Monica Fisher

Biographic Data

ID	3588534
NAME	Monica Fisher
GIVEN NAMES	Monica
FAMILY NAME	Fisher
SIGNATURE	FISHER M
AFFILIATIONS	University of Idaho
ORCID	0000-0002-6669-6261
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	20
TOTAL CITATIONS	184
AUTHOR COUNT	20
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2024
H-INDEX	7

Self-Employment Among the Poor: Does It Pay Off
Monica Fisher, Paul Lewin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Poverty2024Cited by: 1References: 5
We find that in a typical year, between 2010 and 2019, there were an estimated 887,778 self-employed poor people in the U.S. The self-employed poor (vs. poor wage/salary workers) are less likely to belong to racial/ethnic minority groups, more educated, and more likely to be homeowners. Self-employment does not appear to pay off for America's poor. The poor experience an entrepreneurial earnings penalty (the loss in earnings being self-employed v…
Working yet Poor: A Quantitative Analysis for the United States
Monica Fisher, Jeffrey J Reimer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Poverty2023Cited by: 1References: 5
This study uses Current Population Survey data and econometric techniques to examine whether working poor households improve their economic wellbeing by working more hours. For working households overall, full-time work puts them in a 49–78% better position than part-time work (as measured by resources-to-need and depending on methodology). For poor families, however, full-time work makes them 1.3–2.7% better off than part-time work. The latter f…
Intergenerational and ethnonational disparities in Hispanic immigrant self-employment
Open AccessSamuel C H Minde, Paul Lewin et al.ARTICLEEthnicities2022Cited by: 4References: 39
Hispanics are important contributors to the self-employment sector. Their entrepreneurial activity varies by immigration status and ethnonational subgroup. We comparatively examine the self-employment of Hispanics who immigrated as adults, those who immigrated as children, and non-immigrants of four groups in the United States: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Southern South Americans. We investigate intergenerational assimilation through sel…
How does adoption of labor saving agricultural technologies affect intrahousehold resource allocations? The case of push-pull technology in Western Kenya
Open AccessGracious Diiro, Gracious M Diiro et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2021Cited by: 4References: 9
Women’s empowerment boosts the gains in dietary diversity from agricultural technology adoption in rural Kenya
Open AccessMenale Kassie, Monica Fisher et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2020Cited by: 9References: 12
Using new survey data from rural Kenya, this paper assesses the moderating effect of women’s empowerment on the relationship between agricultural technology adoption and women’s dietary diversity. We use a multiple treatment endogenous switching regression framework to control for potential endogeneity of women’s empowerment and technology adoption. We find that women’s empowerment has a positive and significant effect on the women’s dietary dive…
Push and pull factors and Hispanic self-employment in the USA
Open AccessMonica Fisher, Paul Lewin et al.ARTICLESmall Business Economics2018
Use of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies in Malawi: Impact of Dry Spells Exposure
Open AccessSamson P Katengeza, Stein T Holden et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2018Cited by: 2References: 9
Integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) technologies hold potential to protect against climate risks, reduce nutrient depletion and enhance food security. In this paper, we study how exposure to dry spells influences use and use intensity of ISFM technologies, specifically focusing on maize-legume intercropping and organic manure. We use a four-round panel dataset collected from households in six Malawi districts over a period of nine years a…
Can lead farmers reveal the adoption potential of conservation agriculture? The case of Malawi
Open AccessStein T Holden, Monica Fisher et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2018Cited by: 5References: 20
Drought tolerant maize for farmer adaptation to drought in sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants of adoption in eastern and southern Africa
Open AccessMonica Fisher, Tufa Abate et al.ARTICLEClimatic Change2015
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), “maize is life,” due to its importance to food security and economic wellbeing. Around 40 % of Africa’s maize-growing area faces occasional drought stress, resulting in yield losses of 10–25 %. Around 25 % of the maize crop suffers frequent drought, with losses of up to half the harvest. To reduce vulnerability and improve food security, the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project has made releases of 160 dro…
The influence of gendered roles and responsibilities on the adoption of technologies that mitigate drought risk: The case of drought-tolerant maize seed in eastern Uganda
Open AccessMonica Fisher, Edward R CarrARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2015Cited by: 18References: 17
Can agricultural input subsidies reduce the gender gap in modern maize adoption? Evidence from Malawi
Open AccessMonica Fisher, Vongaï KandiwaARTICLEFood Policy2014Cited by: 20References: 8
Nationally representative data for Malawi were used to measure the gender gap in adoption of modern maize and to investigate how, if at all, Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) has impacted the gap. Regression results show the probability of adopting modern maize was 12% lower for wives in male-headed households, and 11% lower for female household heads, than for male farmers. Receipt of subsidized input coupons had no discernible effect o…
Could farmer interest in a diversity of seed attributes explain adoption plateaus for modern maize varieties in Malawi
Open AccessRodney Lunduka, Monica Fisher et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2012Cited by: 5References: 1
Cropland Allocation Effects of Agricultural Input Subsidies in Malawi
Open AccessChristopher Chibwana, Monica Fisher et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2011Cited by: 37References: 3
Do Forests Help Rural Households Adapt to Climate Variability? Evidence from Southern Malawi
Open AccessMonica Fisher, MOUSHUMI CHAUDHURY et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2010Cited by: 23References: 7
The influence of symptom experiences and attributions on adherence to highly active anti-retroviral therapy (Haart): A six-month prospective, follow-up study
Vanessa Cooper, G Gellaitry et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2009
OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in individuals' experiences of symptoms over the first six months of taking highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) and to assess the impact of symptom experiences and attributions on adherence to HAART. METHODS: A prospective study where consecutive HIV positive individuals initiating HAART completed validated questionnaires assessing their experiences of symptoms, depression, beliefs about HAART and adherence…
Who Should be Interviewed in Surveys of Household Income
Open AccessMonica Fisher, Jeffrey J Reimer et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2009Cited by: 28References: 3
A Critical Review of Rural Poverty Literature: Is There Truly a Rural Effect?
Open AccessBruce A Weber, Bruce Weber et al.ARTICLEInternational Regional Science…2005
Poverty rates are highest in the most urban and most rural areas of the United States and are higher in nonmetropolitan than metropolitan areas. Yet perhaps because only one-fifth of the nation's 35 million poor people live in nonmetro areas, rural poverty has received less attention than urban poverty from both policy makers and researchers. The authors provide a critical review of literature that examines the factors affecting poverty in rural …
Can Income Programs Reduce Tropical Forest Pressure? Income Shocks and Forest Use in Malawi
Open AccessMonica Fisher, Gerald ShivelyARTICLEWorld Development2005Cited by: 20References: 4
Household welfare and forest dependence in Southern Malawi
Open AccessMonica FisherARTICLEEnvironment and Development…2004
This paper examines the role forests play in alleviating poverty in rural Malawi. Data from three villages in southern Malawi indicate high levels of forest dependence. Gini decomposition shows that access to forest income reduced measured income inequality at the study sites. Tobit analysis of the determinants of reliance on low-return and high-return forest activities indicates that asset-poor households are more reliant on forest activities co…
Gender and Agricultural Change: Crop-Livestock Integration in Senegal
Monica Fisher, Rebecca L Warner Monica G FisherARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2000Cited by: 7
In this article we evaluate stabling, a farm technology now being adopted by house holds in southern Senegal. We use data from southern Senegal to analyze the decision to adopt stabling and the impacts of adoption on family members. Our analyses use insights from several frameworks such as bargaining models and the transaction cost approach, models that assume multiple preferences within households and conceptualize decision making as a process r…

Gender and Agricultural Change: Crop-Livestock Integration in Senegal
Monica Fisher, Rebecca L Warner Monica G FisherARTICLESociety & Natural Resources2000Cited by: 7
In this article we evaluate stabling, a farm technology now being adopted by house holds in southern Senegal. We use data from southern Senegal to analyze the decision to adopt stabling and the impacts of adoption on family members. Our analyses use insights from several frameworks such as bargaining models and the transaction cost approach, models that assume multiple preferences within households and conceptualize decision making as a process r…
Household welfare and forest dependence in Southern Malawi
Open AccessMonica FisherARTICLEEnvironment and Development…2004
This paper examines the role forests play in alleviating poverty in rural Malawi. Data from three villages in southern Malawi indicate high levels of forest dependence. Gini decomposition shows that access to forest income reduced measured income inequality at the study sites. Tobit analysis of the determinants of reliance on low-return and high-return forest activities indicates that asset-poor households are more reliant on forest activities co…
A Critical Review of Rural Poverty Literature: Is There Truly a Rural Effect?
Open AccessBruce A Weber, Bruce Weber et al.ARTICLEInternational Regional Science…2005
Poverty rates are highest in the most urban and most rural areas of the United States and are higher in nonmetropolitan than metropolitan areas. Yet perhaps because only one-fifth of the nation's 35 million poor people live in nonmetro areas, rural poverty has received less attention than urban poverty from both policy makers and researchers. The authors provide a critical review of literature that examines the factors affecting poverty in rural …
Can Income Programs Reduce Tropical Forest Pressure? Income Shocks and Forest Use in Malawi
Open AccessMonica Fisher, Gerald ShivelyARTICLEWorld Development2005Cited by: 20References: 4
The influence of symptom experiences and attributions on adherence to highly active anti-retroviral therapy (Haart): A six-month prospective, follow-up study
Vanessa Cooper, G Gellaitry et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2009
OBJECTIVE: To examine changes in individuals' experiences of symptoms over the first six months of taking highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) and to assess the impact of symptom experiences and attributions on adherence to HAART. METHODS: A prospective study where consecutive HIV positive individuals initiating HAART completed validated questionnaires assessing their experiences of symptoms, depression, beliefs about HAART and adherence…
Who Should be Interviewed in Surveys of Household Income
Open AccessMonica Fisher, Jeffrey J Reimer et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2009Cited by: 28References: 3
Do Forests Help Rural Households Adapt to Climate Variability? Evidence from Southern Malawi
Open AccessMonica Fisher, MOUSHUMI CHAUDHURY et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2010Cited by: 23References: 7
Cropland Allocation Effects of Agricultural Input Subsidies in Malawi
Open AccessChristopher Chibwana, Monica Fisher et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2011Cited by: 37References: 3
Could farmer interest in a diversity of seed attributes explain adoption plateaus for modern maize varieties in Malawi
Open AccessRodney Lunduka, Monica Fisher et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2012Cited by: 5References: 1
Can agricultural input subsidies reduce the gender gap in modern maize adoption? Evidence from Malawi
Open AccessMonica Fisher, Vongaï KandiwaARTICLEFood Policy2014Cited by: 20References: 8
Nationally representative data for Malawi were used to measure the gender gap in adoption of modern maize and to investigate how, if at all, Malawi’s Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) has impacted the gap. Regression results show the probability of adopting modern maize was 12% lower for wives in male-headed households, and 11% lower for female household heads, than for male farmers. Receipt of subsidized input coupons had no discernible effect o…
Drought tolerant maize for farmer adaptation to drought in sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants of adoption in eastern and southern Africa
Open AccessMonica Fisher, Tufa Abate et al.ARTICLEClimatic Change2015
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), “maize is life,” due to its importance to food security and economic wellbeing. Around 40 % of Africa’s maize-growing area faces occasional drought stress, resulting in yield losses of 10–25 %. Around 25 % of the maize crop suffers frequent drought, with losses of up to half the harvest. To reduce vulnerability and improve food security, the Drought Tolerant Maize for Africa (DTMA) project has made releases of 160 dro…
The influence of gendered roles and responsibilities on the adoption of technologies that mitigate drought risk: The case of drought-tolerant maize seed in eastern Uganda
Open AccessMonica Fisher, Edward R CarrARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2015Cited by: 18References: 17
Push and pull factors and Hispanic self-employment in the USA
Open AccessMonica Fisher, Paul Lewin et al.ARTICLESmall Business Economics2018
Use of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies in Malawi: Impact of Dry Spells Exposure
Open AccessSamson P Katengeza, Stein T Holden et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2018Cited by: 2References: 9
Integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) technologies hold potential to protect against climate risks, reduce nutrient depletion and enhance food security. In this paper, we study how exposure to dry spells influences use and use intensity of ISFM technologies, specifically focusing on maize-legume intercropping and organic manure. We use a four-round panel dataset collected from households in six Malawi districts over a period of nine years a…
Can lead farmers reveal the adoption potential of conservation agriculture? The case of Malawi
Open AccessStein T Holden, Monica Fisher et al.ARTICLELand Use Policy2018Cited by: 5References: 20
Women’s empowerment boosts the gains in dietary diversity from agricultural technology adoption in rural Kenya
Open AccessMenale Kassie, Monica Fisher et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2020Cited by: 9References: 12
Using new survey data from rural Kenya, this paper assesses the moderating effect of women’s empowerment on the relationship between agricultural technology adoption and women’s dietary diversity. We use a multiple treatment endogenous switching regression framework to control for potential endogeneity of women’s empowerment and technology adoption. We find that women’s empowerment has a positive and significant effect on the women’s dietary dive…
How does adoption of labor saving agricultural technologies affect intrahousehold resource allocations? The case of push-pull technology in Western Kenya
Open AccessGracious Diiro, Gracious M Diiro et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2021Cited by: 4References: 9
Intergenerational and ethnonational disparities in Hispanic immigrant self-employment
Open AccessSamuel C H Minde, Paul Lewin et al.ARTICLEEthnicities2022Cited by: 4References: 39
Hispanics are important contributors to the self-employment sector. Their entrepreneurial activity varies by immigration status and ethnonational subgroup. We comparatively examine the self-employment of Hispanics who immigrated as adults, those who immigrated as children, and non-immigrants of four groups in the United States: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Southern South Americans. We investigate intergenerational assimilation through sel…
Working yet Poor: A Quantitative Analysis for the United States
Monica Fisher, Jeffrey J Reimer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Poverty2023Cited by: 1References: 5
This study uses Current Population Survey data and econometric techniques to examine whether working poor households improve their economic wellbeing by working more hours. For working households overall, full-time work puts them in a 49–78% better position than part-time work (as measured by resources-to-need and depending on methodology). For poor families, however, full-time work makes them 1.3–2.7% better off than part-time work. The latter f…
Self-Employment Among the Poor: Does It Pay Off
Monica Fisher, Paul Lewin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Poverty2024Cited by: 1References: 5
We find that in a typical year, between 2010 and 2019, there were an estimated 887,778 self-employed poor people in the U.S. The self-employed poor (vs. poor wage/salary workers) are less likely to belong to racial/ethnic minority groups, more educated, and more likely to be homeowners. Self-employment does not appear to pay off for America's poor. The poor experience an entrepreneurial earnings penalty (the loss in earnings being self-employed v…