Field of study specializes individuals’ human capital in ways that might be either substitutable or complementary to technological change. We study changes in the earnings distribution of the college-educated population between 1993 and 2010 using the National Survey of College Graduates....

The work on the small states is an important component of the IMF’s global policy agenda. Among the 36 member countries covered by the IMF Asia and Pacific Department (APD), 13 countries are developing small states—most of which are Pacific islands. As part of APD’s ongoing effort to...

This issue of the Asia & Pacific Small States Monitor focuses on the challenges facing Asia and Pacific small states associated with natural disasters and climate change. Most tourism-oriented economies experienced a robust increase in arrivals, partly reflecting country-specific factors. Among...

Previous research has found that, after controlling for test scores, measured black-white wage gaps are small but unemployment gaps remain large. This paper complements this previous research by examining the incidence of employer-provided benefits from the same premarket perspective. However,...

This paper develops a model of traffic stops and subsequent searches in which police officers use information about the race of drivers to maximize a well defined objective. The model provides a behavioral foundation absent from Grogger and Ridgeway’s (2006) elegantly simple test and, by...

Paper presented at Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders 11th Annual Conference, Providence, RI, June 27, 2013

In October 2013 a 5-question user survey was initiated to assess current and desired uses of AgEcon Search. The survey was completed by 224 respondents over a 2-week period. This is the Executive Summary report on the survey.

Written for presentation at the 2011 ASABE Annual International Meeting Sponsored by ASABE Gault House, Louisville, Kentucky August 7 – 10, 2011

Financial Strategy Case Study of Kanza Cooperative Association Iuka, Kansas. Prepared for 2011 K‐State Symposium on Cooperative Issues K‐State Alumni Center Manhattan, Kansas August 30, 2011