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2852
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1577

Overview

Douglas Gollin is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their work intersects several subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Strategy and Management.

The scientist's recent research output includes the following papers: Heterogeneity, Measurement Error, and Misallocation: Evidence from African Agriculture (2020) published in the Journal of Political Economy; Do urban wage premia reflect lower amenities? Evidence from Africa (2020) published in the Journal of Urban Economics; Agricultural productivity and structural transformation: evidence and questions for African development (2023) in Oxford Development Studies; Conserving genetic resources for agriculture: economic implications of emerging science (2020) in Food Security; and Crop yields fail to rise in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa (2024) published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Areas of research focus include Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agricultural risk and resilience, Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth, Economic Growth and Productivity, Global trade and economics, Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis, and Global Trade and Competitiveness.

Douglas Gollin has collaborated frequently with a group of researchers including Nils Bohr, Tim Deisemann, Frédéric Kosmowski, Travis J. Lybbert, and Christopher Udry.

Publication venues frequently featuring their work include: SSRN Electronic Journal, Oxford Development Studies, Journal of Political Economy, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Journal of Urban Economics.

Best Publications

  • Assessing the impact of the Green Revolution, 1960 to 2000

    R. E. Evenson;D. Gollin

  • Getting Income Shares Right

    Douglas Gollin

  • The Role of Agriculture in Development

    Douglas Gollin;Stephen Parente;Richard Rogerson

  • The Agricultural Productivity Gap

    Douglas Gollin;David Lagakos;Michael E. Waugh

  • Urbanization with and without industrialization

    Douglas Gollin;Remi Jedwab;Dietrich Vollrath

  • Global and Regional Health Effects of Future Food Production Under Climate Change: A Modelling Study

    Marco Springmann;Daniel Mason-D'Croz;Sherman Robinson;Tara Garnett

  • Crop Variety Improvement and its Effect on Productivity: The Impact of International Agricultural Research

    Robert E. Evenson;Douglas Gollin

  • Agricultural Productivity and Economic Growth

    Douglas Gollin

  • The Food Problem and the Evolution of International Income Levels

    Douglas Gollin;Stephen L. Parente;Richard Rogerson

  • Nobody's Business but My Own: Self Employment and Small Enterprise in Economic Development

    Douglas Gollin

  • Productivity, transport costs and subsistence agriculture ☆

    Douglas Gollin;Richard Rogerson

  • Agricultural Productivity Differences across Countries

    Douglas Gollin;David Lagakos;Michael E. Waugh

  • The Lewis Model: A 60-Year Retrospective

    Douglas Gollin

  • Farm Work, Home Work and International Productivity Differences

    Douglas Gollin;Stephen L. Parente;Richard Rogerson

  • Agriculture in African Development: Theories and Strategies

    Stefan Dercon;Douglas Gollin;Douglas Gollin

  • Heterogeneity, Measurement Error, and Misallocation: Evidence from African Agriculture

    Douglas Gollin;Christopher R Udry

  • Agriculture, Roads, and Economic Development in Uganda

    Douglas Gollin;Richard Rogerson

  • Genetic Resources, International Organizations, and Improvement in Rice Varieties*

    Robert E. Evenson;Douglas Gollin

  • Technology Adoption in Intensive Post-Green Revolution Systems

    Douglas Gollin;Michael Morris;Derek Byerlee

  • Two Blades of Grass: The Impact of the Green Revolution

    Douglas Gollin;Casper Worm Hansen;Asger Mose Wingender

  • The Agricultural Productivity Gap in Developing Countries

    Douglas Gollin;David Lagakos;Michael E. Waugh

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert E. Evenson
Robert E. Evenson Yale University
Richard Rogerson
Richard Rogerson Princeton University
Melinda Smale
Melinda Smale Michigan State University
Christopher Udry
Christopher Udry Northwestern University
Stefan Dercon
Stefan Dercon University of Oxford
Sherman Robinson
Sherman Robinson International Food Policy Research Institute
Ruth Meinzen-Dick
Ruth Meinzen-Dick International Food Policy Research Institute
Brian D. Wright
Brian D. Wright University of California, Berkeley
Carl E. Pray
Carl E. Pray Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Patrick Webb
Patrick Webb Tufts University

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