Research Spotlights
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 ...
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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Professor Dan Sumner Part of UC Davis Big Ideas World Water Initiative Team
Dec. 10, 2018
ARE Frank H. Buck, Jr., Distinguished Professor Daniel A. Sumner is part of the UC Davis Big Ideas team for the World Water Initiative. UC Davis' Big Ideas are forward-thinking, ...
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Professor Michael Carter Co-Edits Book of Academic Papers about Development Economics Research on Poverty Traps
Dec. 7, 2018
Professor Michael Carter has just published a new volume on development economics research on poverty traps. The Economics of Poverty Traps (U. of Chicago), edited by Carter and co-editors Chris ...
Andrés Moya and Michael Carter on Violence and Hopelessness in the journal World Development
Nov. 9, 2018
"Violence and the formation of hopelessness: Evidence from internally displaced persons in Colombia," by Andrés Moya, assistant professor at the Universidad de los Andes and an ARE Ph.D. alumnus, and ...
Travis Lybbert, Stephen Vosti and Coauthors Report Impacts of Market Trial for Child Micronutrient Supplementation in Journal of Health Economics
Nov. 7, 2018
"Household demand persistence for child micronutrient supplementation," by Travis J. Lybbert, ARE professor, Stephen A. Vosti, ARE adjunct professor, Katherine P. Adams, ARE Ph.D. alumna and UC Davis Department of ...
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 ...
Professor Jessoe Discusses Research about What Motivates People to Conserve Water with Public Policy Institute of California
Sept. 27, 2018
Katrina Jessoe, associate professor with the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE), was recently interviewed by the Public Policy Institute of California about her research into ...
Department Alumni Sweep Marine Resource Economics Outstanding Article Awards
Sept. 11, 2018
Representative of the cutting-edge research fostered in the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE), articles co-authored by two alumni from their recent thesis work received the Marine ...
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The Economist Highlights Research by Professors Bushnell and Novan about Impacts of Renewable Energy on Wholesale Power Markets
Sept. 10, 2018
In an article titled "More solar power hurts nuclear energy. But it also hurts itself," the Economist references a research paper by James Bushnell, a UC Davis professor in economics ...
