Associate Professor,
Agricultural and Consumer Economics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Contact: marends@illinois.edu, 217 333-0753
What research topics are you best known for?
education, child labor, family planning
What research topics and/or issues are you currently pursuing?
household decisions about education, household consumption
What evaluation and analysis tools do you use most often in your research?
econometrics, Stata, difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, Instrumental variables
What investigations are of interest to you in the near future (next 1-3 years)?
Education and inequality, small farmers in Brazil
What skills or expertise would be most valuable to you in a collaborator on your current or future research?
Agricultural engineering
