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Bradford L. Barham is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States and contributes research primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including general agricultural and biological sciences, economics and econometrics, management science and operations research, safety research, and general health professions.

Barham's research outputs focus on several interconnected topics such as agricultural economics and policy, economics of agriculture and food markets, experimental behavioral economics studies, employment and welfare studies, migration and labor dynamics, gender, labor, and family dynamics, and efficiency analysis using data envelopment analysis (DEA).

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Barham include:

  • Earnings, Wages, and Poverty Outcomes of US Farm and Low-Skill Workers, 2020, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
  • Academic Engagement, Commercialization, and Scholarship: Empirical Evidence from Agricultural and Life Scientists at U.S. Land-Grant Universities, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent co-authors with whom Barham has collaborated include:

  • Ana Paula Melo
  • Thomas Hertz
  • Doris Läpple
  • Annemie Maertens
  • Jean-Paul Chavas

The most common publication venues for Barham's research are:

  • Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie
  • Economics Letters
  • Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Best Publications

  • Migration, remittances, and inequality: estimating the net effects of migration on income distribution.

    Bradford Barham;Stephen Boucher

  • Cellulosic biofuel contributions to a sustainable energy future: Choices and outcomes

    G. Philip Robertson;G. Philip Robertson;Stephen K. Hamilton;Stephen K. Hamilton;Bradford L. Barham;Bradford L. Barham;Bruce E. Dale;Bruce E. Dale

  • Credit constraints, credit unions, and small-scale producers in Guatemala

    Bradford L. Barham;Stephen Boucher;Michael R. Carter

  • The roles of risk and ambiguity in technology adoption

    Bradford L. Barham;Jean-Paul Chavas;Dylan Fitz;Vanessa Ríos Salas

  • Nontraditional agricultural exports in Latin America

    B. Barham;M. Clark;E. Katz;R. Schurman

  • Risk coping strategies in tropical forests: floods, illnesses, and resource extraction

    Yoshito Takasaki;Bradford L. Barham;Oliver T. Coomes

  • Targeting conservation-development initiatives in tropical forests: insights from analyses of rain forest use and economic reliance among Amazonian peasants

    Oliver T. Coomes;Bradford L. Barham;Yoshito Takasaki

  • The Economic Sustainability of Certified Coffee: Recent Evidence from Mexico and Peru

    Bradford L. Barham;Jeremy G. Weber

  • Agricultural export booms and the rural poor in Chile, Guatemala, and Paraguay

    M. R. Carter;B. L. Barham;D. Mesbah

  • Women's power, conditional cash transfers, and schooling in Nicaragua

    Seth R. Gitter;Bradford L. Barham

  • The Impact of “Market-Friendly” Reforms on Credit and Land Markets in Honduras and Nicaragua

    Stephen R. Boucher;Bradford L. Barham;Michael R. Carter

  • Leveraging total factor productivity growth for sustainable and resilient farming

    Oliver T. Coomes;Bradford L. Barham;Graham K. MacDonald;Navin Ramankutty

  • Fair Trade/Organic Coffee, Rural Livelihoods, and the “Agrarian Question”: Southern Mexican Coffee Families in Transition

    Bradford L. Barham;Mercedez Callenes;Seth Gitter;Jessa Lewis

  • The Dynamics of Agricultural Biotechnology Adoption: Lessons from series rBST Use in Wisconsin, 1994–2001

    Bradford L. Barham;Jeremy D. Foltz;Douglas Jackson-Smith;Sunung Moon

  • UNIVERSITIES AND AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY PATENT PRODUCTION

    Jeremy D. Foltz;Bradford L. Barham;Kwansoo Kim

  • The Dynamics ofAgricultural Biotechnology Adoption: Lessons from rBST use in Wisconsin, 1994-2001

    B. Barham;J. Foltz;Douglas B. Jackson-Smith;S. Moon

  • Level playing fields and laissez faire: Postliberal development strategy in inegalitarian agrarian economies

    Michael R Carter;Bradford L Barham

  • Rain Forest Extraction and Conservation in Amazonia

    Oliver T. Coomes;Bradford L. Barham

  • States, firms, and raw materials : the world economy and ecology of aluminum

    Bradford Barham;Stephen G. Bunker;Denis O'Hearn

  • Are There Spatial Spillovers in the Adoption of Clean Technology?: The Case of Organic Dairy Farming

    David J. Lewis;Bradford L. Barham;Brian Robinson

  • Prosperity's Promise: The Amazon Rubber Boom And Distorted Economic Development

    Bradford Barham;O. T. Coomes

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Paul Chavas
Jean-Paul Chavas University of Wisconsin–Madison
Oliver T. Coomes
Oliver T. Coomes McGill University
Michael R. Carter
Michael R. Carter University of California, Davis
Randall D. Jackson
Randall D. Jackson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Scott M. Swinton
Scott M. Swinton Michigan State University
R. Cesar Izaurralde
R. Cesar Izaurralde University of Maryland, College Park
Bruce E. Dale
Bruce E. Dale Michigan State University
Navin Ramankutty
Navin Ramankutty University of British Columbia
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
Kurt D. Thelen
Kurt D. Thelen Michigan State University

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