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Human Capital and Social Capital : The Rise of Secondary Schooling in America, 1910 to 1940
Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 1998
the center of this belt' was the state of Iowa and we use information from the unique 1915 Iowa State Census to explore … the factors, at both the county and individual levels, that propelled states like Iowa to embrace secondary school … education very early. Iowa's small towns, as well as those across the nation, were the loci of the high school movement. In an …
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Energy, Groundwater, and Crop Choice
Burlig, Fiona; Preonas, Louis; Woerman, Matt - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Groundwater is a key resource for agricultural production globally. Increasingly rapid aquifer drawdowns--as well as the policies intended to increase their sustainability--increase costs to agricultural producers, with unknown consequences. This paper provides the first large-scale empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510584
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Academic Engagement, Commercialization, and Scholarship : Empirical Evidence from Agricultural and Life Scientists at U.S. Land-grant Universities
Barham, Bradford L. - 2020
This article examines the involvement of agricultural and life science faculty at U.S. land grant universities in two types of university-industry relations: academic engagement (sponsored research, industry collaborations, and presentations), academic commercialization (patenting, licensing,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479212
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Innovation, Growth and Structural Change in American Agriculture
Alston, Julian M. - 2020
U.S. agriculture was transformed during the 20th century by waves of innovation with mechanical, biological, chemical, and information technologies. Compared with a few decades ago, today's agriculture is much less labor intensive and farms are much larger and more specialized, supplying a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481789
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Internal Net Worth and the Investment Process : An Application to U.S. Agriculture
Hubbard, R. Glenn - 1990
Recent models of firm investment decisions stressing informational imperfections in capital markets provide a foundation for interpreting evidence that movements in internal finance can predict investment opportunities. While such evidence is suggestive, it is often open to other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475696
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Does The Samaritan's Dilemma Matter? Evidence From U.S. Agriculture
Deryugina, Tatyana - 2016
The Samaritan's dilemma posits a downside to charity: recipients may rely on free aid instead of their own efforts. Anecdotally, the expectation of free assistance is thought to be important for decisions about insurance and risky behavior in numerous settings, but reliable empirical evidence is...
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Spatial Structural Change
Eckert, Fabian; Peters, Michael - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Between 1880 and 1920, the US agricultural employment share fell from 50% to 25%. However, despite aggregate demand shifting away from their sector of specialization, rural labor markets saw faster wage growth and industrialization than non-agricultural parts of the US. We propose a spatial...
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A National Estimate of Irrigation Canal Lining and Piping Water Conservation
Hrozencik, R. Aaron; Potter, Nicholas A.; Wallander, Steven - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Global climate change is already impacting water resources and, in many areas, reducing the amount of water available for drinking, sanitation, and agriculture. Water conservation can be a means to mitigate the economic damages associated with water scarcity, including scarcity arising from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334342
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American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change
Libecap, Gary D.; Dinar, Ariel - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper highlights the role of agriculture in the American economy and society over time and points to farmer historical and contemporary responses to varying climatic conditions. It indicates the importance of water as an input to agricultural production and identifies possible impacts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334507
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Education and Income in the Early 20th Century : Evidence from the Prairies
Goldin, Claudia; Katz, Lawrence F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 1999
, employed in a variety of sectors and occupations, from the Iowa State Census of 1915. We find that the returns to a year of … root in America around 1910, even in agricultural areas such as Iowa. Census data for 1940, 1950, and 1960 are used to show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471572