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Impact of USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on Rural and Urban Economies in the Aftermath of the Great Recession
Vogel, Stephen; Miller, Cristina; Ralston, Katherine - 2021
This report traces the impacts of USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit outlays on the rural and urban economies during the post-recession years 2009–14. The macroeconomic stimulus effects of the expenditures of SNAP benefit outlays generated larger economic impacts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013312928
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Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Investment on the Macroeconomic Variables in the Sudanese Economy
Mohamed, Issam A.W - 2011
Most developing and underdeveloped countries beside Sudan suffer from the low levels of income in addition to the low savings that are result from the lack of sophisticated savings channels. Hence, the investment depends on the individual's abilities on self savings, where the investment is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014180024
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Can educational expansion improve income inequality in China? Evidences from the CHNS 1997 and 2006 data
Ning, Guangjie - 2010
Rapid education expansion and rising income inequality are two striking phenomena occurring in China during the … transitional period. Using the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) data collected in 1997 and 2006, this paper studies how … effect. In explaining the earning gap in China, the price effect is more important than the population effect. The labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274660
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Do development projects link smallholders to markets?
Ebata, Ayako; Hüttel, Silke - 2015
The objective of this paper is to understand the mechanisms by which development projects facilitate market linkage of smallholder farmers based on panel data from Nicaragua. We find that activities related to entrepreneurial practices have positive and statistically significant effect on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529512
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Transferencias de ganado, seguridad alimentaria y empoderamiento de la mujer : evidencia de un programa de entrada aleatoria por fases en Nicaragua
Salazar, Lina; Fahsbender, Jossie; Kim, Namho - 2018
This paper explores the impact of a livestock transfer program , that targeted small - holder female farmers with high levels of food insecurity in Nicaragua . For this purpose, the three dimensions of food security are assessed (i.e. access, availability and food use ) . The analysis uses a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168074
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Microplots and food security : encouraging replication studies of policy relevant research
Wood, Douglas Kuflick Benjamin; Vasquez, Maria - 2017
Replication research is a valuable, yet often misunderstood, tool for increasing our understanding of promising research findings. In their short paper below the authors discuss their principles for conducting replication research, explain how they picked a candidate study for replication,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011724618
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Agricultural trade reform, reallocation and technical change : evidence from the Canadian Prairies
Brown, W. Mark; Ferguson, Shon; Viju, Crina - 2017
We decompose the impact of trade reform on technology adoption and land use to study how aggregate changes were driven by reallocation versus within-farm adaptation. Using detailed census data covering over 30,000 farms in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada we find a range of new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729582
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Microplots and food security : encouraging replication studies of policy relevant research
Kuflick Wood, Benjamin Douglas; Vasquez, Maria - 2018
Replication research is a valuable, yet often misunderstood, tool for increasing our understanding of promising research findings. In this short paper the authors discuss their principles for conducting replication research, explain how they chose a candidate study for replication, describe...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011888669
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Livestock transfers, food security and women's empowerment : evidence from a randomized phased-in program in Nicaragua
Salazar, Lina; Fahsbender, Jossie; Kim, Namho - 2018
This paper explores the impact of a livestock transfer program, that targeted small-holder female farmers with high levels of food insecurity in Nicaragua. For this purpose, the three dimensions of food security are assessed (i.e. access, availability and food use). The analysis uses a double...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959515
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The local impacts of agricultural subsidies : evidence from the Canadian Prairies
Bollman, Ray D.; Ferguson, Shon - 2016
We estimate the impact of the removal of a railway transportation subsidy on the local economies of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, exploiting the large regional variation in these one-time freight rate increases. We find that higher freight rates - and hence lower farm gate prices -...
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