Most asset-based measures of wealth privilege success in market-based cash economies. Yet, agricultural activities constitute a substantial path to prosperity in low and middle-income countries. Our group has built novel measures that track success in agricultural activities for over 80 low- and middle-income countries.

Relevant Publications

  1. Hackman, J. V., Hruschka, D., & Vizireanu, M. (2020, March 20). An Agricultural Wealth Index for Multidimensional Wealth Assessments. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/gqxby
  2. Lachaud J, Hruschka DJ, Kaiser BN, Brewis, A. Agricultural wealth better predicts mental wellbeing than market wealth among highly vulnerable households in Haiti: Evidence for the benefits of a multidimensional approach to poverty. American Journal of Human Biology. e23328
  3. Hadley C, Maxwell A†, Hruschka DJ (2019). Different forms of household wealth are associated with opposing risks for HIV infection in East Africa. World Development. 113, 344-351.
  4. Hruschka DJ, Hadley CM, Hackman J* (2017). Material wealth in 3D: Mapping multiple paths to prosperity in low- and middle-income countries. PLOS One. 12 (9). E0184616.
  5. Kaiser B†, Hruschka DJ, Hadley C. Measuring wealth in low-income settings: A conceptual and how-to guide. American Journal of Human Biology.  29 (4), e22987.

Funding

2017-2020 PI, NSF, “RR: Building a Robust Foundation for Measuring Material Wealth in Low- and Middle-Income Settings.”BCS-1658766.  Jointly funded by Cultural Anthropology and Methodology, Measurement and Statistics.