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Overview

J. Edward Taylor is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields within the humanities and social sciences, with a focus on agricultural and historical studies.

The main fields of study for Taylor include:

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Social Sciences

Subfields that Taylor frequently works in are:

  • History and Philosophy of Science
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Classics
  • History
  • Economics and Econometrics

Taylor's work predominantly covers the following topics:

  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Medieval Literature and History
  • Historical Studies of British Isles
  • Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • History of Science and Medicine
  • Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies

The recent papers authored or coauthored by Taylor include:

  • "Viewpoint: The future of work in agri-food," 2020, Food Policy
  • "Labor markets: A critical link between global-local shocks and their impact on agriculture," 2023, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Agricultural Labor Supply," 2021, Annual Review of Resource Economics
  • "Economic impact of giving land to refugees," 2023, American Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • "Rural school access and the agricultural transformation," 2020, Agricultural Economics

Frequent collaborators in Taylor's research include:

  • Zachariah Rutledge
  • Alexandra Hill
  • Luc Christiaensen
  • Anubhab Gupta
  • Mateusz Filipski

Taylor publishes regularly in various academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Agricultural Economics
  • Western Historical Quarterly
  • Food Policy
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Annual Review of Resource Economics

Regarding book publications, Taylor has contributed to titles published by World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, including:

  • The Future of Work in Agriculture: Some Reflections (2020)

Taylor's research contributions intersect agricultural economics, historical and socio-cultural dimensions of rural development, and the transformation of labor markets in agricultural settings. This multidisciplinary approach reflects a broad engagement with both contemporary and historical perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Theories of international migration: a review and appraisal.

    Douglas S. Massey;Joaquin Arango;Graeme Hugo;Ali Kouaouci

  • Worlds in Motion: Understanding International Migration at the End of the Millennium

    Adrian J. Bailey;Douglas S. Massey;Joaquin Arango;Graeme Hugo

  • Migration incentives migration types: the role of relative deprivation.

    Oded Stark;J. Edward Taylor

  • Remittances and Inequality

    Oded Stark;J. Edward Taylor;Shlomo Yitzhaki

  • Relative deprivation and international migration oded stark

    Oded Stark;J. Edward Taylor

  • Migration remittances and agricultural productivity in China.

    Scott Rozelle;J. Edward Taylor;Alan deBrauw

  • Migration and Incomes in Source Communities: A New Economics of Migration Perspective from China

    J. Edward Taylor;Scott Rozelle;Alan de Brauw

  • The shadow value of migrant remittances, income and inequality in a household‐farm economy

    J. Edward Taylor;T.J. Wyatt

  • Agricultural Household Models: Genesis, Evolution, and Extensions

    J. Edward Taylor;Irma Adelman

  • Effects of Non-Farm Employment on Rural Income Inequality in Developing Countries: an Investment Perspective

    T. Reardon;J. E. Taylor;K. Stamoulis;P. Lanjouw

  • Remittances and inequality reconsidered: Direct, indirect, and intertemporal effects

    J.Edward Taylor

  • Human capital: Migration and rural population change

    J. Edward Taylor;Philip L. Martin

  • Is structural adjustment with a human face possible? The case of Mexico

    Irma Adelman;J. Edward Taylor

  • Agroclimatic shock, income inequality, and poverty: Evidence from Burkina Faso

    Thomas Reardon;J.Edward Taylor

  • Does migration reshape expenditures in rural households? Evidence from Mexico

    J. Edward Taylor;Jorge Mora

  • Undocumented Mexico—U.S. Migration and the Returns to Households in Rural Mexico

    J. Edward Taylor

  • Migration, remittances and inequality: A sensitivity analysis using the extended Gini index☆

    Oded Stark;Oded Stark;J.Edward Taylor;Shlomo Yitzhaki

  • Life in a Mexican village: A SAM perspective

    Irma Adelman;J. Edward Taylor;Stephen Vogel

  • "Folk" Soil Taxonomy and the Partial Adoption of New Seed Varieties*

    Mauricio R. Bellon;J. Edward Taylor

  • Migration and Income Diversification: Evidence from Burkina Faso

    Fleur Wouterse;J. Edward Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Oded Stark
Oded Stark University of Bonn
James N. Sanchirico
James N. Sanchirico University of California, Davis
Irma Adelman
Irma Adelman University of California, Berkeley
Benjamin Davis
Benjamin Davis Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Douglas S. Massey
Douglas S. Massey Princeton University
Scott Rozelle
Scott Rozelle Stanford University
Xinshen Diao
Xinshen Diao International Food Policy Research Institute
Graeme Hugo
Graeme Hugo University of Adelaide
Shlomo Yitzhaki
Shlomo Yitzhaki Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mauricio R. Bellon
Mauricio R. Bellon Arizona State University

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