Boris E Bravo‐ureta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3589277 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boris E Bravo‐ureta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boris E |
| FAMILY NAME | Bravo‐ureta |
| SIGNATURE | URETA B E B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Connecticut |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9575-3053 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Binary endogenous treatment in stochastic frontier models with an application to soil conservation in El Salvador
Numerous programs exist to promote productivity, alleviate poverty, and enhance food security in developing countries. Stochastic frontier analysis can be helpful to assess their effectiveness. However, challenges can arise when accounting for treatment endogeneity, often intrinsic to these interventions. We study maximum likelihood estimation of stochastic frontier models when both the frontier and inefficiency depend on a potentially endogenous…
Gender and agricultural Productivity
Gender and Productivity Differentials in Smallholder Groundnut Farming in Malawi
The gender gap in agricultural productivity has been of ongoing interest to development policy and we revisit the subject in the context of groundnut, an important food and cash legume in Sub Saharan Africa. We address production technology differences between male and female managers of groundnut plots and examine the implications for the male–female difference in productivity. Using cross-sectional data, two recent stochastic meta-frontier (SMF…
Technical efficiency and technological gaps correcting for selectivity bias
A Bayesian statistical analysis of return to agricultural R&D investment in Latin America
Productive efficiency and farm size in East Africa
In this study, we undertake a comparative analysis to re-examine the inverse relationship hypothesis between farm size and land productivity, paying special attention to possible errors in land measurement and the role of technical efficiency (TE). Our primary focus is on the distribution of TE over farm size, so that we may assess the productivity and efficiency relationship with land that has been discussed extensively in the literature. We hyp…
The performance of natural resource management interventions in agriculture
As the world population grows, so do the challenges facing global agricultural systems. Increasing production to satisfy the world's demand for food, fiber and energy intensifies pressure on natural resources, especially soil and water. To face these challenges, natural resource management (NRM) technologies have been promoted by development organizations. Although a significant body of evidence has been produced, the debate about the potential o…
Irrigation infrastructure and farm productivity in the Philippines
Farming systems and productivity gaps
Assessing farm performance by size in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda
Natural Resource Management and Household Well-being
Farm level adaptation decisions to face climatic change and variability
Effects of social network factors on information acquisition and adoption of improved groundnut varieties
The impact of high value markets on smallholder productivity in the Ecuadorean Sierra
An analysis of the joint adoption of water conservation and soil conservation in Central Chile
An Economic Analysis of Agricultural Production in Senegal
Enterprise budgets and linear programming techniques are used to determine the profitability of individual crops and optimal cropping patterns for typical farms located in Diourbel and Thiès, two regions in the center of the Senegalese Peanut Basin. An intensification analysis through the introduction of La Fleur 11, which is a relatively new ground-nut seed variety, and operating capital constraints are also included in this study. Finally, farm…
Fertility Desires and Sample Selection Bias
The Heckman two-stage model for correcting selection bias was applied to analyze the determinants of fertility desire using DHS II (Demographic and Health Survey) data from Senegal. The study concludes that significant differences exist between women that report numeric answers and those who report non-numeric answers to a question relative to fertility desire. Therefore, excluding non-numeric answers from regression models produces biased parame…
Assessing farm performance by size in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda
Irrigation infrastructure and farm productivity in the Philippines
Farm level adaptation decisions to face climatic change and variability
The impact of high value markets on smallholder productivity in the Ecuadorean Sierra
An analysis of the joint adoption of water conservation and soil conservation in Central Chile
Technical efficiency and technological gaps correcting for selectivity bias
Farming systems and productivity gaps
Effects of social network factors on information acquisition and adoption of improved groundnut varieties
Gender and agricultural Productivity
The performance of natural resource management interventions in agriculture
As the world population grows, so do the challenges facing global agricultural systems. Increasing production to satisfy the world's demand for food, fiber and energy intensifies pressure on natural resources, especially soil and water. To face these challenges, natural resource management (NRM) technologies have been promoted by development organizations. Although a significant body of evidence has been produced, the debate about the potential o…
Natural Resource Management and Household Well-being
Fertility Desires and Sample Selection Bias
The Heckman two-stage model for correcting selection bias was applied to analyze the determinants of fertility desire using DHS II (Demographic and Health Survey) data from Senegal. The study concludes that significant differences exist between women that report numeric answers and those who report non-numeric answers to a question relative to fertility desire. Therefore, excluding non-numeric answers from regression models produces biased parame…
An Economic Analysis of Agricultural Production in Senegal
Enterprise budgets and linear programming techniques are used to determine the profitability of individual crops and optimal cropping patterns for typical farms located in Diourbel and Thiès, two regions in the center of the Senegalese Peanut Basin. An intensification analysis through the introduction of La Fleur 11, which is a relatively new ground-nut seed variety, and operating capital constraints are also included in this study. Finally, farm…
The impact of high value markets on smallholder productivity in the Ecuadorean Sierra
An analysis of the joint adoption of water conservation and soil conservation in Central Chile
Farm level adaptation decisions to face climatic change and variability
Effects of social network factors on information acquisition and adoption of improved groundnut varieties
Natural Resource Management and Household Well-being
Assessing farm performance by size in Malawi, Tanzania, and Uganda
Farming systems and productivity gaps
The performance of natural resource management interventions in agriculture
As the world population grows, so do the challenges facing global agricultural systems. Increasing production to satisfy the world's demand for food, fiber and energy intensifies pressure on natural resources, especially soil and water. To face these challenges, natural resource management (NRM) technologies have been promoted by development organizations. Although a significant body of evidence has been produced, the debate about the potential o…
Irrigation infrastructure and farm productivity in the Philippines
Productive efficiency and farm size in East Africa
In this study, we undertake a comparative analysis to re-examine the inverse relationship hypothesis between farm size and land productivity, paying special attention to possible errors in land measurement and the role of technical efficiency (TE). Our primary focus is on the distribution of TE over farm size, so that we may assess the productivity and efficiency relationship with land that has been discussed extensively in the literature. We hyp…
Gender and Productivity Differentials in Smallholder Groundnut Farming in Malawi
The gender gap in agricultural productivity has been of ongoing interest to development policy and we revisit the subject in the context of groundnut, an important food and cash legume in Sub Saharan Africa. We address production technology differences between male and female managers of groundnut plots and examine the implications for the male–female difference in productivity. Using cross-sectional data, two recent stochastic meta-frontier (SMF…
Technical efficiency and technological gaps correcting for selectivity bias
A Bayesian statistical analysis of return to agricultural R&D investment in Latin America
Gender and agricultural Productivity
Binary endogenous treatment in stochastic frontier models with an application to soil conservation in El Salvador
Numerous programs exist to promote productivity, alleviate poverty, and enhance food security in developing countries. Stochastic frontier analysis can be helpful to assess their effectiveness. However, challenges can arise when accounting for treatment endogeneity, often intrinsic to these interventions. We study maximum likelihood estimation of stochastic frontier models when both the frontier and inefficiency depend on a potentially endogenous…
Economics (17 works) · Geography (15 works) · Agriculture (14 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (12 works) · Business (11 works) · Economic growth (11 works) · Agricultural economics (10 works) · Productivity (10 works) · Agricultural productivity (9 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (8 works)