W.A.Masters

@wamasters
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Food economist at Tufts University
Research & teachinghttps://sites.tufts.edu/willmasters
Access to healthy dietshttps://sites.tufts.edu/foodpricesfornutrition
New textbook, May 2024https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-53840-7
W.A.MastersOct 4, 2024

Here's a fun podcast interview with me and Amelia about the new
#FoodEconomics book -- a quick tour of what, why, and for whom in just 16 minutes, offering insights on all we teach @tuftsnutrition

Book info here: https://sites.tufts.edu/foodeconomics

Podcast transcript & video:
https://wfpc.sanford.duke.edu/podcasts/e246-new-book-learning-food-economics-makes-all-economics-easier

Teaching resources for Food Economics: Agriculture, Nutrition and Health

This is the teaching resources page for Food Economics, an open-access textbook by Will Masters and Amelia Finaret. The page builds on a teaching blog for courses on food economics at the Friedman School of Nutrition, Tufts University,

Food Economics
W.A.MastersMay 14, 2024

Want to learn about the #economics of #food?

My new textbook is out now, in print and also free to read online:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-53840-7

The book offers an accessible introduction to changes in #agriculture, #nutrition and #health. The first half uses food to teach Econ 101 principles, and the second is lots of data with links to online sources. Supporting materials (slides, exercises, exams) at my teaching blog from @tuftsnutrition here:
https://sites.tufts.edu/foodecon

Food Economics

This textbook provides an accessible introduction to the market systems and governmental policies that link natural resources and the environment to food.

SpringerLink
W.A.MastersApr 17, 2023

EconoFact podcast just out provides a quick (23-min) tour of big questions in #FoodEconomics.

Discussion links to mammoth lit review (https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.hesagr.2022.03.006, https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.02579), touching on #FoodPricesForNutrition and much else from @tuftsnutrition

https://econofact.org/podcast/causes-and-consequences-of-malnutrition-today

W.A.MastersMar 30, 2023
VoxDevMar 30, 2023

The rich-world bias of agricultural innovation explains a large share of global disparities in technology adoption and agricultural productivity.

Today on VoxDev, Jacob Moscona and Karthik Sastry outline their new research: https://voxdev.org/topic/technology-innovation/inappropriate-technology-evidence-global-agriculture

Inappropriate technology: Evidence from global agriculture

The rich-world bias of agricultural innovation explains a large share of global disparities in technology adoption and agricultural productivity

W.A.MastersMar 23, 2023

Mastodon people are not so into self-promotion, but honestly it's a big boost to #FoodPricesForNutrition to have been awarded a 2023 #RFBellagio Center Residency by @RockefellerFdn.

I am so looking forward to writing my big review article and setting new directions, with the amazing cohort there.

Big thanks to project team @tuftsnutrition and all our other partners.

Details on the program here: https://rockfound.link/3ZIhTGL

The Bellagio Center Residency Program - The Rockefeller Foundation

The Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center Residency Program offers academics, artists, policymakers, and practitioners an opportunity to unlock their

The Rockefeller Foundation
W.A.MastersMar 14, 2023
For academics using #ChatGPT and related tools in their #teaching, my colleague Elena Naumova @tuftsnutrition has a terrific piece in the Journal of Public Health Policy that she edits:
"A mistake-find exercise: a teacher’s tool to engage with information innovations, ChatGPT, and their analogs"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41271-023-00400-1
A mistake-find exercise: a teacher’s tool to engage with information innovations, ChatGPT, and their analogs - Journal of Public Health Policy

SpringerLink
W.A.MastersMar 3, 2023

Some basic research on child growth out today in Am. Journal of Human Biology:
https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23887

With @ameliafinaret and Robel Alemu, the study compares male-female outcomes for all twin births reported in #DHS. We aimed to quantify changes in son preference, but found instead that gender bias could be masked by sex-specific differences in gestation: boys with a male co-twin are smaller at birth, and then have lower probability of survival.

Sibling rivalry among boys, starting in utero!

W.A.MastersMar 2, 2023
Congratulations to @JayatiGhosh, this year's #Galbraith award winner and speaker at our #AAEA meetings in Washington DC, July 23-25. Something new to look forward to!
W.A.MastersMar 1, 2023

Today #FAOSTAT launched its new data domain on the Cost and Affordability of Healthy Diets (CoAHD), using #FoodPricesForNutrition methods to measure #FoodAccess for #HealthyDiets.

A big step towards future new development goals that target #FoodsForHealth:
https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CAHD

FAOSTAT

FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available.

W.A.MastersJan 17, 2023

Thinking about #GradSchool, and interested in #economics about #food, #agriculture, and #health?

Me too! Classes start this week (Thurs. Jan 19), so not too late to enroll for one-at-a-time classes. Details here:
https://universitycollege.tufts.edu/courses/browse/economics-food-and-nutrition-policy

Many employers will reimburse the tuition (crazy: $6k!), and you get credit + a Tufts transcript from @tuftsnutrition.

Course meets in downtown Boston Tu-Th late afternoons, but can also be taken entirely online.

Economics for Food and Nutrition Policy

This course equips students with the principles used for economic analysis of food and nutrition policies around the world. We use the graphical methods taught in standard, one-semester courses on the principles of economics, but our motivation, examples and applications are focused on food and nutrition problems in the United States and elsewhere.

University College