J. Edward Taylor
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Professor and Director, Rural Economics of the Americas and Pacific Rim (REAP) 2107 Social Sciences & Humanities Office Hours: Mondays 2:00 - 3:00PM, Wednesdays 3:00 - 4:00PM Phone: (530) 752-0213 Fax: (530) 752-5614 |
Working Papers
- Arslan, Aslihan and J. Edward Taylor. 2009. "Farmers' Subjective Valuation of Subsistence Crops: The Case of Traditional Maize in Mexico." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 91(4):956-972.
- Boucher, Stephen, Oded Stark and J. Edward Taylor. 2009. "A Gain with a Drain? Evidence from Rural Mexico on the New Economics of the Brain Drain." Corruption, Development and Institutional Design. Janos Kornai, Laszlo Matyas and Gerard Roland, editors. Hounsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England: Palgrave, 100-119.
- Taylor, J. Edward and George Dyer. 2009. "Migration and the Sending Economy: A Disaggregated Rural Economy-wide Analysis." Journal of Development Studies 45(6):966–989.
- Taylor, J. Edward, Micki Stewart and Jared Hardner. April 2009. "Ecotourism and Economic Growth in the Galapagos: An Island Economy-wide Analysis." Environment and Development Economics 14(2):139-62.
- Taylor, J. Edward, Jorge Mora, Richard Adams and Alejandro Lopez-Feldman. 2008."Remittances, Inequality and Poverty: Evidence from Rural Mexico." Migration and Development Within and Across Borders : Research and Policy Perspectives on Internal and International Migration. Josh DeWind and Jennifer Holdaway, editors. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Migration; New York: Social Science Research Council, 191-128.
- Wouterse, Fleur and J. Edward Taylor. 2008. "Migration and Income Diversification—Evidence from Burkina Faso." World Development 36(4):625-640.
- Boucher, Stephen., Aaron Smith, J. Edward Taylor and Antonio Yunez-Naude. 2007."Impacts of Policy Reforms on the Supply of Mexican Labor to U.S. Farms: New Evidence from Mexico." Review of Agricultural Economics 29(1):4-16.
- López-Feldman, Alejandro., Jorge Mora, and J. Edward Taylor. 2007. "Does Natural Resource Extraction Mitigate Poverty and Inequality? Evidence from Rural Mexico and a Lacandona Rainforest Community." Environment and Development Economics 12(2):251-269.
- Taylor, J. Edward. 2007. "Valuing the Numismatic Legacy of Alexander the Great." Working paper no. 07-002, Davis, University of California, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 19 p.
- Taylor, J. Edward, Antonio Yunez Naude, and Nancy Jesurun-Clements. 2007. "Does Agricultural Liberalization Reduce Rural Welfare in Less Developed Countries? The Case of CAFTA"Working paper no. 07-001, Davis, University of California, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 40 p.
- Dyer, George, Stephen R. Boucher and J. Edward Taylor. 2006. "Subsistence Response to Market Shocks" American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88(2):279-291.
- Taylor, J. Edward. June 2006."International Migration and Economic Development" International Symposium on International Migration and Development. Turin, Italy.
- Taylor, J. Edward and Jorge Mora. 2006."Does Migration Reshape Expenditures in Rural Households? Evidence from Mexico." Policy Research Working Paper Series 3842, The World Bank.
- Richter, Susan M. and J. Edward Taylor. 2005. "Policy Reforms and the Gender Dynamics of Rural Mexico-to-U.S. Migration." Working paper no. 05-007, Davis, University of California, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 39 p.

