Author: Alessandro Bonanno

Redi Reports

Unemployment and Food Insecurity Amongst Immigrants in the United States

  • August 2024
Immigrant-led households contribute to the U.S. economy in many ways. Changes in unemployment more greatly effects immigrants than natives with respect to food insecurity. The effect of unemployment is especially large for immigrant non-citizens, a group that receives little or no public assistance. Extending unemployment benefits to undocumented immigrant workers could provide support with food insecurity.…
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Changes in Colorado Alcohol Distribution Law: Preliminary evidence from scanner data on changes in household retail alcohol purchase patterns

  • October 2022
Policy changes have reshaped the Colorado alcohol retail Starting in January 2019, licensed retailers could sell full-strength beer. The number of retail liquor licenses held by a single entity is set to increase over time. CO household have re-allocated part of their alcohol expenditure. The value of alcohol purchases in CO liquor stores appears steady in the 2015-2019 period, however, in 2019, beer purchases declined sharply.…
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Agricultural Manufacturing and Rural Development

  • December 2018
Factors other than profit maximization motives may influence food manufacturing firms’ decision to locate in rural places. Quality of life, access to raw agricultural inputs and connection to community are factors most likely to contribute to rural firm location decision. Value-added manufacturing supports backwards linkages in the supply chain, with potential indirect economic impacts for agricultural firms and rural communities.…
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