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Measuring the Impacts of Malawi's Farm Input Subsidy Program

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Jun 2011

Christopher Chibwana, Monica Fisher, Charles Jumbe, William A. Masters and Gerald Shively

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - USAID/Malawi, Oregon State University - Department of Applied Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Purdue University

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Cost and Affordability of the EAT- Lancet Diet in 159 Countries

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Jun 2019

Kalle Hirvonen, Yan Bai, Derek Headey and William A. Masters

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, CGIAR - Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: Theory and Experimental Results

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 Mar 2012 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2018

Timothy N. Cason, William A. Masters and Roman M. Sheremeta

Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Case Western Reserve University

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Beyond Calories: The New Economics of Nutrition

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Beyond Calories: The New Economics of Nutrition

Forthcoming, Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2019 (DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-100518-094053)

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2019

Amelia B. Finaret and William A. Masters

Allegheny College and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Beyond Calories: The New Economics of Nutrition

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 237-259, 2019

Posted: 14 Oct 2019

Amelia B. Finaret and William A. Masters

Allegheny College and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Measuring the Affordability of Nutritious Diets in Africa: Price Indexes for Diet Diversity and the Cost of Nutrient Adequacy

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Forthcoming, Invited paper presented at the ASSA (January 2018)

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 May 2017 Last Revised: 21 Feb 2019

William A. Masters, Yan Bai, Anna Herforth, Daniel Sarpong, Fulgence Mishili, Joyce Kinabo and Jennifer Coates

Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, University of Ghana - Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Sokoine University of Agriculture and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Property Rights, Production Technology and Deforestation: Cocoa in Cameroon

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 30 Sep 2004

Harounan Kazianga and William A. Masters

Oklahoma State University - Stillwater and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Entry into Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: An Experimental Study

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 06 Feb 2011

Roman M. Sheremeta, Timothy N. Cason and William A. Masters

Case Western Reserve University, Purdue University - Krannert School of Management and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India

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Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 03 May 2016 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2017

Prakarsh Singh and William A. Masters

Amherst College - Department of Economics and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10083

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 08 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021

Prakarsh Singh and William A. Masters

Amherst College - Department of Economics and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Cost and affordability of nutritious diets at retail prices: Evidence from 177 countries

Number of pages: 91 Posted: 22 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2020

Yan Bai, Robel Alemu, Steven Block, Derek Headey and William A. Masters

Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, CGIAR - Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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First Foods: Diet Quality Among Infants Aged 6–23 Months in 42 Countries

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 31 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 08 Jul 2019

Samira Choudhury, Derek Headey and William A. Masters

SOAS University of London, CGIAR - Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Agriculture, Transportation and the Timing of Urbanization: Global Analysis at the Grid Cell Level

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 14-002/VIII

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 04 Jan 2014

Mesbah Motamed, Raymond J.G.M. Florax and William A. Masters

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Purdue University and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Measuring Resilience as Asymmetric Mean Reversion

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 18 Feb 2021

Sonia Zaharia, William A. Masters, Gerald Shively, Shibani Ghosh and Patrick Webb

Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Purdue University, Tufts University and Tufts University

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Global dietary convergence from 1970 to 2010, despite inequality in agriculture, leaves undernutrition concentrated in a few countries

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 22 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2021

Winnie Bell, Keith Lividini and William A. Masters

Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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An African Growth Trap: Production Technology and the Time-Consistency of Agricultural Taxation, R&D and Investment

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 04 Dec 2003

William A. Masters and Margaret McMillan

Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Tufts University - Department of Economics

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Review: Retail consumer price data reveal gaps and opportunities to monitor food systems for nutrition

Food Policy, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2021

Yan Bai, Leah Costlow, Alissa Ebel, Sarah Laves, Yurika Ueda, Natalie Volin, Maya Zamek, Anna Herforth and William A. Masters

Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Misreporting Month of Birth: Diagnosis and Implications for Research on Nutrition and Early Childhood in Developing Countries

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Misreporting Month of Birth: Diagnosis and Implications for Research on Nutrition and Early Childhood in Developing Countries

Tufts University, Department of Economics Working Paper

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 30 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2018

Anna Larsen, Derek Headey and William A. Masters

University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics, CGIAR - Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Misreporting Month of Birth: Implications for Nutrition Research

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1617

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 10 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 13 Mar 2017

Anna Larsen, Derek Headey and William A. Masters

University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics, CGIAR - Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Climatic Conditions and Child Height: Sex-Specific Vulnerability and the Protective Effects of Sanitation and Food Markets in Nepal

AAEA Selected Paper No. P8917

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Apr 2016

Steven Block, William A. Masters, Prajula Mulmi and Gerald Shively

Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Purdue University

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Agriculture and Undernutrition through the Lens of Economics

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1876

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 27 Oct 2019

Derek Headey and William A. Masters

CGIAR - Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition: Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10375

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 Dec 2016

Prakarsh Singh and William A. Masters

Amherst College - Department of Economics and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Global Variation in the Cost of a Nutrient Adequate Diet by Population Group

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 09 Oct 2020

Yan Bai, Anna Herforth and William A. Masters

Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Performance Bonuses in the Public Sector: Winner-Take-All Prizes Versus Proportional Payments to Reduce Child Malnutrition in India

Journal of Development Economics, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 31 Oct 2018

Prakarsh Singh and William A. Masters

Amherst College - Department of Economics and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Rural Demography, Public Services and Land Rights in Africa: a Village-Level Analysis in Burkina Faso

NBER Working Paper No. w17718

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 31 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 01 Jun 2023

Margaret McMillan, William A. Masters and Harounan Kazianga

Tufts University - Department of Economics, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Oklahoma State University - Stillwater

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Can Shorter Mothers Have Taller Children? Nutritional Mobility, Health Equity and the Inter-Generational Transmission of Relative Height

Economics & Human Biology, 2020

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 10 Nov 2020

Amelia B. Finaret and William A. Masters

Allegheny College and Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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Disease Control, Demographic Change and Institutional Development in Africa

NBER Working Paper No. w19245

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2023

Margaret McMillan, William A. Masters and Harounan Kazianga

Tufts University - Department of Economics, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Oklahoma State University - Stillwater

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Sibling Rivalry between Twins: Sex-Specific Differences in Birthweight and Survival in 72 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Oct 2022

Robel Alemu, William A. Masters and Amelia Finaret

Applied Linguistics, UCLA, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and University of Edinburgh - Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems

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Peak Timing of Slowest Growth Velocity Among Young Children Coincides with Highest Ambient Temperatures in Burkina Faso: A Longitudinal Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 11 Oct 2023

Ilana Cliffer, Elena N. Naumova, William A. Masters, Nandita Perumal, Frank Garanet and Beatrice L. Rogers

Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Tufts University, Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, University of South Carolina, Centre National de Recherche Scientifique et Technologique and Tufts University

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The Economics of Malnutrition: Dietary Transition and Food System Transformation

Preprint of Chapter 6 in the Handbook of Agricultural Economics, vol. 6, edited by C.B. Barrett and D.R. Just (Amsterdam: Elsevier). 97 pages, last revised January 31, 2022..

Posted: 09 Apr 2022

William A. Masters, Amelia B. Finaret and Steven Block

Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Allegheny College and Tufts University - The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

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Climate and Scale in Economic Growth

Posted: 12 Nov 2001

William A. Masters and Margaret McMillan

Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Tufts University - Department of Economics

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Tufts University - Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

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