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New publication: Ayenew, H. Y.; Estruch, E.; Sauer, J.; Abate Kassa, G.; Schickramm, L.; Wobst, P. "Decent rural employment and farm production efficiency: empirical evidence from Tanzania and Ethiopia."

Chair welcomes Dr. Tengiz Taktakishvili as visiting researcher

Science and research are more international today than ever before. That is why our chair pursues a strategy aiming at establishing international and intercultural collaboration in research and the creation of personal and institutional networks. In this context, we are happy to welcome Dr. Tengiz…

We are pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Shreekant Gupta from the Delhi School of Economics in our team (Visiting Professor).

As part of the chair's South Asia activities, Prof. Dr. Shreekant Gupta from the renowned Delhi School of Economics acts as Visiting Professor at our chair from 26/06 to 07/07/2017. During his visit, he will give two guest lectures in the "Climate Change Economics" course on the "Impact of Climate…

New publication: Wuepper, D. & Sauer, J. (2017). Moving Forward in Rural Ghana: Investing in Social and Human Capital Mitigates Historical Constraints. Economic History of Developing Regions.

Professor Sauer represents the TUM School of Life Sciences at a delegation visit of the Bavarian Ministry of Economics in Iran 29/4-4/5

Junior researchers of the chair group present their work at the 91st AES Conference in Dublin

Stefan Wimmer, Michael Tröster and Philipp Mennig present their research results at the 91st annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Society in Dublin. Their work covers the fields "Technology and Productivity“ (Stefan Wimmer), "Crop Varieties / Fertiliser Decision Support Tool“ (Michael…

New publication: Wuepper, D., & Lybbert, T. (2017). Perceived Self-Efficacy, Poverty and Economic Development.

Prof. Dr. Sauer and Sebastian Weber in India and Nepal for research stay (01/03-10/03/2017)

After a first successful visit in November 2016, Prof. Dr. Sauer and Sebastian Weber went on a research trip to India again between March 1 and 10, 2017. In partnership with the German Embassy in Delhi, Prof. Dr. Sauer held a Science Circle Lecture on March 3 titled “Revival of the Malthusian…

Prof. Dr. Sauer visiting Chongqing University, China (25/03-02/04/2017)

Professor Sauer will be meeting with colleagues from the Chongqing University in China to explore research cooperation possibilities. Located in Southwest China and being one of China's four direct-controlled municipalities, Chongqing is home for around 30 million people. The city is the region’s…

New publication: Sheng-Han-Erin Chang, David Wuepper, Alois Heissenhuber, Johannes Sauer „Investigating rice farmers’ preferences for an agri-environmental scheme: Is an eco-label a substitute for payments?”