Handbook of Agricultural Economics

Explores timely topics in the field of agricultural economics

Christopher B. Barrett (Volume editor), David R. Just (Volume editor)

9780323915014, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 9 December 2021

818 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 4.1 cm, 1 kg

Handbook of Agricultural Economics, Volume Five highlights new advances in the field, with this new release exploring comprehensive chapters written by an international board of authors who discuss topics such as The Economics of Agricultural Innovation, Climate, food and agriculture, Agricultural Labor Markets: Immigration Policy, Minimum Wages, Etc., Risk Management in Agricultural Production, Animal Health and Livestock Disease, Behavioral and Experimental Economics to Inform Agri-Environmental Programs and Policies, Big Data, Machine Learning Methods for Agricultural and Applied Economists, Agricultural data collection to minimize measurement error and maximize coverage, Gender, agriculture and nutrition, Social Networks Analysis In Agricultural Economics, and more.

1. The Economics of Agricultural Innovation
Julian M. Alston and Philip G. Pardey
2. The Empirical Analysis of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in Agriculture
Ariel Ortiz-Bobea
3. Evolving Agricultural Labor Markets
Diane Charlton, Zachariah Rutledge and J. Edward Taylor
4. Risk Management in Agricultural Production
Jesse Tack and Jisang Yu
5. Economics of Animal Health and Livestock Disease
David A. Hennessy
6. Experimental and Behavioral Economics to Inform Agri-Environmental Programs and Policies
Leah Palm-Foster and Kent D. Messer
7. Machine Learning in Agricultural Economics
Kathy Baylis, Thomas Heckelei, and Hugo Storm
8. Agricultural data collection to minimize measurement error and maximize coverage
Calogero Carletto, Andrew Dillon, Alberto Zezza
9. Gender in Agriculture and Food Systems
Agnes R. Quisumbing and Cheryl R. Doss
10. Social Networks Analysis In Agricultural Economies
Zachary Barnett-Howell and Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak

Subject Areas: Political economy [KCP], Economics [KC], Social work [JKSN], Society & culture: general [JF]