James Manley

Professor, Department of Economics

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Contact Info

Phone:
410-704-2146
Office:
Stephens Hall, 101P
Email:

Currently Teaching

  • Spring: ECON205.009 - STATS FOR BUSINESS & ECON I
  • Spring: ECON205.010 - STATS FOR BUSINESS & ECON I



Education

Ph D, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2008
MS, Agricultural Economics, University of Nevada, Reno, 2002
MA, Theology and Ethics, Andover Newton Theological School, 1996
BA, Social Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1993

Areas of Expertise

Development Economics

Natural Resource Economics

Health Economics

Selected Publications and Presentations

  • Indoor air pollution and child development in Indonesia. Stunted by the smoke?,
    Publisher: Wiley, June, 2023
  • More Evidence on Cash Transfers and Child Nutritional Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,
    Publisher: World Bank, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2022
  • Relationship of cash transfers with risk of overweight and obesity in children and adults: a systematic review,
    Publisher: BioMed Central, imprint of Springer Nature, June, 2022
  • More Evidence on Cash Transfers and Child Nutritional Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,
    Publisher: British Medical Journal, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2022
  • Coronavirus Infections and Deaths by Poverty Status: The Effects of Social Distancing,
    Publisher: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, March, 2021
  • Cash Transfers and Child Nutritional Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,
    Publisher: British Medical Journal: Global Health, December, 2020
  • Are Cash Transfers the Answer for Children in Sub-Saharan Africa?,
    Publisher: Development Policy Review, March, 2019
  • Better with Coffee: Synergies and Library Patronage,
    Publisher: International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing , August, 2018
  • Medium- and long-term consequences of pollution on labor supply: evidence from Indonesia,
    Publisher: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, December, 2017
  • Long-Run Health Consequences of Air Pollution: Evidence from Indonesia's Forest Fires of 1997,
    Publisher: Economics and Human Biology, August, 2017
  • CREP: Cattle Receiving Enhanced Pastures? Investigating Landowner Response to Federal Incentives,
    Publisher: Land Economics, February, 2017
  • Wealthy, healthy, and wise: does money compensate for being born into difficult conditions?,
    Publisher: Applied Economics Letters, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2015
  • Merit Pay,
    Publisher: The Faculty Voice, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2014
  • Early-Childhood Nutrition and Educational Conditional-Cash Transfer Programs,
    Publisher: Journal of Development Studies, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2013
  • How Effective are Cash Transfer Programs at Improving Nutritional Status?,
    Publisher: World Development, August, 2013
  • How effective are cash transfer programmes at improving nutritional status? A rapid evidence assessment of programmes' effects on anthropometric outcomes.,
    Publisher: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2012
  • The Allocation of Merit Pay in Academia: A Case Study,
    Publisher: Economics Bulletin, June, 2011
  • The Economics of Natural and Human Resources in Agriculture; Chapter 4, The Overdevelopment of Water Resources ,
    Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, June, 2009
  • The Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program on the Behavior Problems of Young Children Living in Extreme Poverty: A Quasi-experimental Evaluation of Mexico's Oportunidades Intervention,
    Publisher: Pediatrics, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2009
  • Creating carbon offsets in agriculture through no-till cultivation: a meta-analysis of costs and,
    Publisher: Climatic Change, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2005
  • How costly are carbon offsets? A meta-analysis of carbon forest sinks,
    Publisher: Environmental Science and Policy, August, 2004

Grants & Contracts

  • Effects of Cash Transfers on Child Health and Development
    Sponsor: Poverty Action lab: JPAL at MIT, 2023
  • Effects of Climate on Human Capital Development in Peruvian Children: A Geospatial Investigation
    Sponsor: School of Emerging Technologies, 2015
  • Bigger Data and Applied Statistics: A Proposal for Course Redesign of Economics 306
    Sponsor: Assistant Provost for Academic Innovation, 2014
  • How effective are conditional cash transfer programs on nutritional status (height for age)? A Meta-Analysis
    Sponsor: UK Department for International Development, 2012
  • The Coffee Crisis, Early Childhood Development, and Conditional Cash Transfers
    Sponsor: Inter-American Development Bank, 2010