{"id":1955,"date":"2026-05-19T17:31:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/?page_id=1955"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:01:39","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/cider\/stars\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"STARS research"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><\/head><body><div class=\"intro-text global-spacing--3x dotted-line-start\">\n  <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p>The STARS program supports the production of rigorous, policy-relevant research. Fellows and their mentors have produced peer-reviewed journal publications, working papers, policy briefs, and blog posts. Related articles about the program and experiences from our Fellows have also been published.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"section-heading--wrap accordion--wrap span--red background--white bg--clear\">\n    <div class=\"section-heading__title\">\n    <h2> Research output<\/h2>\n  <\/div>\n\n  \n  <div class=\"section-heading__content\">\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n      <div class=\"accordion__set\">\n                          <details class=\"expandable\" open>\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2026\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0305750X25003559\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external external\">Impact of climate change adaptation on welfare and child nutrition of farm households in rural Ethiopia: A panel data analysis<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;Taye T. Fisiha, John McPeak,&nbsp;<em>World Development<\/em>, April 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2025\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1086\/740156\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external external\">Unpacking the Links between Conflict and Child Health: Evidence from a Foreign Insurgency<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Heidi Kaila, Larissa Nawo, Hyuk Harry Son,&nbsp;<em>Economic Development and Cultural Change<\/em>, forthcoming.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/1477-9552.12645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external external\">The Impact of Post-Election Violence on the Welfare of Rural Farm Households in Kenya<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Laura Barasa, Timothy Njagi,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Agricultural Economics<\/em>, July 2025.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/fes3.70098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external external\">Civil Conflicts and Household Food Expenditure Patterns: Evidence from Ghana<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Edward Martey, Frank Adusah-Poku, Justina Adwoa Onumah, Prince M. Etwire,&nbsp;<em>Food and Energy Security,&nbsp;<\/em>May 2025.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jdeveco.2024.103445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external external\">The protective role of index insurance in the experience of violent conflict: Evidence from Ethiopia<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Tekalign Gutu Sakketa, Dan Maggio, John McPeak,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Development Economics,&nbsp;<\/em>May 2025.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.foodpol.2024.102783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"external external\">Maize price shocks, food consumption and the mediating role of access to market in Ghana<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Edward Martey, Justina Adwoa Onumah, Frank Adusah-Poku,&nbsp;<em>Food Policy,&nbsp;<\/em>January 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2024\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jup.2024.101846\" class=\"external external\"><strong>The Distributional Effects of Rural Electrification on Household Welfare: Evidence from Senegal<\/strong><\/a>. Kadoukp&egrave; Gildas Magbond&eacute;, Barry Reilly, Bridget Kauma,&nbsp;<em>Utilities Policy,&nbsp;<\/em>October 2024.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/g2lm-lic.iza.org\/publications\/wp\/informality-and-poverty-dynamics\/\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Informality and Poverty Dynamics: Evidence with Panel Data from Nigeria<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;[Working Paper], Nneka Esther Osadolor, August 2024.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crop Production Diversity and the Well-being of Smallholder Farm Households: Evidence from Nigeria<\/strong>. Ibukun Olaoye, Sarah Edewore, Tarana Chauhan, David Stifel, May 2024.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/does-pesticide-use-influence-crop-productivity-in-uganda\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Does Pesticide Use Influence Crop Productivity in Uganda?<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;[Policy Brief], Linda Nakato, Umar Kabanda, Pauline Nakitende, Tess Lallemant, Milu Muyanga, May 2024.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/effect-of-pesticide-use-on-crop-production-and-food-security-in-uganda\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Effect of Pesticide Use on Crop Production and Food Security in Uganda<\/strong><\/a>. [Working Paper], Linda Nakato, Umar Kabanda, Pauline Nakitende, Tess Lallemant, Milu Muyanga, May 2024.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/maize-price-shocks-food-expenditure-and-the-mediating-role-of-access-to-market-in-ghana\" class=\"external external\">Maize Price Shocks, Food Expenditure and the Mediating Role of Access to Market in Ghana<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;[Working Paper], Edward Martey, Justina Adwoa Onumah, Frank Adusah-Poku, May 2024.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/role-of-markets-in-navigating-consumption-choices-amid-maize-price-shocks\" class=\"external external\">Role of Markets in Navigating Consumption Choices Amid Maize Price Shocks<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;[Policy Brief], Edward Martey, Justina Adwoa Onumah, Frank Adusah-Poku, May 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2023\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<ul>\n<li><strong>Structural Transformation in Rural Ghana: The Trends and Drivers.<\/strong> Monica P. Lambon-Quayefio, Kwame Adjei-Mantey, Emmanuel Adu-Danso, August 2023.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/linking-crop-productivity-market-participation-and-technology-use-among-smallholder-farmers-evidence-from-uganda\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Linking crop productivity, market participation and technology use among smallholder farmers: Evidence from Uganda<\/strong><\/a>. [Working Paper], Dablin Mpuuga, Sawuya Nakijoba, Ambrose Ogwang, Duncan Boughton, Rui Benfica, July 2023.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/market-power-in-philippine-agricultural-markets\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Market Power in Philippine Agricultural Markets<\/strong><\/a>. [Working Paper], Gabriel Domingo, Hadassah R. Cordero, March 2023.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.econthatmatters.com\/2023\/03\/can-drought-insurance-reduce-ethiopian-pastoralists-exposure-to-conflict\/\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Can drought insurance reduce Ethiopian pastoralists&rsquo; exposure to conflict?<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;[Blog], Tekalign Sakketa, Dan Maggio, John McPeak,&nbsp;<em>Economics That Really Matters Blog,&nbsp;<\/em>March 2023.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/do-input-subsidies-in-malawi-affect-the-outcomes-of-younger-and-older-farmers-differently\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Do Input Subsidies in Malawi Affect the Outcomes of Younger and Older Farmers Differently?<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;[Policy Brief], Christone Nyondo, Zephaniah Nyirenda, Maggie Munthali, Brian Dillon, Sergio Puerto, March 2023.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/erae\/article\/50\/3\/954\/7074081?login=true&amp;utm_source=advanceaccess&amp;utm_campaign=erae&amp;utm_medium=email\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Land market responses to weather shocks: evidence from rural Uganda and Kenya<\/strong><\/a>. Rayner Tabetando, Djomo Choumbou Raoul Fani, Catherine Ragasa, Aleksandr Michuda,&nbsp;<em>European Review of Agricultural Economics,&nbsp;<\/em>March 2023.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00220388.2023.2188109?scroll=top&amp;needAccess=true&amp;role=tab\" class=\"external external\">Women&rsquo;s Participation in Contract Farming.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>Phyllis Mumia Machio, Eva-Marie Meemken,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Development Studies,&nbsp;<\/em>March 2023.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/measuring-the-heterogeneous-effects-of-input-subsidies-on-household-outcomes-evidence-from-malawi\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Measuring the Heterogeneous Effects of Input Subsidies on Household Outcomes: Evidence from Malawi.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;[Working Paper], Christone Nyondo, Zephaniah Nyirenda, Maggie Munthali, Brian Dillon, Sergio Puerto, February 2023.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hicn.org\/working-paper\/385\/\" class=\"external external\"><strong>The Protective Role of Index Insurance in the Experience of Violent Conflict: Evidence from Ethiopia.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;[Working Paper], Tekalign Sakketa, Dan Maggio, John McPeak,&nbsp;<em>Households in Conflict Network,&nbsp;<\/em>2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2022\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s12571-022-01313-9\" class=\"external external\"><strong>How Specific Resilience Pillars Mitigate the Impact of Drought on Food Security: Evidence from Uganda<\/strong><\/a>. Nathan Sunday, Rehema Kahunde, Blessing Atwine, Adesoji Adelaja, Justin George,<em>&nbsp;Food Security,&nbsp;<\/em>September 2022.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/domestic-or-imported-an-analysis-of-rice-demand-in-senegal-1\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Domestic or Imported? An analysis of rice demand in Senegal<\/strong><\/a>. [Policy Brief], Nd&egrave;ye Fatou Faye, Amy Faye, Mouhamed Rassoul Sy Seungmin Lee, John McPeak, February 2022.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/how-specific-resilience-pillars-mitigate-the-impact-of-drought-uganda\" class=\"external external\"><strong>How Specific Resilience Pillars Mitigate the Impact of Drought on Food Security: Evidence from Uganda.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;[Policy Brief], Nathan Sunday, Rehema Kahunde, Blessing Atwine, Adesoji Adelaja, Justin Kappiaruparampil, February 2022.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/domestic-or-imported-an-analysis-of-rice-demand-in-senegal\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Domestic or Imported? An analysis of rice demand in Senegal<\/strong><\/a>. [Working Paper], Nd&egrave;ye Fatou Faye, Amy Faye, Mouhamed Rassoul Sy Seungmin Lee, John McPeak, January 2022.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/a-geometric-analysis-of-technological-heterogeneity-in-the-agricultural-sector-evidence-from-maize-in-tanzania\" class=\"external external\"><strong>A Geometric Analysis of Technological Heterogeneity in the Agricultural Sector: Evidence from Maize in Tanzania<\/strong><\/a>. [Working Paper], Karim Nchare, Marcel Vitouley, Heidi Kaila, Yanyan Liu, January 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2021\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canr.msu.edu\/resources\/climate-shocks-and-resilience-evidence-from-rural-ethiopia\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Climate Shocks and Resilience: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia<\/strong><\/a>. [Working Paper], Birhan S. Demissie, Tesfahun A. Kasie, Joanna B. Upton, Sylvia A. Blom, November 2021.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hicn.org\/working-paper\/unpacking-the-links-between-conflict-and-child-welfare-evidence-from-a-foreign-insurgency\/#:~:text=Abstract,the%20mechanisms%20underlying%20these%20effects.&amp;text=We%20find%20that%20Boko%20Haram,short%2D%20term%20health%20and%20nutrition.\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Unpacking the Links between Conflict and Child Welfare: Evidence from a Foreign Insurgency<\/strong><\/a>. [Working Paper], Larissa Nawo, Heidi Kaila, Hyuk Harry Son,&nbsp;<em>Households in Conflict Network,&nbsp;<\/em>2021.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fcosc.2021.661987\/full\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Experimental Evidence on the Impact of Payments and Property Rights on Forest User Decisions<\/strong><\/a>. Sarobidy Rakotonarivo, Andrew Bell, Brian Dillon, A. Bradley Duthie, Adams Kipchumba, Ranaivo Andriarilala Rasologoson, Julie Razafimanahaka, Nils Bunnefeld,&nbsp;<em>Frontiers in Conservation Science,&nbsp;<\/em>July 2021.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0306919221000397\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Food price volatility and household food security: Evidence from Nigeria.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Khadijat Busola Amolegb, Joanna Upton, Elizabeth Bageant, Sylvia Blom,&nbsp;<em>Food Policy,&nbsp;<\/em>July 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2020\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/ajae.12173\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Measurement Error Mechanisms Matter: Agricultural Intensification with Farmer Misperceptions and Misreporting.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Kibrom A. Abay, Leah E. M. Bevis, Christopher B. Barrett,&nbsp;<em>American Journal of Agricultural Economics,&nbsp;<\/em>December 2020.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0306919220301159\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Aid, collective action and benefits to smallholders: Evaluating the World Food Program&rsquo;s purchase for progress pilot.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Dambala Gelo Kutela, Edwin Muchapondwa, Abebe Shimeles, Johane Dikgang,&nbsp;<em>Food Policy,&nbsp;<\/em>December 2020.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/ajae.12161\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Climate-Smart Innovations and Rural Poverty in Ethiopia: Exploring Impacts and Pathways.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Wondimagegn Mesfin Tesfaye, Garrick Blalock, Nyasha Tirivayi,&nbsp;<em>American Journal of Agricultural Economics,&nbsp;<\/em>October 2020.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X20300887\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Forest commons, vertical integration and smallholder&rsquo;s saving and investment responses: Evidence from a quasi-experiment.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Dambala Gelo Kutela,&nbsp;<em>World Development,&nbsp;<\/em>August 2020.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/rode.12657\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Gender, entrepreneurship and food security in Niger.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;S&egrave;nakpon Fid&egrave;le Dedhouanou, Abelkrim Araar,&nbsp;<em>Review of Development Economics Special Symposium,&nbsp;<\/em>March 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2019\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S030438781831263X?dgcid=coauthor\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Correlated non-classical measurement errors, &lsquo;Second best&rsquo; policy inference, and the inverse size-productivity relationship in agriculture.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Kibrom Araya Abay, Gashaw T. Abate, Christopher B. Barrett, Tanguy Bernard,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Development Economics,&nbsp;<\/em>June 2019.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/10.1080\/00220388.2019.1585814\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Diversify More or Less? Household Income Generation Strategies and Food Security in Rural Nigeria.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;S&egrave;nakpon Fid&egrave;le Dedhouanou, John McPeak,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Development Studies,&nbsp;<\/em>March 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2018\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0308521X18302440\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Rainfall shocks and agricultural productivity: Implication for rural household consumption.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Mulubrhan Amare, Nathaniel D. Jensen, Bekele Shiferaw, Jennifer Denno Ciss&eacute;,&nbsp;<em>Agricultural Systems,&nbsp;<\/em>October 2018.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00220388.2018.1502881?scroll=top&amp;needAccess=true\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Do Safety Net Transfers Improve Diets and Reduce Undernutrition? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia<\/strong><\/a>. Tagel Gebrehiwot, Carolina Castilla,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Development Studies,&nbsp;<\/em>August 2018.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X17303984\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Spillovers from off-farm self-employment opportunities in rural Niger<\/strong><\/a>. S&egrave;nakpon Fid&egrave;le Dedhouanou, Abelkrim Araar, Aichatou Ousseini, Abdoulaziz Laouali Harouna, Maimounata Jabir,&nbsp;<em>World Development,&nbsp;<\/em>May 2018.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5769104\/\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Food insecurity and family structure in Nigeria.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Nkechi S. Owoo,&nbsp;<em>SSM &ndash; Population Health,&nbsp;<\/em>April 2018.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X17304199\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Patterns of labor productivity and income diversification &ndash; Empirical evidence from Uganda and Nigeria<\/strong><\/a>. Abdoulaye Djido, Bekele Shiferaw,&nbsp;<em>World Development,&nbsp;<\/em>May 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    2017\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0167268117302536\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Locus of control and technology adoption in developing country agriculture: Evidence from Ethiopia<\/strong><\/a>. Kibrom Araya Abay, Garrick Blalock, Guush Berhane,&nbsp;<em>Journal of Economic Behavior &amp; Organization,&nbsp;<\/em>November 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/agec.12386\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Nonfarm employment, agricultural intensification, and productivity change: empirical findings from Uganda.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;Mulubrhan Amare, Bekele Shiferaw,&nbsp;<em>Agricultural Economics,&nbsp;<\/em>October 2017.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X17303996\" class=\"external external\">Technology Adoption and Risk Exposure Among Smallholder Farmers: Panel Data Evidence from Tanzania and Uganda.<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Adamon N. Mukasa,&nbsp;<em>World Development,&nbsp;<\/em>May 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africaportal.org\/publications\/impact-agricultural-technology-adoption-farmer-welfare-uganda-and-tanzania\/\" class=\"external external\"><strong>The Impact of Agricultural Technology Adoption on Farmer Welfare in Uganda and Tanzania.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;[Policy Brief], Bethuel Kinyanjui Kinuthia, Edward Mabaya, February 2017.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/portal.pep-net.org\/public\/project\/20133\" class=\"external external\"><strong>The Adoption and Dis-adoption of improved maize varieties in Tanzania.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;[Work in Progress], Bethuel Kinyanjui Kinuthia, Edward Mabaya.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.repec.org\/p\/ags\/aaea17\/259143.html\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Spatial urban development and the structural transformation of African agriculture.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;[Work in Progress], Didier Alia, Christopher Boone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n                  <details class=\"expandable\">\n  <summary class=\"expandable__button\">\n    <span class=\"expandable__button-text\">\n    Related work\n    <\/span>\n  <\/summary>\n  <div class=\"expandable__content\">\n                  \n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbglcollab.org\/blog\/staars\" class=\"external external\"><strong>Decolonizing Development Economics: The STAARS Experience.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;[Blog], Kibrom A. Abay, Khadijat B. Amolegbe, Christopher B. Barrett, Kelsey L. Schreiber, Joanna B. Upton,&nbsp;<em>Community-Based Global Learning Collaborative<\/em>, June 2023.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/aepp.13310\" class=\"external external\">Building research capacity in an under-represented group: The STAARS program experience.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>Kelsey L. Schreiber, Christopher B. Barrett, Elizabeth R. Bageant, Abebe Shimeles, Joanna B. Upton, Maria DiGiovanni,&nbsp;<em>Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy<\/em>, July 2022.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jhr.uwpress.org\/content\/56\/4\/1296\" class=\"external external\">Selling Crops Early to Pay for School: A Large-scale Natural Experiment in Malawi<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Brian Dillon,&nbsp;<em>The Journal of Human Resources<\/em>, October 2021.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/news\/2019\/02\/01\/staars-fellows-mentors-better-world\/\"><strong>For STAARS fellows and mentors, their Business is a Better World.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;[Blog],&nbsp;<em>Cornell SC Johnson College of Business<\/em>, February 2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0304387818303511\" class=\"external external\">Estimating development resilience: A conditional moments-based approach<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Jennifer Denno Ciss&eacute;, Christopher Barrett,&nbsp;<em>The Journal of Development Economics,&nbsp;<\/em>November 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29761418\/\" class=\"external external\">Growing and Learning When Consumption Is Seasonal: Long-Term Evidence From Tanzania<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Paul Christian, Brian Dillon,<em>&nbsp;Demography<\/em>, June 2018.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afdb.org\/en\/documents\/document\/africa-economic-brief-volume-8-issue-4-the-unintended-consequences-of-agricultural-input-intensification-human-health-implications-of-pesticide-use-in-sub-saharan-africa-97225\" class=\"external external\"><strong>The unintended consequences of agricultural input intensification: Human health implications of pesticide use in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;[Policy Brief]<strong>,<\/strong>&nbsp;Megan Sheahan, Christopher Barrett, Casey Goldvale,&nbsp;<em>African Development Bank Group,<\/em>&nbsp;August 2017.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afdb.org\/ar\/documents\/document\/working-paper-244-occupational-choice-and-agricultural-labor-exits-in-sub-saharan-africa-92174\" class=\"external external\">Occupational Choice and Agricultural Labor Exits in Sub-Saharan Africa.<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;[Working Paper], Ellen McCullough,&nbsp;<em>African Development Bank Group,<\/em>&nbsp;October 2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Special Issue:&nbsp;<em>World Development:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/journal\/world-development\/vol\/105\/suppl\/C\" class=\"external external\">Volume 105, May 2018<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X17304023\" class=\"external external\">Empirical Assessment of Subjective and Objective Soil Fertility Metrics in East Africa: Implications for Researchers and Policy Makers<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Julia Berazneva, Linden McBride, Megan Sheahan, David G&uuml;ere&ntilde;a,&nbsp;<em>World Development,&nbsp;<\/em>May 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X17304060\" class=\"external external\">Is Farmer-to-Farmer Extension Effective? The Impact of Training on Technology Adoption and Rice Farming Productivity in Tanzania<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Yuko Nakano, Takuji W. Tsusaka, Takeshi Aida, Valerien O. Pede,&nbsp;<em>World Development,&nbsp;<\/em>May 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X17303741\" class=\"external external\">Intensification and Intrahousehold Decisions: Fertilizer Adoption in Burkina Faso<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Hamza Haider, Melinda Smale, Veronique Theriault,&nbsp;<em>World Development<\/em>, May 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X17302450\" class=\"external external\">Breaking Ground: Unearthing the Potential of High-resolution, Remote-sensing Soil Data in Understanding Agricultural Profits and Technology Use in Sub-Saharan Africa<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Anil K. Bhargava, Tor Vagen, Anja Gassner,&nbsp;<em>World Development,<\/em>&nbsp;May 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X17301316\" class=\"external external\">Gendered Social Networks, Agricultural Innovations, and Farm Productivity in Ethiopia<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Daniel Ayalew Mekonnen, Nicolas Gerber, Julia Anna Matz,&nbsp;<em>World Development,&nbsp;<\/em>May 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X17304199\" class=\"external external\">Patterns of Labor Productivity and Income Diversification &ndash; Empirical Evidence from Uganda and Nigeria<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Abdoulaye I. Djido, Bekele A. Shiferaw,&nbsp;<em>World Development,&nbsp;<\/em>May 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X17304096\" class=\"external external\">Small Firms, Structural Change and Labor Productivity Growth in Africa: Evidence from Tanzania<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Xinshen Diao, Josaphat Kweka, Margaret McMillan,&nbsp;<em>World Development,&nbsp;<\/em>May 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X17303613\" class=\"external external\">Cities and Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Joachim Vandercasteelen, Seneshaw Tamru Beyene, Bart Minten, Johan Swinnen,&nbsp;<em>World Development,&nbsp;<\/em>May 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0305750X17302152\" class=\"external external\">Agricultural Transformation in Africa? Assessing the Evidence in Ethiopia<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Fantu N. Bachewe, Guush Berhane, Bart Minten, Alemayehu S. Taffesse,&nbsp;<em>World Development,&nbsp;<\/em>May 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/agec.12384\" class=\"external external\">Human health and pesticide use in Sub&#8208;Saharan Africa<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Megan Sheahan, Christopher Barrett, Casey Goldvale,&nbsp;<em>The Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists,&nbsp;<\/em>October 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Special Issue:<em>&nbsp;Agricultural Economics:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/toc\/15740862\/48\/S1\" class=\"external external\">Volume 48, November 2017<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/agec.12383\" class=\"external external\">Designing and evaluating sustainable development pathways for semi&#8208;subsistence crop&ndash;livestock systems: lessons from Kenya<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Roberto O. Valdivia, John M. Antle, Jetse J. Stoorvogel,&nbsp;<em>The Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists,&nbsp;<\/em>September 2017.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/agec.12387\" class=\"external external\">Diet transformation in Africa: the case of Ethiopia<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Ibrahim Hassen Worku, Mekdim Dereje, Bart Minten, Kalle Hirvonen,&nbsp;<em>The Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists,&nbsp;<\/em>September 2017.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/agec.12385\" class=\"external external\">Finding default? Understanding the drivers of default on contracts with farmers&rsquo; organizations under the World Food Programme Purchase for progress pilot<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Joanna Upton, Erin Lentz,&nbsp;<em>The Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists,&nbsp;<\/em>September 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n              <\/div>\n<\/details>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"sock-cta global-padding--10x bg--tone\">\n  <div class=\"grid-container\">\n    <div class=\"sock-cta__text text-margin-reset\">\n      \n      <h2>Learn more about STARS fellows<\/h2>\n\n      \n              <div class=\"global-spacing--3x\">\n          <ul class=\"btn-row\">\n                          <li><a href=\"https:\/\/business.cornell.edu\/centers\/cider\/stars\/fellows\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"btn\">EXPLORE STARS FELLOWS<\/a><\/li>\n                      <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":0,"parent":1945,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"leadership":[],"class_list":["post-1955","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.9 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>STARS research - Cornell College of Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The STARS program supports the production of rigorous, policy-relevant research. 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