African Americans in Rural Society: Needed Directions in Public Policy

Allen, Joyce E.; Christy, Ralph D.

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“…1 There have, however, been published proceedings and invited paper sessions in the AJAE centered on the Black experience. See for example: Allen and Christy (1992); Allen and Thompson;Beale (1971);Tolly (1971);Ponder (1971). 2 Some respondents were undoubtedly in agricultural economics departments and "Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics/Environmental Economics" was listed as an option for area of research.…”

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Doctoral degrees awarded to Blacks in agricultural economics: 1999–2019

Moser

2021

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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This paper looks at 21 years of data on doctoral degrees granted across the US and compares agricultural economics to economics and other fields. While the percentage of doctoral degrees awarded to Blacks is generally higher than that in economics, both the percent and the number of Blacks completing their degrees have decreased slightly over time in agricultural economics. The number and percent of doctoral degrees across all fields awarded to Black students increased over the same period. The paper also reviews studies related to diversity in the economics and agricultural economics professions and discusses possible reasons for the disparities.

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Doctoral degrees awarded to Blacks in agricultural economics: 1999–2019

Moser

2021

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“…Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers—including Black and African American producers—are more likely to operate small farms that often produce specialty crops rather than major commodities (U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2019). In past decades, before federal crop insurance emerged as the widespread program it is today, access to crop insurance by Black and African American farmers was not considered a high policy priority relative to other potential strategies for improving their outcomes (Allen & Christy, 1992; Brown et al, 1992).…”

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Race and premium misrating in the U.S. Federal Crop Insurance Program

Teal,

Stevens

2023

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USDA farm support programs have an established history of racial discrimination. Today, the Federal Crop Insurance Program is among the largest and most important programs available to U.S. farmers. Previous research has documented systematic misrating of crop insurance premiums with sizable welfare implications. In this paper, we explore whether producer race measured at the county level has explanatory power in a model of crop insurance misrating. We find that in some cases it does, raising concerns about the possibilities of racially discriminatory impacts of the RMA's rate‐setting methodology. Further research is needed to isolate the mechanisms that explain our findings.

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Blacks in Rural America: Socioeconomic Status and Policies to Enhance Economic Well-Being

Allen-Smith¹

1994

The Review of Black Political Economy

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This research documents the disadvantaged status of rural blacks. Many indicators of economic well-being reveal that rural blacks lag behind both urban blacks and rural whites. Investments in human capital are critical for improving the economic status of rural blacks; public assistance and equal opportunity policies are also important. Financing alternative policies remains a major constraint to reducing the disparity between the economic well-being of rural blacks and their white counterparts and between blacks in rural and urban communities.

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African Americans in Rural Society: Needed Directions in Public Policy

Cited by 4 publications

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Doctoral degrees awarded to Blacks in agricultural economics: 1999–2019

Doctoral degrees awarded to Blacks in agricultural economics: 1999–2019

Race and premium misrating in the U.S. Federal Crop Insurance Program

Blacks in Rural America: Socioeconomic Status and Policies to Enhance Economic Well-Being

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