{"id":592,"date":"2024-01-24T11:32:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T16:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/?page_id=592"},"modified":"2025-02-06T10:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:38:14","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/research","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p id=\"working-papers\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Working and Submitted Papers <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/files\/2025\/02\/jaramillo_lafave_novak2025_droughtpreferences.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Extreme Weather Events Impact Risk Tolerance and Time Preferences<\/a><br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<em>with Paula Jaramillo and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindseyknovak.com\/\">Lindsey Novak<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4947654\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4947654\">Price Differentials and Skin Tone in Digital Art<\/a><br><em>     with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colby.edu\/economics\/faculty\/thubbard\/\">Tim Hubbard<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/documents.worldbank.org\/en\/publication\/documents-reports\/documentdetail\/219321561747911046\/stability-and-evolution-of-preferences-for-improved-cookstoves-a-difference-in-difference-analysis-of-a-choice-experiment-from-ethiopia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stability and Evolution of Preferences for New Technology<\/a><br><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sahan.org\/\">Sahan Dissanayake<\/a>, George Voigt (fmr. Colby),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.efdinitiative.org\/about-efd\/people\/damte-beyene-abebe\">Abebe Beyene<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdx.edu\/economics\/randy-bluffstone\">Randall Bluffstone<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.efdinitiative.org\/about-efd\/people\/gebreegziabher-zenebe\">Zenebe Gebreegziabher<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.efdinitiative.org\/about-efd\/people\/mekonnen-alemu\">Alemu Mekonnen<\/a>, Abbie Cooper (fmr. Colby), and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rff.org\/people\/michael-toman\/\">Michael Toman<\/a><\/em>.<br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p id=\"publications\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Peer-Reviewed Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3622716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Improved Biomass Cookstove Use in the Longer Run<\/a><br><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.efdinitiative.org\/about-efd\/people\/mekonnen-alemu\">Alemu Mekonnen<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.efdinitiative.org\/about-efd\/people\/damte-beyene-abebe\">Abebe Beyene<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdx.edu\/economics\/randy-bluffstone\">Randall Bluffstone<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sahan.org\/\">Sahan Dissanayake<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.efdinitiative.org\/about-efd\/people\/gebreegziabher-zenebe\">, Zenebe Gebreegziabher<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rff.org\/people\/michael-toman\/\">Michael Toman<\/a><\/em>. Accepted, <em>Environment and Development Economics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/files\/2020\/02\/lafave2020nber.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Farm Profits, Prices and Household Behavior\u00a0<\/a><br><em>with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rand.org\/about\/people\/p\/peet_evan_d.html\">Evan Peet<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ipl.econ.duke.edu\/dthomas\">Duncan Thomas<\/a><\/em>\u00a0. Forthcoming, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S030438782400172X\">Journal of Development Economics<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"publications\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/files\/2021\/11\/lafaveetal2021stoves.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia<\/a><br><em>\u00a0 \u00a0 with\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.efdinitiative.org\/about-efd\/people\/damte-beyene-abebe\">A. Beyene<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdx.edu\/economics\/randy-bluffstone\">R. Bluffstone<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sahan.org\/\">S. Dissanayake<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.efdinitiative.org\/about-efd\/people\/gebreegziabher-zenebe\">Z. Gebreegziabher<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.efdinitiative.org\/about-efd\/people\/mekonnen-alemu\">A. Mekonnen,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rff.org\/people\/michael-toman\/\">M. Toman<\/a><br><\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0305750X20304599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Development<\/a>, 2021, 140.<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2013 Featured in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/magazine\/improving-health-outcomes-in-ethiopia\/\">Colby Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/files\/2016\/10\/lafavethomas2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Farms, Families, and Markets: New Evidence on&nbsp;Completeness of Markets in Agricultural Settings<\/a><br><em>&nbsp; &nbsp;with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ipl.econ.duke.edu\/dthomas\">Duncan Thomas<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w20699\"><br><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.econometricsociety.org\/publications\/econometrica\/2016\/09\/01\/farms-families-and-markets-new-evidence-completeness-markets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Econometrica<\/a>,&nbsp;2016, 85 (4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/files\/2012\/08\/lafavethomas2017xfam.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Extended Families and Child Well-being<\/a><br><em>&nbsp; &nbsp;with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ipl.econ.duke.edu\/dthomas\">Duncan Thomas<\/a><br><\/em>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0304387816300980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journal of Development Economics<\/a>,&nbsp;2017, 126.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/files\/2017\/03\/daltonlafave2017jhe.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Mitigating the Consequences of a Health Condition: The Role of Intra- and Interhousehold&nbsp;Assistance<\/a><br><em>&nbsp; &nbsp; with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/mdaltonecon\/Home\">Michael Dalton<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/files\/2015\/06\/Health_01jun15.pdf\"><br><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0167629617301133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Journal of Health Economics<\/a>,&nbsp;2017, 53.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/files\/2017\/06\/lafavethomas2017ehb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Height and Cognition at Work: Labor Market Productivity&nbsp;in a Low Income Setting<\/a><br><em>&nbsp; &nbsp; with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ipl.econ.duke.edu\/dthomas\">Duncan Thomas<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ibread.org\/bread\/working\/480\"><br><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1570677X16301708\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Economics and Human Biology<\/a>,&nbsp;2017, 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/files\/2024\/01\/lafave2017charls.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Family Support and Elderly Well-being in China: Evidence from CHARLS<\/a><br><em>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s12126-016-9268-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ageing International<\/a>,&nbsp;2017, 42 (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/files\/2017\/06\/lafavenelsondoherty2016jse.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Race and Retention in a Competitive Labor Market<\/a><br><em>&nbsp; &nbsp;with&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/directory\/profile\/ranelson\/\" target=\"_blank\">Randy Nelson<\/a>&nbsp;and Michael Doherty (Colby)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/1527002516637650\" target=\"_blank\">Journal of Sports Economics<\/a><em>,&nbsp;<\/em>2018, 19 (3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/files\/2017\/06\/hubernewmanlafave2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Cannabis Control and Crime: Medicinal Use, Depenalization, and the War on Drugs<\/a><br><em>&nbsp; &nbsp; with&nbsp;Arthur Huber (Colby) and Rebecca Newman (Colby)<a href=\"mailto:drlafave@colby.edu?subject=Cannabis%20Control%20Paper\"><br><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/view\/j\/bejeap.ahead-of-print\/bejeap-2015-0167\/bejeap-2015-0167.xml?format=INT\" target=\"_blank\">B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy<\/a>, 2016, 16 (4).<em>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/files\/2025\/01\/cosgrove2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Economic Impact of Shale Gas Development<\/a><br><em>&nbsp; &nbsp;with&nbsp;Brendan Cosgrove (Colby),&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/sahan.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sahan Dissanayake<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colby.edu\/directory\/profile\/michael.donihue\/\">Michael Donihue<br><\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/journals\/agricultural-and-resource-economics-review\/article\/div-classtitlethe-economic-impact-of-shale-gas-development-a-natural-experiment-along-the-new-york-pennsylvania-borderdiv\/5661D9EAC1A2C245CEED7FD82C57C477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Agricultural and Resource Economics Review<\/a>, 2015, 44 (2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/drlafave\/files\/2023\/05\/starklafave2023remit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">On the Role of Social Comparisons in Shaping Migrants\u2019 Remittance Behavior: Theory, and Evidence from China<\/a><br><em>&nbsp; &nbsp; with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ostark.uni-klu.ac.at\/\">Oded Stark<\/a>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; in Robert M. Sauer (ed.),&nbsp;<u>World Scientific Handbook of Global Migration<\/u>&nbsp;Vol. 2, 2023<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"body { color:#000!important }  a {text-decoration:none!important;color:#40c0cb!important}  a:hover, a:visited {color:#75D1D9!important} \/* when hovering *\/\"><strong>Permanent Working Papers<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ru7k01y6g7gtwr0\/daltonlafave_psidtransfers.pdf?raw=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Measuring the Mechanisms of Informal Family Insurance: Family transfers in response to poor health<\/a><em><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/mdaltonecon\/Home\">Michael Dalton<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Working and Submitted Papers Extreme Weather Events Impact Risk Tolerance and Time Preferences\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0with Paula Jaramillo and\u00a0Lindsey Novak. Price Differentials and Skin Tone in Digital Art with\u00a0Tim Hubbard Stability and Evolution of Preferences for New Technology\u00a0 \u00a0 with\u00a0Sahan Dissanayake, George Voigt (fmr. Colby),\u00a0Abebe Beyene,\u00a0Randall Bluffstone,\u00a0Zenebe Gebreegziabher,\u00a0Alemu Mekonnen, Abbie Cooper (fmr. Colby), and\u00a0Michael Toman. 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