American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Bellemare, Fuglie, Irwin, Pannell, Thilmany, and Wang Named Class of 2023 AAEA Fellows

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Recognition as an AAEA Fellow is AAEA's most prestigious honor. The main consideration for selecting Fellows is continuous contribution to the advancement of agricultural or applied economics as defined by the Vision Statement. Achievements may be in research, teaching, extension, administration, and/or other contributions to public or private sector decision-making.

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  • The main consideration for selecting Fellows is continuous contribution to the advancement of agricultural or applied economics as defined by the Vision Statement.
  • The 2023 AAEA Fellows Class will receive their award at the 2023 AAEA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
  • In alphabetical order the class is as follows:
    The AAEA Business Office would like to be the first to formally congratulate our upcoming Fellows.
  • ABOUT AAEA: Established in 1910, the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is the leading professional association for agricultural and applied economists, with 2,500 members in more than 60 countries.

Overcoming Barriers to Women's Employment and Enterprise Development in Developing Countries

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Thursday, December 15, 2022

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AAEA invites media to attend their sessions at the ASSA 2023 Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

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  • Informational Barriers to Female Employment in India: Experimental Evidence from Vocational Training Students
    If you are interested in attending the session in person, please contact Allison Ware in the AAEA Business Office.
  • ABOUT AAEA: Established in 1910, the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is the leading professional association for agricultural and applied economists, with 2,500 members in more than 60 countries.
  • Members of the AAEA work in academic or government institutions as well as in industry and not-for-profit organizations, and engage in a variety of research, teaching, and outreach activities in the areas of agriculture, the environment, food, health, and international development.
  • The AAEA publishes three journals, the Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (an open access journal), the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, as well as the online magazine Choices and the online open access publication series Applied Economics Teaching Resources.

Leveraging Large Existing Federal Programs to Induce the Adoption of Climate Smart Conservation Practicies

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AAEA invites media to attend their sessions at the ASSA 2023 Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

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  • MILWAUKEE, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AAEA invites media to attend their sessions at the ASSA 2023 Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
  • On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 10:15 am CST at the New Orleans Marriott, four AAEA members will speak at the session "Leveraging Large Existing Federal Programs to Induce the Adoption of Climate Smart Conservation Practicies."
  • Mitigating Climate Change with the Conservation Reserve Program in the United States: The Role of Program Redesign
    If you are interested in attending the session in person, please contact Allison Ware in the AAEA Business Office.
  • ABOUT AAEA: Established in 1910, the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is the leading professional association for agricultural and applied economists, with 2,500 members in more than 60 countries.

Recent Global and National Issues in Agricultural Trade and Policy

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Monday, December 12, 2022

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AAEA invites media to attend their sessions at the ASSA 2023 Annual Meeting in New Orleans.

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  • Discussion will be lead by Michel Robe from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • If you are interested in attending the session at the New Orleans Marriott, please contact Allison Ware in the AAEA Business Office.
  • ABOUT AAEA: Established in 1910, the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is the leading professional association for agricultural and applied economists, with 2,500 members in more than 60 countries.
  • The AAEA publishes three journals, the Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (an open access journal), the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, as well as the online magazine Choices and the online open access publication series Applied Economics Teaching Resources.

Is a Credibility Crisis on the Horizon for Agricultural Economics

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Friday, December 2, 2022

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Over 37% of the published effects in agricultural economics are exaggerated by a factor of two or more, and 18% are exaggerated by a factor of more than four.

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  • In the article " Credibility Crisis in Agricultural Economics " published in the Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, Paul Ferraro, from Johns Hopkins University and Pallavi Shukla from Deakin University find out how common research practices can undermine the credibility of empirical analyses.
  • Ferraro says, "The agricultural economics community needs to change its publication incentive structure, which prioritizes the 'publishability' of research results over the credibility of research designs.
  • Agricultural economics has a classic problem of misaligned incentives, a problem about which we economists know a lot.
  • ABOUT AAEA: Established in 1910, the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is the leading professional association for agricultural and applied economists, with 2,500 members in more than 60 countries.

The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Seasonal Agricultural Workers

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Thursday, December 1, 2022

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The probability a seasonal agricultural worker has health insurance rises by 11% if the worker is Medicaid-eligible and by 3% if subsidy-eligible. The Affordable Care Act included Medicaid expansion, a health insurance premium subsidy, and a tax penalty for not having insurance coverage.

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  • The Affordable Care Act included Medicaid expansion, a health insurance premium subsidy, and a tax penalty for not having insurance coverage.
  • In the new article released in the open access Journal of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association " The Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Seasonal Agricultural Workers " Kwabena Donkor from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and Jeffrey Perloff from the University of California, Berkeley examine how the three Affordable Care Act policies affected farmworkers' health insurance coverage and healthcare utilization.
  • Donker says, "this study investigates the effects of more ACA policiesincluding federal premium subsidies, tax penalties, and protections for people with pre-existing medical conditionsthan previous studies.
  • ABOUT AAEA: Established in 1910, the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is the leading professional association for agricultural and applied economists, with 2,500 members in more than 60 countries.

The Effects of Freer Trade on Global Agriculture for Developing Countries'

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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Full trade liberalization generates a $60.33 billion increase in global welfare, 63.12% of which accrues to OECD countries. New research finds the net effect of a global free trade agreement is still overwhelmingly positive for both OECD and non-OECD countries.

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  • MILWAUKEE, Nov. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Full trade liberalization generates a $60.33 billion increase in global welfare, 63.12% of which accrues to OECD countries.
  • New research finds the net effect of a global free trade agreement is still overwhelmingly positive for both OECD and non-OECD countries.
  • In the new article " The Effects of Freer Trade on Global Agriculture " released in the open access Journal of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, the authors: Nathan Holtman and Stephen Devadoss from Texas Tech University as well as Angel Aguiar from Purdue University, estimate the effects of removing developed and developing countries' trade-interventionistic policies on production, trade flows, factor prices, commodity prices and welfare.
  • If policy-makers successfully navigate the plethora of domestic issues in negotiating a global free trade agreement, their countries will likely benefit.

Disparities in Food Insecurity among Black and White Households

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Thursday, November 3, 2022

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Recent work released in Politico found that the COVID pandemic was much harder on black households than white in terms of food insecurity: "Stark racial disparities emerge as families struggle to get enough food. The pandemic has left Black and Hispanic households much worse off than white families."

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  • MILWAUKEE, Nov. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Recent work released in Politico found that the COVID pandemic was much harder on black households than white in terms of food insecurity: "Stark racial disparities emerge as families struggle to get enough food.
  • In the new article " Disparities in food insecurity among Black and White households: An analysis by age cohort, poverty, education, and home ownership ," researchers Joshua Berning, Alessandro Bonanno, and Rebecca Cleary from Colorado State University, explore differences in food insecurity (FI) between black households and white households in the United States.
  • The authors say "Black households have a much larger predicted probability of being food insecure (PPFI) than white households.
  • They continue "We also find, across most age cohorts, black households with high education levels have similar PPFI as white households with low education.

Confusing Standards of Identity and Imitation Milk Labeling

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Monday, October 10, 2022

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Less than 7% of respondents associated an imitation label with skim milk without added vitamins. Some vitamins and fats are removed from skim milk in the process of removing milk fat to create the product, and some consumers prefer to purchase food without additives. Requiring skim milk without added vitamins to be labeled as imitation could increase, not decrease, consumer confusion. If the imitation label did not accurately communicate product contents, then the standard of identity is not actually protecting consumers.

Key Points: 
  • MILWAUKEE, Oct. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Less than 7% of respondents associated an imitation label with skim milk without added vitamins.
  • Requiring skim milk without added vitamins to be labeled as imitation could increase, not decrease, consumer confusion.
  • If the imitation label did not accurately communicate product contents, then the standard of identity is not actually protecting consumers.
  • In the new article released in the open access Journal of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, " Standards of identity and Imitation Milk Labeling ", Brandon McFadden from the University of Arkansas asks if it is possible that standards of milk labeling can increase consumer confusion instead of reducing it.

Resource Booms, State Economic Conditions, and Child Food Security

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Friday, October 7, 2022

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Food insecurity is strongly linked with household income and parental education. In the new article "Resource Booms, State Economic Conditions, and Child Food Security" published in Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, researchers found 26 percent of children with household income below the poverty threshold were food insecure. Among children with non-college educated parents, 17 percent were food insecure.

Key Points: 
  • In the new article " Resource Booms, State Economic Conditions, and Child Food Security " published in Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, researchers found 26 percent of children with household income below the poverty threshold were food insecure.
  • Dr. Cho from Korea Institute for International Economic Policy along with Dr. Kreider and Dr. Winters from Iowa State University wondered if better economic conditions would improve child food security.
  • Winters says, "We find that increased oil and gas labor income in a state improves child food security, especially for children with less educated parents.
  • The main takeaway is that a stronger state economy boosts household income and lifts some children out of low food security.