Malnutrition and food deprivation, which are concentrated in poor countries, have been a long-term concern of economists, but as per capita income in developed countries has grown in the 20th century, a new problem of over-nutrition leading to obesity has occurred. This paper develops models of...

Huffman, W.E. and Abebayehu Tegene. "Public Acceptance of and Benefits from Agricultural Biotechnology: A Key Role for Verifiable Information," in V. Santaniello, R.E. Evenson and D. Zilberman, eds. Market Development for Genetically Modified Foods, CAB International, 2002, pp. 179-189.

Genetically modified (GM) foods have been engulfed in considerable controversy, and the early optimism has been dampened. Information issues--labeling and asymmetric information--are central to the GM-food debate. Furthermore, it is important to understand the reaction in developed countries to...

Huffman, W.E. and Abebayehu Tegene. "Public Acceptance of and Benefits from Agricultural Biotechnology: A Key Role for Verifiable Information," in V. Santaniello, R.E. Evenson and D. Zilberman, eds. Market Development for Genetically Modified Foods, CABInternational, 2002, pp. 179-189.

Huffman, Wallace E., Matthew Rousu, J.F. Shogren, and A. Tegene. "The Welfare of Implementing Mandatory GM Labeling in the United States," in R.E. Evenson and V. Santaniello, Eds., Consumer Acceptance of Biotechnology Foods, CAB International, forthcoming.

This paper examines human obesity, measured as weight and body mass index (BMI), and its determinants in Russia. Obesity increased dramatically during transition from a planned to a market economy, by 38 percent. We determine the factors contributing to rising obesity using individual level data...

Economic and welfare program factors affect the well-being of low-income families and their labor supply decisions. This study uses data from the U.S. Survey of Income and Program Participation. A nested logit model is estimated to explain the joint decisions to participate in Temporary...

Midwestern non-metro poor participate more in the labor force and less in welfare programs than metro poor. We formalize how household composition, capital, labor market conditions, and state-specific regulations define opportunity sets, then estimate a bivariate binomial probit model of work...

The costs of shortages/rationing are not captured by standard consumer price indices. Thus the change in real GDP per capita is an over estimate of welfare losses in transition economies. In this study virtual prices are used to calculate new cost of living indices, making it possible to...