Mary Arends-Kuenning
· Professor; Acting Associate Dean of International ProgramsUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Agricultural and Consumer Economics
Active 1996–2026
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Selected publications
The elderly in Brazil: demographic transition, profile, and socioeconomic condition
Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População · 2020-10-28 · 86 citations
articleOpen accessSenior authorThis paper presents a revision about the elderly population in Brazil, addressing aspects of the demographic transition as it relates to socio-economic conditions and some consequences and trends associated with policies affecting Brazil’s elderly. Since a demographic transition has been occurring as a result of the aging of the Brazilian population, we identify a majority profile of Brazilian elderly as White women who live in urban areas in couple-without-children households, and possessing on…
Gender, education, and farm succession in Western Paraná State, Brazil
Land Use Policy · 2021-05-04 · 25 citations
article1st authorFood Policy · 2022-10-01 · 15 citations
articleOpen access1st authorThe United Nations included reducing harvest and postharvest losses as a Sustainable Millennium Development Goal in 2015, leading to increased research and policymaker interest in reducing losses to insure food security. This article analyzes the factors associated with self-reported harvest loss among soybean farmers in Paraná, Brazil, using a survey of 243 farmers. The principal–agent problem is the most important contributor to harvest and postharvest losses on the farm. Loss is lowered when…
Agricultural and Food Economics · 2024-08-02 · 11 citations
articleOpen accessSenior authorAbstract Brazilian agriculture is characterized by the prevalence of small farms and regions with a high degree of rurality and dominance of the agricultural sector in the economy. These two characteristics affect the diversity of agricultural production in the country. Specifically, the article aims to analyze the effects of size farm and farmland use on agricultural diversification and the effects of demand and technology adopted by farmers. The database encompasses 4298 Brazilian municipaliti…
Consumption patterns and demand in households headed by the elderly: evidence from Brazil
International Journal of Social Economics · 2021-03-07 · 9 citations
articleSenior authorPurpose The main objective of this paper is to analyze patterns of consumption expenditure and the effects of income, prices and socioeconomic and demographic factors on demand among elderly- and young-adult-headed households in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach The authors estimated a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System demand system using the main household consumption good groups – food, housing, clothing, transportation, health care and other expenses – with data from three Brazilian Hous…
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