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UCD ARE Collaboration with WFP Finds Economic Benefits from Giving Land to Refugees

Feb. 3, 2023

A new study, published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, finds that providing refugees with agricultural land significantly improves their welfare and self-reliance, while creating positive economic spillovers for …

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ARE Ph.D. Alumni Joakim Weill and Matthieu Stigler and Co-Authors Publish New Paper on Wildfire Smoke Impacts and Exposure in Nature Human Behavior

July 11, 2022

Pollution from wildfires constitutes a growing source of poor air quality globally. To protect health, governments largely rely on citizens to limit their own wildfire smoke exposures, but the effectiveness …

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Career Workshop Features Alumnae Discussing Employment Opportunities with ARE Master’s Degree

April 25, 2019

The annual M.S. Career Workshop offered Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE) master’s students a chance to learn from successful alumnae how to best utilize their advanced degrees in the impending …

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Ted Gilliland, Jim Sanchirico and Ed Taylor Show Impacts of Cash Transfers on Natural Resources in PNAS Article

March 26, 2019

Cash transfer programs assist hundreds of millions of poor individuals in developing countries but stimulate local demand that can cause environmental damage. Degradation of the local environment, in turn, affects …

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Jim Sanchirico and Four UCD ARE Alumni Document Spillovers from Fishery Management in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Feb. 19, 2019

Catch shares are a management tool used worldwide and are typically implemented on a single-fishery basis. Using network analysis and data from the Alaska region, the paper offers empirical evidence …

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Department Professors and Alumni Give Presentations about Pollination Economics in the Face of Pollinator Decline

Dec. 17, 2018

At the Allied Social Science Association's Annual Meeting on Jan. 5, professors and alumni of the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE) will give presentations in an …

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J. Edward Taylor and Diane Charlton’s New Book The Farm Labor Problem: A Global Perspective Published by Elsevier Academic Press

Dec. 12, 2018

The Farm Labor Problem: A Global Perspective, by J. Edward Taylor, professor in the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and Diane Charlton, assistant professor in the Department …

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New Website on Farm Labor Launched by UCD ARE

Dec. 12, 2018

This Farm Labor website features research findings from the End of Farm Labor Abundance Project at UC Davis, which documents the declining farm labor supply and its implications for farmers, …

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Ph.D. Alumni Roheim and Anderson Named Fellows of the International Institute for Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET)

Nov. 28, 2018

Two alumni of UC Davis’ Agricultural and Resource Economics graduate program were honored at the recent 2018 biennial conference of the International Institute for Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET) in …

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John Bovay and Dan Sumner Show Long-Run Market Effects of the Food Safety Modernization Act in the journal Applied Economics Perspectives and Policy

Oct. 17, 2018

Published in the September 2018 issued of Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy is "Economic Effects of the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act," by John Bovay, University of Connecticut assistant professor …

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