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Gerald
E. Shively
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My CV and
a Google Scholar search of my publications
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Working
in collaboration with numerous students and colleagues I conduct research on
a range of topics related to poverty, economic development, and the
environment in developing regions of the world. My research has been funded
by the National Science Foundation
, USAID , the Ford Foundation , the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute .
My current focus is the use of panel data to study dynamic processes of
household land and labor allocation in marginally productive agricultural
areas. I study the interactions between poverty and environmental degradation,
so as to help eliminate both. |
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Natural
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One
of my recent projects has been Natural Capital and Poverty Reduction, a 4-year collaboration among scientists worldwide to
better understand the connections between agriculture, forest use and
household livelihoods. The project has been funded by USAID as part of the AMA BASIS CRSP project. |
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Global |
A
new project I’m currently involved with is the Global Nutrition CRSP, which has its
home in the Friedman School of
Nutrition at Tufts University.
This is also a large collaborative project involving numerous
institutions and investigators. The aim is to discover how policy
interventions can most effectively achieve large scale improvements in child
nutrition outcomes. We work collaboratively with a network of colleagues in Asia
(primarily Nepal) and Africa (primarily Uganda). The project is also funded
by USAID. A recent review paper on
food security and human nutrition in Nepal is available here. |
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Journals |
I
currently serve as Editor-in-Chief of Agricultural
Economics, the flagship journal of the International Association of Agricultural
Economists. The next IAAE
triennial conference will be held in Foz
do Iguaçu, Brazil in August, 2012.
Conference details are available here. I am also a member of the Editorial Policy
Board of the journal Environment
and Development Economics, having previously served as an Associate
Editor at that journal. |
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Courses |
My recent teaching responsibilities have
included: I am also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Economics and Resource
Management at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, where I often
teach a summer short course. |
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Graduate
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I am
the current Chair of Purdue’s graduate program in Agricultural Economics. Our
MS and PhD programs offer a wide range of opportunities for students
interested in Applied Economics. If you are interested in graduate study at
Purdue, please visit the department's graduate program home page.
If you are a graduate student considering an academic career, grab a copy of Strategy and
Etiquette for Graduate Students Entering the Academic Job Market . |
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Climate
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I
also currently serve on the Executive Committee of the Purdue Climate Change Research Center,
a multidisciplinary group of researchers at Purdue guided by the mission of
better understanding the human and physical processes leading to global
climate change and the implications of a changing climate on life on earth.
Here is a primer
on the likely impacts of climate change on Indiana. |
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Discounting |
Why
do economists discount the future?
What are the implications of doing so?
Here are some thoughts on the
subject. |
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