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  • Farm and non-farm impact of migration to USA on rural Mexico

    Creator:
    Vásquez Caballero, Smit
    Abstract:
    Migration of labor out of rural areas in Mexico is an increasingly important feature of rural development in Mexico. New literature on migration and development suggests that migrants play a role of financial intermediaries, making it possible for households to overcome credit constraints in their capability to attain the transition...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Bruce A. Weber Migration of labor out of rural areas in Mexico is an increasingly important feature

  • Did the Great Recession change SNAP participation behavior? A panel analysis of two Oregon SNAP participant cohorts

    Creator:
    Carroll, Joanna M.
    Abstract:
    This analysis explores potential changes in the behavior of Oregon's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants after the 2008 recession. I examine this using individual-level administrative data from the State of Oregon in a linear probability model and a duration model. After controlling for a standard set of factors known...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Cohorts Abstract approved:_________________________________________________ Bruce A. Weber

  • Irrigation choices for major West Coast crops : water scarcity and climatic determinants

    Creator:
    Olen, Beau
    Abstract:
    Recent climate change forecasts have aroused growing interest in the influence of water scarcity and climate on agricultural production and irrigation practice. However, it is common in the economic literature to aggregate disparate crops when modeling irrigation choices. That approach confounds the crop-specific effects of climate and water scarcity that...
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    Masters Thesis
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    , Dr. Bruce Weber, and Dr. Raymond Brooks. Thank you, Dr. Langpap for the help throughout my thesis