to determine expected quality levels when making purchase decisions. We use more ... -
Employer-Sponsored Education Assistance and Graduate Program Choice, Cost, and Finance
(2019-06)This paper studies the impact of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 that amended employer-sponsored education assistance (ESEA) fringe benefits from taxable to nontaxable for graduate studies. ... -
From biology to behavior: a cross-disciplinary seminar series surrounding added sugar and low-calorie sweetener consumption
(2019-06)Introduction This report presents a synopsis of a three‐part, cross‐sector, seminar series held at the George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC from February–April, 2018. The overarching goal of the seminar ... -
Was the First Public Health Campaign Successful?
(2019-04)The US tuberculosis (TB) movement pioneered many of the strategies of modern public health campaigns. Using newly transcribed mortality data at the municipal level for the period 1900-1917, we explore the effectiveness of ... -
Are Booster Seats More Effective than Child Safety Seats or Seat Belts at Reducing Traffic Fatalities among Children?
(2019-01)In an effort to increase booster seat use among children, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is encouraging state legislators to promote stricter booster seat laws, yet there is a paucity of information on ... -
The Basel accords, capital reserves, and agricultural lending
(2018-05)Purpose The safety and soundness of financial institutions has become a leading worldwide issue because of the recent global financial crisis. Historically, financial crises have occurred approximately every 20 years. The ... -
The Influence of Genetic Modification Technologies on U.S. and EU Crop Yields
(2019-01)Over 90% of U.S. corn and soybeans are planted with genetically modified (GM) seed varieties. We use a flexible, nonlinear functional form to investigate yield differences for corn, soybeans, and wheat between the United ... -
Medical marijuana laws and workplace fatalities in the United States
(2018-10)AIMS The aim of this research was to determine the association between legalizing medical marijuana and workplace fatalities. DESIGN Repeated cross-sectional data on workplace fatalities at the state-year level were ...
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