Climate change has increased rainfall uncertainty, leading to greater production risks in agriculture. We examine the gender-differentiated labor impacts of droughts using unique individual-level…

We highlight the role of home productivity and social norms in explaining the gender gap in labor force participation (LFP), and the non-monotonic relationship of women's LFP with their education in…

We examine the association between studying science in higher secondary school and labor market earnings in India. Studying science in high school is associated with 22% greater earnings than studying…

We examine the association between studying science in higher secondary school and labor market earnings in India. Studying science in high school is associated with 22% greater earnings than studying…

Contractual relationships regarding land tenure in agriculture are diverse. From formal systems such as landowner and fixed rent, sharecropping emerges as an alternative in which the owner of the land…

Highlights
•Estimates tree cover restoration potential in croplands, pasturelands, and degraded forestlands.
•Identifies potentially impacted populations in tropical countries by land use type...

This paper examines how smallholder farmers are differentially affected by agricultural expansion in their communities and landscapes. Contributing to the debate on intensification versus expansion...

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the social, economic and demographic determinants of rural households' risk perception of farmer–herder (FH) conflicts in Nigeria. The paper also…

RFF Fellow Marc Hafstead and University Fellow Lawrence Goulder Receive Award for Best Paper

Using a spatially explicit framework with low/middle-income country coastal characteristics, we explore whether spatial policies augment the impact of marine protected areas (MPAs) and identify when...