자료유형  

 학위논문

Control Number  

0017161596

International Standard Book Number  

9798382611143

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

320

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Zebrowski, Wesley M.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

[S.l.] : Indiana University., 2024

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024

Physical Description  

149 p.

General Note  

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-11, Section: A.

General Note  

Advisor: Farmer, James.

Dissertation Note  

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2024.

Summary, Etc.  

요약In this dissertation, I estimate the impact of discretion in agricultural programs on program payments and enrollment. Specifically, I assess if this discretion leads to inequities geographically and in terms of race, ethnicity, and gender. In Chapter 1, I estimate the differences in aggregate USDA farm program payments by race, ethnicity, and gender using a coarsened exact matching model to account for systematic differences in farm characteristics. I find that historically underserved received more payments than their white and/or male counterparts in some years, with substantial heterogeneity. These results imply that recent efforts to improve racial, ethnic, and gender gaps in funding have seen some success. In Chapter 2, I investigate the impact of alternative rental rate adjustments for the Conservation Reserve Program, which are requested by Farm Service Agency county committees, on enrollment outcomes. I find that positive rate increases lead to a large marginal increase in enrollment, targeted towards general acres and manifesting in a higher rental rate paid to participating farmers. In Chapter 3, I dive deeper into the Conservation Reserve Program to explain the large gap in conservation funding received by Black farmers compared to all other farmers. I find racial inequities along three dimensions: Black farmers receive less due to county-level differences in payment rates, Black farmers receive less positive rate adjustments, and Black farmers participate less in the program when they are not represented on county committees. Together, Chapters 2 and 3 provide new, plausibly causal evidence on the impact of county committees on Conservation Reserve Program enrollment and benefits. All three essays contribute to pressing public policy issues in agriculture and provide results which can tangibly contribute to policy design.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Public policy.

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Agriculture

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Conservation

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Environmental policy

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Equity

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Governance

Added Entry-Corporate Name  

Indiana University Public Affairs

Host Item Entry  

Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-11A.

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