Dr David Hadley

Senior Lecturer , Economics - Faculty of Science, Agriculture, Business and Law; UNE Business School

David Hadley

Phone: +61 2 6773 4593

Email: dhadley@une.edu.au

Biography

Dr Hadley is an applied environmental and agricultural economist with research interests ranging from environmental valuation methodologies, to the analysis of the uptake of new agricultural technologies in developing countries. His principal research interests are concerned with the valuation of ecosystem goods and services and economic assessment methodologies that incorporate these valuations (predominately cost-benefit analysis). In the past the focus of this research has been on 'wet' ecosystems; wetlands, river water quality and marine and coastal environments. He also has a further strand of research based in efficiency and productivity analysis; particularly with respect to agricultural production, and with the incorporation of environmental externalities into measures of productivity. More recent research has been concerned with the efficiency of agricultural production in Africa and with the adoption of new techniques by smallholder African farmers.

Qualifications

Bsc (Hons) Agricultural Economics, University of Reading, 1993 and PhD University of Reading, 1997.

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Level

ECON121/221 Food Security and Environmental Scarcity

ECON326 Benefit-cost Analysis

ECON329/429 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Post-graduate Level

ECON526 Benefit-cost Analysis

ECON429 Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Primary Research Area/s

Efficiency and productivity analysis; Benefit-cost analysis; Valuation of ecosystem services

Research Interests

Dr Hadley is an applied environmental and agricultural economist with research interests ranging from environmental valuation methodologies, to the analysis of the uptake of new agricultural technologies in developing countries. His principal research interests are concerned with the valuation of ecosystem goods and services and economic assessment methodologies that incorporate these valuations (predominately cost-benefit analysis). In the past the focus of this research has been on 'wet' ecosystems; wetlands, river water quality and marine and coastal environments. He also has a further strand of research based in efficiency and productivity analysis; particularly with respect to agricultural production, and with the incorporation of environmental externalities into measures of productivity. More recent research has been concerned with the efficiency of agricultural production in Africa and with the adoption of new techniques by smallholder African farmers.

Research Supervision Experience

Omphile Temoso, PhD thesis: Agricultural Productivity, Efficiency and Growth in Botswana, Principal Supervisor, Graduated 2016

Derek Purdy, PhD thesis: Integrating Sandfish ('H.scabra') Aquaculture Development with the Social-Ecological System of an Artisanal Fishery in Papua New Guinea, Principal Supervisor, Graduated 2017

Valentine Petentsebenkwange Nchinda, PhD thesis: Economics of Improved Seed Yam Production: Implications for Food Security in Cameroon, Principal Supervisor, Graduated 2018

Bui Quang Minh, PhD thesis: Farmers' Adaptive Responses to Climate Change:  Evidence from the Small-Scale Rubber Sector in Southeast Vietnam, Co-Supervisor, Graduated 2016

Isaac Koomson, PhD thesis: The Impact of Financial Literacy on Financial Inclusion and Household Welfare in Ghana, Co-Supervisor, Submitted December 2019

Publications

Journal Articles

Koomson, I., Villano, R. A. & Hadley, D. (2020). Effect of Financial Inclusion on Poverty and Vulnerability to Poverty: Evidence Using a Multidimensional Measure of Financial Inclusion,Social Indicators Research. DOI:10.1007/s11205-019-02263-0

Koomson, I., Villano, R. A., & Hadley, D. (2020). Intensifying financial inclusion through the provision of financial literacy training: a gendered perspective, Applied Economics, 52(4), 375-387. DOI:10.1080/00036846.2019.1645943

Nchinda, V.P., Hadley, D., Villano, R.A. & Morales, E.L. (2020). Assessing the impact of adoption of improved seed yam technology in Cameroon, Journal of Developing Areas, 54(2), 15-29. DOI: 10.1353/jda.2020.0013

Temoso, O., Hadley, D., & Villano, R. (2018). Sources of efficiency, productivity and output growth in Botswanan agriculture. Review of Development Economics, DOI:10.1111/rode.12376

Purdy, D. H., Hadley, D. J., Kenter, J. O., and Kinch, J. (2017). Sea Cucumber Moratorium and Livelihood Diversity in Papua New Guinea, Coastal Management, 45(2), 1-17.
DOI:10.1080/08920753.2017.1278147

Nchinda, V.P., Villano, R.A., Hadley, D. and Morales, E.L. (2016) Performance of smallholder minisett seed yam farm enterprises in Cameroon, African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 11(4), 277-91.

Temoso, O., Villano, R. and Hadley, D. (2016) Evaluating the productivity gap between commercial and traditional beef production systems in Botswana. Agricultural Systems 149: 30-39.
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.07.014

Temoso, O., Villano, R.A. and Hadley, D. (2015). Agricultural productivity, efficiency and growth in a semi-arid country: a case study of Botswana. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 10(3), 192-206.

Temoso, O., D. Hadley, D., and Villano, R. (2015). Performance Measurement of Extensive Beef Cattle Farms in Botswana. Agrekon, 54(4), 87-112. doi:10.1080/03031853.2015.1116399

Bateman, I.J., Harwood, A.R., Mace, G.M., Watson, R.T., Abson, D.J., Andrews, B., Binner, A., Crowe, A., Day, B.H., Dugdale, S., Fezzi, C., Foden, J., Hadley, D., Haines-Young, R., Hulme, M., Kontoleon, A., Lovett, A.A., Munday, P., Pascual, U., Paterson, J., Perino, G., Sen, A., Siriwardena, G., van Soest, D. and Termansen, M. (2013). Bringing Ecosystem Services into Economic Decision-Making: Land Use in the United Kingdom. Science, 341(6141), 45-50. doi:10.1126/science.1234379

Ian J. Bateman, Amii R. Harwood, David J. Abson, Barnaby Andrews, Andrew Crowe, Steve Dugdale, Carlo Fezzi, Jo Foden, David Hadley, Roy Haines-Young, Mark Hulme, Andreas Kontoleon, Paul Munday, Unai Pascual, James Paterson, Grischa Perino, Antara Sen, Gavin Siriwardena, Mette Termansen (2014). Economic Analysis for the UK National Ecosystem Assessment: Synthesis and Scenario Valuation of Changes in Ecosystem Services. Environmental and Resource Economics, 57(2), 273-297, doi:10.1007/s10640-013-9662-y

Hadley, D., Fleming, E., and Villano, R. (2013). Is Input Mix Inefficiency Neglected in Agriculture? A Case Study of Pig-based Farming Systems in England and Wales. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 64(2), 505-515. doi:10.1111/1477-9552.12003

Fezzi, C., Hutchins, M., Rigby, D., Bateman, I.J., Posen, P., and Hadley, D. (2010). Integrated assessment of water framework directive nitrate reduction measures. Agricultural Economics, 41, 123-134.

Hadley, D. (2009). Land use and the coastal zone. Land Use Policy, 26, S198-S203.

Brendan Fisher, Kerry Turner, Andrew Balmford, Roy Brouwer, Robert Costanza, Rudolf de Groot, Stephen Farber, Paul Ferraro, Rhys Green, David Hadley, Julian Harlow, Paul Jefferiss, Chris Kirby, Paul Morling, Shaun Mowatt, Robin Naidoo, Jouni Paavola, Bernardo Strassburg, Doug Yu, and Matt Zylstra (2008). Integrating Ecosystem Services and Economic Theory: what can we do, what should we do, and what has been done? Ecological Applications, 18(8), 2050-2067.

Carlo Fezzi, Dan Rigby, Ian J. Bateman, David Hadley, and Paulette Posen (2008). Estimating the range of impacts arising from nitrate leaching reduction policies using farm accounts. Agricultural Economics, 39(2), 197-205.

Martin, A.D., and Hadley, D.J. (2008). Corporate environmental non-reporting: a UK FTSE 350 perspective. Business Strategy and the Environment, 17(4), 245-259.

Hadley, D., and Irz, X. (2008). Productivity and Farm Profit – A Microeconomic Analysis of the Cereal Sector. Applied Economics, 40(5), 1-12.

Turner, R.K., Burgess, D., Hadley, D., Coombes, E., and Jackson, N. (2007). A cost-benefit appraisal of coastal managed realignment policy. Global Environmental Change, 17(3-4), 397-407.

Ian Bateman, Julian Andrews, Roy Brouwer, Helen Davies, Brett Day, Amelie Deflandre, Salvatore Di Falco, Stavros Georgiou, David Hadley, Michael Hutchins, Tim Jickells, Andrew P. Jones, David Kay, Graham Leeks, Mervyn Lewis, Andrew A. Lovett, Colin Neal, Paulette Posen, Dan Rigby, Emily Sheldon, R. Kerry Turner (2006. Catchment Hydrology, Resources, Economics And Management (ChREAM): Integrated Modelling of Rural Land Use & Farm Income Impacts of the WFD and its Potential Non-Market Benefits. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 57, 221-237.

Hadley, D. (2006). Patterns in technical efficiency and technical change at the farm level in England and Wales 1982-1997. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 57, 81-100.

Bateman, I.J., Cole, M., Georgiou, S., and Hadley, D. (2006). Comparing contingent valuation and contingent ranking: Valuing the benefits of urban river water quality improvements. Journal of Environmental Management, 79, 221-231.

Shankar, B., and Hadley, D. (2005). On the measurement of subset input overuse using DEA. Empirical Economics Letters, 4, 1-10.

Bateman, I.J., Cole, M., Cooper, P., Georgiou, S., Hadley, D., and Poe, G.L. (2004). On visible choice sets and scope sensitivity. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 47, 71-93.

Piesse, J., Hadley, D., Shankar, B., and Thirtle, C. (2002). The efficiency of input use during the early transition in Hungary. Economics of Planning, 35, 183-204.

Wilson, P., Hadley, D., and Asby, C. (2001). The influence of management characteristics on the technical efficiency of wheat farmers in Eastern England. Agricultural Economics, 24, 329-338.

Wilson, P., Hadley, D., and Asby, C. (2000). Identifying the audience and the media of communication: targeting technology transfer in the UK cereals industry. Outlook on Agriculture, 29, 185-192.

Hadley, D., Shankar, B., and Thirtle, C. (1999). Was South African agriculture over-capitalised in the apartheid era? Agrekon, 38, 777-787.

Wilson, P., Hadley, D., Ramsden, S., and Kaltsas, I. (1998). Measuring and explaining technical efficiency in UK potato production. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 49, 294-305.

C. Thirtle, D. Hadley, and R. Townsend (1995). Policy-induced innovation in Sub-Saharan African agriculture: a multilateral Malmquist productivity index approach. Development Policy Review, 13, 323-348.

Book Chapters

Bateman, I.J., Perino, G., Abson, D., Andrews, B., Crowe, A., Dugdale, S., Fezzi, C., Foden, J., Hadley, D., Haines-Young, R., Harwood, A., Hulme, M., Kontoleon, A., Munday, P., Pascual, U., Paterson, J., Sen, A., Siriwardena, G., & Termansen, M., (2014). The UK National Ecosystem Assessment: Valuing Changes in Ecosystem Services. In: Helm, D. & Hepburn, C., (Eds), Nature in the Balance: The Economics of Biodiversity, Chapter 5. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Bateman, I.J., Cole, M., Cooper, P., Georgiou, S., Hadley, D., and Poe, G.L. (2012). On visible choice sets and scope sensitivity. In Willis, K.G., and Garrod, G. (Eds) Valuing Environment and Natural Resources. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Georgiou, S., Bateman, I., Cole, M., and Hadley, D. (2004). Contingent Ranking Of River Water Quality Improvements. In Phoebe Koundouri (Ed), Econometrics Informing Natural Resource Management. Edward Elgar.

Piesse, J., Hadley, D., Thirtle, C., and Van Zyl, J. (2000). Effects of the 1992 drought on productivity in the former homelands: an application of the Malmquist index. In Colin Thirtle, Johan Van Zyl and Nick Vink (Eds), South African Agriculture at the Crossroads: An Empirical Analysis of Efficiency and Productivity, Chapter 8. Macmillan.

Research Reports

Baker, D., Hadley, D. and Anderson, D. (2017) Research Activities on Rural Roads, AgriFutures Australia Publication No 17/055.
Available at: http://www.agrifutures.com.au/publications/research-activities-on-rural-roads/

Hadley, D. (2017) Controlled Environment Horticulture Industry Potential in NSW. Centre for Agribusiness, UNE Business School, Armidale, NSW.
Available at: https://www.une.edu.au/about-une/academic-schools/unebs/centre-for-agribusiness/pipeline#glasshouse

Turner, R.K., Hadley, D., Luisetti, T., Lam, V. W. Y. and Cheung, W. W. L. (2010). An Introduction to Socio-economic Assessment within a Marine Strategy Framework. London, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Retrieved from https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130402203027/http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/marine/documents/legislation/msf-socioeconomic.pdf

Pinnegar, J.K., Viner, D., Hadley, D., Dye, S., Harris. M., Berkout, F., and Simpson, M. (2006). Alternative future scenarios for marine ecosystems: technical report. Cefas Lowestoft. Retrieved from http://www.cefas.co.uk/Publications/techrep/afmec_techrep.pdf

Hadley, D. (2005). Efficiency and Productivity at the Farm Level in England and Wales 1982 to 2002. Final Report to Defra. Retrieved from

https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130402203027/http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/marine/documents/legislation/msf-socioeconomic.pdf

Nicola Beaumont, and David Hadley (2004). Managing the Effects of Trawl Fishing on the Benthic Environment: A Management Manual, An output of the COST-IMPACT project: Costing the impact of demersal fishing on marine ecosystem processes and biodiversity. CSERGE, Norwich. Retrieved from http://www.ecoserve.ie/projects/cost-impact/datatool/management_manual.pdf

Piesse, J., Thirtle, C., and Hadley, D. (2004). Current and historic relative agricultural productivity and performance: Sector and farm level. Chapter 1 in Impact on UK of increasing agricultural productivity in New Member States, Report for Defra, project No. EPES 0203/4.

Burgess, D., Jackson, N., Hadley, D., Turner, R.K., and Georgiou, S. (2004). Tamar Catchment Study. Final Catchment Study report to the EU, part of the EVALUWET project.

Cave, R., Brouwer, R., Coombes, E., Hadley, D., Turner, K., and Lorenzoni, I. (2004). Future Scenarios and Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Alternative Policy Options to Improve Water Quality in the Humber Catchment in the United Kingdom. Final Regional Catchment Study report to the EU, part of the EUROCAT project.

DEFRA (2003) Productivity of UK Agriculture: Causes and Constraints, Final Report on Project No. ER0001/3, Edited by Colin Thirtle and Jim Holding. Retrieved from https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130402203027/http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/marine/documents/legislation/msf-socioeconomic.pdf

Wilson, P., Hadley, D., and Asby, C. (1998). Analysing the Impact of R&D and Technology Transfer in Cereal Production. a report prepared for the HGCA by the Universities of Nottingham and Cambridge.

Thirtle, C., Hadley, D.,  and Townsend, R. (1996). Productivity and the Returns to Producer-Funded R&D in British Sugar Beet. 1954-92, a report commissioned by British Sugar plc.

Memberships

Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society

Consultancy Interests

I have acted as an independent consultant for a number of clients in the UK including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Environment Agency and Thames Water. In Australia I have undertaken work for the NSW Department of Industry.

Community and Advocacy Organisation Collaborations

I have acted as an advisor and expert witness for the NSW Environmental Defenders Office

Further Information

Previous positions

  • Senior Research Associate - Centre for Social and Environmental Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE), University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
  • Senior Economist – OFWAT (Office of Water Services), Birmingham, UK.
  • Lecturer in Environmental Management, University of Birmingham, UK.