Alan Spearot
Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Alan Spearot is a professor of economics at University of California, Santa Cruz. His research focus is international trade, development, and applied econometrics. He received his Ph.D in economics from University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2007, and his BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2001.
Recent work by Alan Spearot
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Lowering travel costs to agro-input retailers boosts fertiliser adoption
The most remote villages in Northern Tanzania pay 40–55% more for fertiliser than villages with better market access. Halving travel costs leads to a nearly fourfold increase in fertiliser adoption.
Published 10.06.25
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The challenge of measuring intimate partner violence via self-interviewing
Self-interviewing survey techniques substantially increase reported levels of intimate partner violence, but this may be driven by respondents’ misunderstanding
Published 21.07.23
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The dynamic effects of cash transfers: Evidence from Liberia and Malawi
Cash transfers improve food security for up to two years, but without an increase in food expenditures and non-agricultural income
Published 22.05.23