Jeffrey Alwang
Biographic Data
| ID | 2013163 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeffrey Alwang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Alwang |
| SIGNATURE | ALWANG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2950-8516 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Economic returns to education
Money is time
This study examines the effects of the geographical distance between adult offspring and their elderly parents on their support provided to their parents in rural China. Monetary and non-monetary support is closely related to the physical and psychological well-being of the elderly. Three waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) are used to identify a causal effect of the location of the adult offspring on outcomes suc…
Value Chain Approaches in a Stagnant Industry
This article assesses impacts of the Jepara Furniture Value Chain project, which was intended to address challenges faced by small-scale furniture producers in Jepara, Indonesia. The assessment focuses on effects of membership in the APKJ, an association started as part of the project. Propensity score matching was used to compare differences in outcome variables for association members and matched non-members. A limited, positive impact of APKJ …
Impacts of Improved Bean Varieties Adoption on Dietary Diversity and Food Security in Rwanda
Did You Really Get the Message? Using Text Reminders to Stimulate Adoption of Agricultural Technologies
This article provides evidence from a randomised control trial conducted among potato farmers in Ecuador about the impact of mobile phone text messages on farmer knowledge about and adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) practices. Using psychological constructs, we examine competing explanations for non-standard decision-making leading to low adoption of beneficial agricultural technologies. Farmers who received text messages have signific…
Value Chain Approaches in a Stagnant Industry
This article assesses impacts of the Jepara Furniture Value Chain (FVC) project, which was intended to address challenges faced by small-scale furniture producers in Jepara, Indonesia. The assessment focuses on the effects of membership in the Jepara Small-Scale Furniture Producers Association (APKJ), a body started as part of the FVC project. Propensity score matching was used to compare differences in outcome variables between association membe…
Conservation agriculture in Ecuador’s highlands
Is DNA fingerprinting the gold standard for estimation of adoption and impacts of improved lentil varieties
Land ownership and technology adoption revisited
The lack of land ownership can discourage agricultural technology adoption, yet there is scarce evidence of the impact of land rental contracts on the adoption of improved crop varieties in developing countries. The current study investigates such impact using a nationally representative survey of Ethiopian maize farmers. In contrast to many previous studies, we show in a simple model that cash-renters are as likely to adopt improved maize variet…
Child Labor and Household Land Holding
Farm Decision Making and Gender
Multidimensional Poverty in Crisis
Zimbabwe experienced an acute social, political, and economic crisis from 2001 to 2008 and is now on a recovery path. This paper explores changes in poverty between 2001, 2007, and 2011–2012 using an Alkire–Foster multidimensional poverty index. Results indicate a large increase in poverty across multiple dimensions of household wellbeing between 2001 and 2007 (the start of the crisis peak), followed by a decrease in poverty between 2007 and 2011…
A closer look at the rural-urban health disparities
Is the share of agricultural maintenance research rising in the United States
Changes in Consumption and Saving Behavior before and after Economic Shocks
This study examines the effects of drought and macroeconomic changes on household consumption and savings behavior in Zimbabwe, using two nationally representative cross_sectional data sets that straddle a period of economic volatility. Specifically, the article (1) analyzes changes in consumption and saving behavior before and after economic shocks and (2) investigates the effectiveness of savings as a means of cushioning the impacts of covariat…
Determinants of Food Stamp Program Exits
This article examines factors that influence Food Stamp Program exits and finds that families who leave the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program are also more likely to leave the Food Stamp Program. However, the influence of TANF departure is smaller in states with large TANF caseload declines. The results also suggest that many families leaving the Food Stamp Program are still eligible for benefits. These families may have poor …
Labor Shortages on Small Landholdings in Malawi
Seeking guidelines for poverty reduction in rural Zambia
Portfolio models and planning for export diversification
Evidence is presented regarding strengths and limitations of portfolio approaches as applied to diversifying export earnings. An empirical application using data from Malawi, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe is used to demonstrate these strengths and limitations. Modifications of the typical portfolio approach to export diversification are presented; these modifications help make the approach more plausible for use in developing countries. The modified app…
Farm Decision Making and Gender
Determinants of Food Stamp Program Exits
This article examines factors that influence Food Stamp Program exits and finds that families who leave the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program are also more likely to leave the Food Stamp Program. However, the influence of TANF departure is smaller in states with large TANF caseload declines. The results also suggest that many families leaving the Food Stamp Program are still eligible for benefits. These families may have poor …
Land ownership and technology adoption revisited
The lack of land ownership can discourage agricultural technology adoption, yet there is scarce evidence of the impact of land rental contracts on the adoption of improved crop varieties in developing countries. The current study investigates such impact using a nationally representative survey of Ethiopian maize farmers. In contrast to many previous studies, we show in a simple model that cash-renters are as likely to adopt improved maize variet…
Labor Shortages on Small Landholdings in Malawi
Child Labor and Household Land Holding
A closer look at the rural-urban health disparities
Changes in Consumption and Saving Behavior before and after Economic Shocks
This study examines the effects of drought and macroeconomic changes on household consumption and savings behavior in Zimbabwe, using two nationally representative cross_sectional data sets that straddle a period of economic volatility. Specifically, the article (1) analyzes changes in consumption and saving behavior before and after economic shocks and (2) investigates the effectiveness of savings as a means of cushioning the impacts of covariat…
Is DNA fingerprinting the gold standard for estimation of adoption and impacts of improved lentil varieties
Is the share of agricultural maintenance research rising in the United States
Seeking guidelines for poverty reduction in rural Zambia
Portfolio models and planning for export diversification
Evidence is presented regarding strengths and limitations of portfolio approaches as applied to diversifying export earnings. An empirical application using data from Malawi, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe is used to demonstrate these strengths and limitations. Modifications of the typical portfolio approach to export diversification are presented; these modifications help make the approach more plausible for use in developing countries. The modified app…
Seeking guidelines for poverty reduction in rural Zambia
Labor Shortages on Small Landholdings in Malawi
Determinants of Food Stamp Program Exits
This article examines factors that influence Food Stamp Program exits and finds that families who leave the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program are also more likely to leave the Food Stamp Program. However, the influence of TANF departure is smaller in states with large TANF caseload declines. The results also suggest that many families leaving the Food Stamp Program are still eligible for benefits. These families may have poor …
Changes in Consumption and Saving Behavior before and after Economic Shocks
This study examines the effects of drought and macroeconomic changes on household consumption and savings behavior in Zimbabwe, using two nationally representative cross_sectional data sets that straddle a period of economic volatility. Specifically, the article (1) analyzes changes in consumption and saving behavior before and after economic shocks and (2) investigates the effectiveness of savings as a means of cushioning the impacts of covariat…
Is the share of agricultural maintenance research rising in the United States
A closer look at the rural-urban health disparities
Multidimensional Poverty in Crisis
Zimbabwe experienced an acute social, political, and economic crisis from 2001 to 2008 and is now on a recovery path. This paper explores changes in poverty between 2001, 2007, and 2011–2012 using an Alkire–Foster multidimensional poverty index. Results indicate a large increase in poverty across multiple dimensions of household wellbeing between 2001 and 2007 (the start of the crisis peak), followed by a decrease in poverty between 2007 and 2011…
Child Labor and Household Land Holding
Farm Decision Making and Gender
Conservation agriculture in Ecuador’s highlands
Is DNA fingerprinting the gold standard for estimation of adoption and impacts of improved lentil varieties
Land ownership and technology adoption revisited
The lack of land ownership can discourage agricultural technology adoption, yet there is scarce evidence of the impact of land rental contracts on the adoption of improved crop varieties in developing countries. The current study investigates such impact using a nationally representative survey of Ethiopian maize farmers. In contrast to many previous studies, we show in a simple model that cash-renters are as likely to adopt improved maize variet…
Did You Really Get the Message? Using Text Reminders to Stimulate Adoption of Agricultural Technologies
This article provides evidence from a randomised control trial conducted among potato farmers in Ecuador about the impact of mobile phone text messages on farmer knowledge about and adoption of integrated pest management (IPM) practices. Using psychological constructs, we examine competing explanations for non-standard decision-making leading to low adoption of beneficial agricultural technologies. Farmers who received text messages have signific…
Value Chain Approaches in a Stagnant Industry
This article assesses impacts of the Jepara Furniture Value Chain (FVC) project, which was intended to address challenges faced by small-scale furniture producers in Jepara, Indonesia. The assessment focuses on the effects of membership in the Jepara Small-Scale Furniture Producers Association (APKJ), a body started as part of the FVC project. Propensity score matching was used to compare differences in outcome variables between association membe…
Value Chain Approaches in a Stagnant Industry
This article assesses impacts of the Jepara Furniture Value Chain project, which was intended to address challenges faced by small-scale furniture producers in Jepara, Indonesia. The assessment focuses on effects of membership in the APKJ, an association started as part of the project. Propensity score matching was used to compare differences in outcome variables for association members and matched non-members. A limited, positive impact of APKJ …
Impacts of Improved Bean Varieties Adoption on Dietary Diversity and Food Security in Rwanda
Money is time
This study examines the effects of the geographical distance between adult offspring and their elderly parents on their support provided to their parents in rural China. Monetary and non-monetary support is closely related to the physical and psychological well-being of the elderly. Three waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) are used to identify a causal effect of the location of the adult offspring on outcomes suc…
Economic returns to education
Economics (17 works) · Business (12 works) · Geography (9 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (8 works) · Agriculture (8 works) · Economic growth (8 works) · Agricultural economics (6 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)