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Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics

Dr. Huffman's researching interests include applied welfare economics/public policy, labor economics, health economics, consumption and demand analysis, economics of the household, and transition economies.

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Dr. Huffman's researching interests include applied welfare economics/public policy, labor economics, health economics, consumption and demand analysis, economics of the household, and transition economies.

Present	Adjunct Associate Professor, Iowa State University ‐ Department of Economics
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Human Resources Management and Health Economics

368D Heady

518 Farm House Ln

Ames, IA 50011

Phone: 515-294-4299

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Impacts of Economic Reform in Poland; Incidence and Welfare Changes ...

Economic Staff Paper Series (1999)

Sonya Kostova Huffman and Stanley R. Johnson

Many Central and Eastern European nations transitioned from centrally planned to market economies during the early 1990's. Murphy et al. ...

The Rise of Obesity in Transition: Theory and Empirical Evidence ...

Economics Presentations, Posters and Proceedings (2009)

Sonya K. Huffman and Marian Rizov

Since the early 1990s series of political and economic reforms have been implemented in transition economies. As a result, the ...

The Rise of Obesity in Transition Economies: Theory and Evidence ...

Economics Presentations, Posters and Proceedings (2008)

Sonya K. Huffman and Marian Rizov

This study integrates theoretical and empirical models to facilitate understanding of human obesity and the factors contributing to rising obesity ...

Consumer Choices and Welfare Gains from New, Healthy Products: A ...

Economics Presentations, Posters and Proceedings (2005)

Sonya K. Huffman, Ariun Ishdorj and Helen H. Jensen

This paper models consumer food choices with respect to different margarine and spread brands that include a new healthy brand. ...

BMI Changes in Russian Adults: The Role of Health Related ...

Research in Applied Economics (2014)

Sonya K. Huffman

The paper investigates the effects of changes in marital status and health related behaviors (smoking and drinking) on the body ...

The dynamics of food, alcohol and cigarette consumption in Russia ...

Economics and Human Biology (2014)

Thomas Herzfeld, Sonya Huffman and Marian Rizov

This paper presents evidence on the impact of individual as well as regional characteristics on the dynamics of fat, protein, ...

Body weight and labour market outcomes in Post-Soviet Russia

International Journal of Manpower (2014)

Sonya Huffman and Marian Rizov

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the impacts of overweight and obesity on the probability ...

The Russian Food, Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption Patterns during Transition

Collegium Antropologicum (2012)

Marian Rizov, Thomas Herzfeld and Sonya K. Huffman

The paper presents evidence on the impact of individual characteristics as well as regional macroeconomic factors on changes in fat, ...

Consumer demand for cholesterol-lowering enhanced margarine products

Food Economics (2010)

Sonya K. Huffman, Helen H. Jensen and Abebayehu Tegene

The development and introduction of nutritionally enhanced margarines in the mid-1990s offered the opportunity to improve public health through the ...

Over-Nutrition and Changing Health Status in High Income Countries

Forum for Health Economics & Policy (2010)

Wallace E. Huffman, Sonya K. Huffman, Kyrre Rickertsen and Abebayehu Tegene

As per capita incomes in developed countries have grown over the past three decades, overnutrition leading to obesity and elevated ...

Food Assistance Programs and Outcomes in the Context of Welfare ...

Social Science Quarterly (2008)

Sonya K. Huffman and Helen H. Jensen

Objective. Food assistance programs play an important role in meeting the basic needs of low-income households. We consider how the ...

Regional welfare program and labour force participation

Papers in Regional Science (2007)

Sonya K. Huffman and Maureen Kilkenny

This paper investigates regional variations in household welfare program and labour force participation behaviour in the United States. A choice-theoretic ...

Impacts of Economic Reform in Poland: Incidence and Welfare Changes ...

The Review of Economics and Statistics (2004)

Sonya K. Huffman and Stanley R. Johnson

The costs of shortages and rationing are not captured by standard consumer price indices. Thus the change in real GDP ...

Empirical tests of impacts of rationing: the case of Poland ...

Economic Systems (2004)

Sonya K. Huffman and Stanley R. Johnson

This study tests hypothesis derived from the theory of rationing using data for Polish households during the transition. The demand ...

An empirical analysis of joint decisions on labour supply and ...

Applied Economics Letters (2004)

Gi Choon Kang, Sonya K. Huffman and Helen H. Jensen

Economic and welfare programme factors affect the wellbeing of low-income families and their labour supply decisions. This study uses recent ...

Re-evaluation of Welfare Changes during the Transition in Poland

Post-Communist Economies (2002)

Sonya K. Huffman and Stanley R. Johnson

The costs of shortages/rationing are not captured by standard consumer price indices. Thus the change in real GDP per capita ...

Changes of household consumption behavior during the transition from centrally-planned ...

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations (1999)

Sonya Kostova Huffman

Poland was the first country in Eastern Europe to re-establish a market economy. The new government introduced a number of ...

Life Satisfaction and Diet: Evidence from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring ...

Economics Working Papers (2017)

Sonya Huffman and Marian Rizov

The goal of this study is to improve our understanding of life satisfaction overall and in Russia in particular by ...

BMI changes in Russian adults: the role of health related ...

Economics Working Papers (2002–2016) (2013)

Sonya K. Huffman

The paper investigates the effects of changes in marital status and health related behaviors (smoking and drinking) on the body ...

Body Weight and Labour Market Outcomes in Post-Soviet Russia

Economics Working Papers (2002–2016) (2011)

Sonya K. Huffman and Marian Rizov

This paper estimates the impacts of weight, measured by body mass index (BMI), on employment, wages, and missed work due ...

The dynamics of the Russian lifestyle during transition: changes in ...

Economics Working Papers (2002–2016) (2011)

Thomas Herzfeld, Sonya K. Huffman and Marian Rizov

This paper presents evidence on the impact of individual as well as regional characteristics on changes in fat, protein, alcohol ...

Social Assistance Programs and Outcomes: Food Assistance in the Context ...

CARD Working Papers (2006)

Sonya Kostova Huffman and Helen H. Jensen

Food assistance programs play an important role in meeting the basic needs of low-income households. We consider the complex interactions ...

The Economics of Obesity-Related Mortality Among High Income Countries

Economics Working Papers (2002–2016) (2006)

Wallace E. Huffman, Sonya K Huffman, Abebayehu Tegene and Kyrre Rickertsen

Health production and supply functions based on models for productive households are established. Data for 18 high income countries over ...

An Empirical Analysis of Joint Decisions on Labor Supply and ...

CARD Working Papers (2004)

Gi Choon Kang, Sonya Kostova Huffman and Helen H. Jensen

Economic and welfare program factors affect the well-being of low-income families and their labor supply decisions. This study uses data ...

Regional Welfare Programs and Labor Force Participation

CARD Working Papers (2003)

Sonya Kostova Huffman and Maureen Kilkenny

Welfare program dependency and expenditures rise during recessions, while income tax revenues from working people fall. Thus, now that states ...