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Another Day, Another Visit : Impact of Arkansas's Mandatory Waiting Period for Women Seeking an Abortion by Demographic Groups
Altındaǧ, Onur; Joyce, Theodore J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
two visits to the provider. In April of 2015, Arkansas increased the waiting period for an abortion from 24 to 48 hours … analyze the immediate effect of Arkansas's 2015 mandatory waiting period (MWP) law on abortion rates. We use de …-identified, individual-level data from the Arkansas Department of Health (DOH) on all abortions performed in Arkansas from 2000 to 2020 …
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Modeling Processor Market Power and the Incidence of Agricultural Policy : A Non-parametric Approach
Goodhue, Rachael E. - 2011
This paper examines interactions between market power and agricultural policy in the U.S. wheat flour milling industry using a non-parametric approach. The analysis focuses on marketing loan and pre-1986 deficiency payment programs; farmers' payments from these programs are dependent on whether...
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How Large Are the Gains from Economic Integration? Theory and Evidence from U.S. Agriculture, 1880-1997
Costinot, Arnaud - 2016
In this paper we develop a new approach to measuring the gains from economic integration based on a generalization of the Ricardian model in which heterogeneous factors of production are allocated to multiple sectors in multiple local markets based on comparative advantage. We implement this...
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What Drives Land-Use Change in the United States? A National Analysis of Landowner Decisions
Lubowski, Ruben N. - 2007
Land-use changes involve important economic and environmental effects with implications for international trade, global climate change, wildlife, and other policy issues. We use an econometric model to identify factors driving land-use change in the United States between 1982 and 1997. We...
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Hog Round Marketing, Seed Quality, and Government Policy : Institutional Change in U.S. Cotton Production, 1920-1960
Olmstead, Alan L. - 2003
Between 1928 and 1960 U.S. cotton production witnessed a revolution with average yields roughly tripling while the quality of the crop increased significantly. This paper analyzes the key institutional and scientific developments that facilitated the revolution in biological technologies,...
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Agricultural Policy, Migration, and Malaria in the 1930s United States
Barreca, Alan - 2011
The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) caused a population shift in the United States in the 1930s. Evaluating the effects of the AAA on the incidence of malaria can therefore offer important lessons regarding the broader consequences of demographic changes. Using a quasi-first difference model...
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Estimating the Effect of Easements on Agricultural Production
Karwowski, Nicole - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
US crops face higher losses as growing season temperatures rise and destructive disasters become commonplace. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) easement programs offer an adaptation strategy to improve agricultural resilience. Easements impact agricultural production directly by...
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Food vs. Fuel? Impacts of Petroleum Shipments on Agricultural Prices
Bushnell, James B. - 2017
Grain shippers and political figures in North Dakota and nearby states have voiced concern that the dramatic increases in shipments of crude oil by rail have caused service delays and higher costs. We investigate the potential impact of crude shipments on grain markets accounting for harvest...
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Growing in Debt : The 'Farm Crisis' and Public Policy
Calomiris, Charles W. - 1986
U.S. farms, and with them agricultural lending institutions, are currently experiencing their most severe stress since the 1930s. As international trade in farm products has expanded, so has the sensitivity of farm incomes to fluctuations in domestic and world economic conditions. Thus, while...
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Can Smallholder Extension Transform African Agriculture?
Deutschmann, Joshua W. - 2019
Agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) lags far behind all other regions of the world. A long list of policy experiments has yielded more evidence on what fails than on what works. We analyze a randomized control trial of a rare scaled-up success story: One Acre Fund's small...
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