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Productivity Growth from Genetic Improvement: Evidence from Illinois Soybean Trial Data

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract In 2023, the United States produced 28% of the world's soybeans, making understanding yield trends in the United States important for understanding global price trends. We estimate yield growth due to genetic change in soybeans using Illinois variety trial data with a modified approach.
Jared P. Hutchins, Scott H. Irwin
wiley   +1 more source

H‐2A Adverse Effect Wage Rates and U.S. farm wages

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently proposed legislation regarding farm labor would impact the minimum wage for workers with H‐2A visas. Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) are regional minimum wages paid to foreign farmworkers working in the United States under the H‐2A temporary agricultural guest worker program.
Zachariah Rutledge   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial price competition and buyer power in the U.S. beef packing industry

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We develop a spatially‐explicit model of the U.S. beef packing industry to study key questions related to competition in an oligopsony setting. Cattle supplies are modeled at the county level, and packing plants' location, capacity, and ownership are taken as given. Packers procure negotiated cattle by competing in prices in each local (county)
GianCarlo Moschini, T. Jake Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Progress and Poverty: Walter Rodney's Legacy

open access: yesThe American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The conventional view of human progress states that the more humanity makes progress, the less poverty is entrenched. But, global development is currently characterized by a persistent combination of economic progress and growing relative poverty. This endemic inequality has puzzled economists for years.
Franklin Obeng‐Odoom
wiley   +1 more source

Gender, SSE and French public policies for ageing at home

open access: yesAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract In France as in other countries, there is a consensual preference by public authorities, old people and their families to stay at home as long as possible. This means the necessity of care work carried out informally by relatives, or formally by professionals.
Annie Dussuet, Louise Gasté
wiley   +1 more source

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