selected publications
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academic article
- Gender differences in the financial performance of US farm businesses: A decomposition analysis using the Census of Agriculture. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 2022
- Intergenerational and ethnonational disparities in Hispanic immigrant self-employment. Ethnicities. 2022
- Profitable entrepreneurship or marginal self-employment? The bimodality of Latina self-employment in the United States. Journal of Small Business Management. 59:1127-1151. 2021
- Farmworkers and the gender wage gap: An empirical analysis of wage inequality in US agriculture. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. 2021
- Push and pull factors and Hispanic self-employment in the USA. Small Business Economics. 51:1055-1070. 2018
- Awareness and adoption of conservation agriculture in Malawi: what difference can farmer-to-farmer extension make?. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 16:310-325. 2018
- Can lead farmers reveal the adoption potential of conservation agriculture? The case of Malawi. Land Use Policy. 76:113-123. 2018
- Characteristics of maize cultivars. How modern are they and how many do smallholder farmers grow?. Agriculture and Food Security. 6:30. 2017
- The effectiveness of extension strategies for increasing the adoption of biofortified crops: the case of quality protein maize in East Africa. Food Security. 8:1101-1121. 2016
- Subsidies promote use of drought tolerant maize varieties despite variable yield performance under smallholder environments in Malawi. Food Security. 7:1225-1238. 2015
- "Filling the maize basket" supports crop diversity and quality of household diet in Malawi. Food Security. 7:83-96. 2015
- Drought tolerant maize for farmer adaptation to drought in sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants of adoption in eastern and southern Africa. Climatic Change. 133:283-299. 2015
- Market imperfections, access to information and technology adoption in Uganda: challenges of overcoming multiple constraints. Agricultural Economics. 46:475-488. 2015
- The influence of gendered roles and responsibilities on the adoption of technologies that mitigate drought risk: The case of drought-tolerant maize seed in eastern Uganda. Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions. 35:82-92. 2015
- Can agricultural input subsidies reduce the gender gap in modern maize adoption? Evidence from Malawi. Food Policy. 45:101-111. 2014
- Smallholder farmers' perceptions of drought risk and adoption of modern maize in southern Malawi. Experimental Agriculture. 50:533-548. 2014
- Household, community, and policy determinants of food insecurity in rural Malawi. Development Southern Africa. 30:451-467. 2013
- What are the farm-level impacts of Malawi's farm input subsidy program? A critical review. Agricultural Economics. 44:563-579. 2013
- Do rainfall conditions push or pull rural migrants: evidence from Malawi. Agricultural Economics. 43:191-204. 2012
- Could farmer interest in a diversity of seed attributes explain adoption plateaus for modern maize varieties in Malawi?. Food Policy. 37:504-510. 2012
- Cropland Allocation Effects of Agricultural Input Subsidies in Malawi. World Development. 40:124-133. 2012
- Urbanization and the Viability of Local Agricultural Economies. Land Economics. 87:109-125. 2011
- Do Forests Help Rural Households Adapt to Climate Variability? Evidence from Southern Malawi. World Development. 38:1241-1250. 2010
- Who Should be Interviewed in Surveys of Household Income?. World Development. 38:966-973. 2010
- Education's Effect on Poverty: The Role of Migration. Review of Agricultural Economics. 29:437-445. 2007
- Why Is U.S. Poverty Higher in Nonmetropolitan than in Metropolitan Areas?. Growth and Change. 38:56-76. 2007
- Activity Choice, Labor Allocation, and Forest Use in Malawi. Land Economics. 81:503-517. 2005
- A Critical Review of Rural Poverty Literature: Is There Truly a Rural Effect?. International Regional Science Review. 28:381-414. 2005
- Can Income Programs Reduce Tropical Forest Pressure? Income Shocks and Forest Use in Malawi. World Development. 33:1115-1128. 2005
- Household welfare and forest dependence in Southern Malawi 2004
- Technical change in Senegal's irrigated rice sector: impact assessment under uncertainty. Agricultural Economics. 24:179-197. 2001
- Gender and Agricultural Change: Crop-Livestock Integration in Senegal. Society and Natural Resources. 13:203-222. 2000