Climatic conditions and household food security: Evidence from Tanzania

H Randell, C Gray, EH Shayo - Food Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Food security and adequate nutrition are critical for achieving progress toward sustainable
development. Two billion people worldwide experience moderate to severe food insecurity …

Understanding the climate change‐migration nexus through the lens of household surveys: An empirical review to assess data gaps

M Letta, P Montalbano… - Journal of Economic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last two decades, the causal relationship between climate change and migration
has gained increasing prominence in international research and policy. Despite recent …

[HTML][HTML] Privacy protection, measurement error, and the integration of remote sensing and socioeconomic survey data

JD Michler, A Josephson, T Kilic, S Murray - Journal of Development …, 2022 - Elsevier
When publishing socioeconomic survey data, survey programs implement a variety of
statistical methods designed to preserve privacy but which come at the cost of distorting the …

Crop yields fail to rise in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa

P Wollburg, T Bentze, Y Lu, C Udry, D Gollin - Proceedings of the National …, 2024 - pnas.org
Drawing on a harmonized longitudinal dataset covering more than 55,000 smallholder farms
in six African countries, we analyze changes in crop productivity from 2008 to 2019 …

The Mismeasure of Weather: Using Remotely Sensed Earth Observation Data in Economic Context

A Josephson, JD Michler, T Kilic, S Murray - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The availability of weather data from remotely sensed Earth observation (EO) data has
reduced the cost of including weather variables in econometric models. Weather variables …

Rainfall shocks and risk aversion: Evidence from Southeast Asia

S Liebenehm, I Schumacher… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze how individual risk aversion changes in response to shocks in an agrarian
setting, and the role of changes in yields and prices as two potential channels. To do so we …

[PDF][PDF] Agricultural Productivity Growth in Africa: New Evidence from Microdata

P Wollburg, T Bentze, Y Lu, C Udry… - World Bank Econ …, 2023 - thedocs.worldbank.org
Drawing on a newly harmonized longitudinal dataset covering more than 30,000
smallholder farms in six African countries, we analyze changes in crop productivity over a …

Climatic shocks and multidimensional energy poverty in Ugandan households: does women empowerment play a moderating role?

VF Ssennono, JM Ntayi, F Buyinza… - … of Sustainable Energy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the effect of climatic shock and women empowerment on
multidimensional energy poverty using panel data from Uganda National Panel Surveys …

Ulysses' pact or U lysses' raft: Using pre‐analysis plans in experimental and nonexperimental research

SA Janzen, JD Michler - Applied Economic Perspectives and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Economists have recently adopted pre‐analysis plans in response to concerns about
robustness and transparency in research. The increased use of registered pre‐analysis …

[KNYGA][B] Research ethics in applied economics: a practical guide

A Josephson, JD Michler - 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Emphasizing the new challenges posed by the data science revolution, digital media, and
changing norms, Research Ethics in Applied Economics examines the ethical issues faced …