Jill L. Findeis's Information
POSITION TITLE: Distinguished Professor of Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Economics & Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Rural development; agricultural household and economic behavior.
RESEARCH AREAS:
Demographic Perspectives on Inequality and Opportunity
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1974-1977 Technician/Programmer, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Idaho
1977-1980 Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics, Washington State University
1981 Lecturer, Quantitative Methods, College of Business and Economics, University of Idaho
1981-1982 Research Associate/Contract Monitor, Office of Applied Energy Studies, Washington State University
1982-1988 Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, College of Agriculture, The Pennsylvania State University
1988-2001 Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics; Senior Research Associate, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
2001-present Professor of Agricultural Economics; Senior Scientist, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1976 Gamma Sigma Delta
1979 Western Agricultural Economics Association Outstanding Thesis Award
1983 Outstanding Young Woman of America
1985 American Agricultural Economics Association Young Scholar Travel Grant
1985 Nominated by Penn State for the AAUW Recognition Award for Young Scholars
1986 Alpha Zeta (Associate Member)
1986 Sigma Xi
1989 American Agricultural Economics Association Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award
1989 Gamma Sigma Delta Teaching Award
1989 Outstanding Professor
1994 Governor George W. Atherton Award
1994 USDA Excellence in Teaching Award
1995-1996 ESCOP/ACOP Leadership Development Fellow
2000 Milton S. Eisenhower Award (Graduate and Undergraduate Teaching), The Pennsylvania State University
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Findeis, J.L.
,
Y. Chitose
and
T. Bowser
(1992).
Farm Labor Availability and Constraints in Pennsylvania.
Final Report to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.
Findeis, J.L.
(1993).
"Utilization of Rural Labor Resources." In
Barkley, D.L.
(Ed.)
, Economic Adaptation: Alternatives for Nonmetropolitan Areas.
Boulder, CO:
Westview Press.
(pp. 49-68)
Lichter, D.T.
,
L.J. Beaulieu
,
J.L. Findeis
and
R. Teixeira
(1993).
"Human Capital, Labor Supply, and Poverty in Rural America." In
Rural Sociological Society Task Force on Rural Poverty
(Ed.)
, Persistent Poverty in Rural America.
Boulder, CO:
Westview Press.
(pp. 39-78)
Smith, S.M.
,
J.L. Findeis
,
D.B. Kraybill
,
S.M. Nolt
,
C.L. Kanagy
and
M. Kozimor
(1994).
Amish Micro-Enterprises: Models for Rural Development: Final Report.
Harrisburg, PA:
The Center for Rural Pennsylvania.
Findeis, J.L.
(1995).
"Gender Differences in Human Capital." In
Beaulieu, L.J.
and
D. Mulkey
(Eds.)
, Investing People: The Human Capital Needs Rural America.
Boulder, CO:
Westview Press.
(pp. 183-211)
Findeis, J.L.
and
J. Becker
(1995).
"Impacts on U.S. Farms of Increasing the Minimum Wage."
Agricultural Law Update 12(8):4-6.
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Findeis, J.L.
,
M.M. Mark
,
I. Feller
,
W.N. Musser
,
L. Shotland
,
J. Stevens
,
H. Rastegary
,
S. Button
and
J.J. Vasey
(1995).
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Personnel Management Demonstration Project Final Report. 190 pp.
Jensen, L.I.
,
G.T. Cornwell
and
J.L. Findeis
(1995).
"Informal Work in Nonmetropolitan Pennsylvania."
Rural Sociology 60(1):91-107.
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Findeis, J.L.
,
L.I. Jensen
and
W.L. Hsu
(1996).
"Education and Employment: Getting Better Jobs."
Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm and Resources Issues Fourth Quarter:22-23.
Bell, B.
and
J.L. Findeis
(1997).
Field Tested: Seeking Housing Solutions for Farmworkers.
Harrisburg, PA:
Rural Opportunities, Inc..
Findeis, J.L.
and
W.L. Hsu
(1997).
"Employment in Rural America." In
Goreham, G.A.
(Ed.)
, Encyclopedia of Rural America (Volume One).
Santa Barbara, CA:
ABC-CLIO.
(pp. 227-230)
Findeis, J.L.
,
L.I. Jensen
and
G.T. Cornwell
(1997).
"Rural Employment Alternatives: Wage Work versus Self-Employment among Rural Households." In
Bollman, R.D.
and
J.M. Bryden
(Eds.)
, Rural Employment: An International Perspective.
Wallingford, UK:
CAB International.
(pp. 277-290)
Smith, S.M.
,
J.L. Findeis
,
D.B. Kraybill
and
S.M. Nolt
(1997).
"Nonagricultural Micro-Enterprise Development among the Pennsylvania Amish: A New Phenomenon."
Journal of Rural Studies 13(3):237-251.
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Findeis, J.L.
(1998).
Labor Adjustment in Agriculture: Implications of Policy Reform in North America. Report to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Paris
Findeis, J.L.
(1998).
"Transformation of the U.S. Rural Labor Force: Changes in Occupation and Industry." In
Smith, T.S.
(Ed.)
, Innovations in Rural Rehabilitation: A Modern Perspective.
Louisiana:
Bow River Publishing.
(pp. 54-96)
Findeis, J.L.
and
L.I. Jensen
(1998).
"Employment Opportunities in Rural Areas: Implications for Poverty in a Changing Policy Environment."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 80(5):1000-1007.
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Shields, M.
and
J.L. Findeis
(1998).
"How Might an Increase in the Minimum Wage Affect U.S. Farms?."
Agricultural Law Update 15(9):4-6.
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Jensen, L.I.
,
J.L. Findeis
,
W.L. Hsu
and
J.P. Schachter
(1999).
"Slipping Into and Out of Underemployment: Another Disadvantage for Nonmetropolitan Workers?."
Rural Sociology 64(3):417-438.
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Corsi, A.
and
J.L. Findeis
(2000).
"True State Dependence and Heterogeneity in Off-Farm Labour Participation."
European Review of Agricultural Economics 27(2):127-151.
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Findeis, J.L.
(2000).
"Hired Farm Labor: A Dynamic Workforce." In
Findeis, J.L.
,
A. Vandeman
,
J. Larson
and
J. Runyan
(Eds.)
, Dynamics of Hired Farm labor: Constraints and Community Responses.
UK:
CAB-International.
Findeis, J.L.
,
A. Vandeman
,
J. Larson
and
J. Runyan
(2000).
The Dynamics of Hired Farm Labor: Constraints and Community Responses.
Wallingford, UK:
CAB-International.
Findeis, J.L.
,
L.I. Jensen
and
Q. Wang
(2000).
"Underemployment Prevalence and Transitions in the U.S. South."
Southern Rural Sociology 16(1):125-147.
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Jensen, L.I.
,
J.L. Findeis
and
Q. Wang
(2000).
"Labor Supply and Underemployment in the Southern United States."
Southern Rural Sociology 16(1):96-124.
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Larson, J.
and
J.L. Findeis
(2000).
"A Comparison of the Agricultural Labor and Nonfarm Labor Force in the United States." In
Dynamics of Hired Farm Labor: Constraints and Community Responses.
UK:
CAB-International.
Findeis, J.L.
,
J. Anton
,
C. Weiss
and
K. Saito
(2001).
Agricultural Policy Reform and Farm Employment.
Paris:
OECD.
Swaminathan, H.
and
J.L. Findeis
(2003).
"Access to Credit and Women's Work Decisions: An Empirical Study in Rural Malawi."
Journal of Population 9(1):1-49.
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Nankhuni, F.J.
and
J.L. Findeis
(2004).
"Natural Resource-Collection Work and Children's Schooling in Malawi."
Agricultural Economics 31(2-3):123-134.
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Swaminathan, H.
and
J.L. Findeis
(2004).
"Policy Intervention and Poverty in Rural America."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86(5):1289-1296.
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Findeis, J.L.
,
A.R. Snyder
and
A. Jayaraman
(2005).
"The Well-Being of U.S. Farm Workers: Employee Benefits, Public Assistance, and Long-Term Effects."
Review of Agricultural Economics 27(3):361-368.
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Snyder, A.R.
,
D.K. McLaughlin
and
J.L. Findeis
(2006).
"Household Composition and Poverty among Female-Headed Households with Children: Differences by Race and Residence."
Rural Sociology 71(4):597-624.
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Alter, T.R.
,
J. Bridger
,
J.L. Findeis
,
T.W. Kelsey
,
A.E. Luloff
,
D.K. McLaughlin
and
W.C. Shuffstall
(2007).
Strengthening Rural Pennsylvania: An Integrated Approach to a Prosperous Commonwealth.
Washington, DC:
The Brookings Institution.
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Dwyer, J.
and
J.L. Findeis
(2008).
"Human and Social Capital in Rural Development--EU and US Perspectives."
EuroChoices 7(1):38-45.
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Kranz, S.
,
J.L. Findeis
and
S.S. Shrestha
(2008).
"Use of the Revised Children's Diet Quality Index to Assess Preschooler's Diet Quality, Its Sociodemographic Predictors, and Its Association with Body Weight Status."
Jornal de pediatria 84(1):26-34.
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Trauger, A.
,
C. Sachs
,
M. Barbercheck
,
N.E. Kiernan
,
K. Brasier
and
J.L. Findeis
(2008).
"Gender Identity and Knowledge Exchange."
Journal of Rural Studies 24(4):432-439.
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