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Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mexican Agricultural and Food Export Competitiveness [PDF]

open access: yes
This report analyzes the export performance of the Mexican agricultural and food sector in recent years with a particular emphasis on the changing competitiveness of those exports in the U.S. and world markets.
Malaga, Jaime E., Williams, Gary W.
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Ancestry versus ethnicity: the complexity and selectivity of Mexican identification in the United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Using microdata from the 2000 U.S. Census, we analyze the responses of Mexican Americans to questions that independently elicit their “ethnicity” (or Hispanic origin) and their “ancestry.” We investigate whether different patterns of responses to these ...
Trejo, S.J.   +3 more
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The Bacterial Composition of the Gut Microbiota of Mexicans with Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review

open access: yesMicroorganisms
The role of the gut microbiota in obesity has been extensively studied worldwide, but research in Mexican populations is still limited. This is particularly important given the high obesity rates in Mexico, despite a traditional diet rich in diverse ...
María Alejandra Samudio-Cruz   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Returns to Temporary Migration to the United States: Evidence from the Mexican Urban Employment Survey [PDF]

open access: yes
Mexican migration to the United States has been a very important issue throughout the twentieth century, and its relevance has reached unprecedented levels during the last two decades.
Benjamin Aleman-Castilla
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Sor Juana and her library world

open access: yesTransinformação
There has been numerous documents about Sor Juana since Juan Camacho published his first volume in Madrid in 1689, and more so during 1995, her anniversary.
Elsa Barberena Blásquez
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La desmitificación del héroe histórico en la obra de Ibargüengoitia

open access: yesÉtudes romanes de Brno, 2013
National heroes are mythical characters, in whom we find an example of the values and attitudes that represent the grandeur, the humanity and the patriotism that every citizen should follow.
Mayra Margarito Gaspar
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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnic Identification, Intermarriage, and Unmeasured Progress by Mexican Americans [PDF]

open access: yes
Using Census and CPS data, we show that U.S.-born Mexican Americans who marry non-Mexicans are substantially more educated and English proficient, on average, than are Mexican Americans who marry co-ethnics (whether they be Mexican Americans or Mexican ...
Brian Duncan, Stephen J. Trejo
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