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ARE in The Economist: Economic Impact of Refugees
April 26, 2018
An article in The Economist cites a study, Economic Impact of Refugees, co-written by ARE researchers. The study found that each new refugee household in Uganda boosts total local income, ...
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Schaefer Wins Prestigious AAEA Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
April 25, 2018
Ph.D. Alumnus K. Aleks Schaefer, 2017, has been named a recipient of the 2018 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award for his dissertation, The Economics of ...
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Labor-Related Issues in California and U.S. Agriculture Examined in NAWS Workshop and NAFTA, H-2A, Immigration, and ALRB Conference
April 25, 2018
In early April, two events took place at UC Davis about labor-related issues in California and U.S. agriculture. National Agricultural Worker Survey (NAWS) Workshop On April 12, a workshop was ...
First-Year Seminar Introduces Possibilities of Consulting Profession
April 20, 2018
One of Justin Garey’s greatest takeaways from the First-Year Seminar (FYS) “I Want to Be a Consultant, I Just Don’t Know What They Do” was learning the difference between a ...
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Rubén Irvin Rojas Valdés: Assistant Professor at Center for Research and Teaching in Economics
April 19, 2018
After completing his Ph.D., Irvin Rojas will join the Department of Economics at the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE) in August, 2018.
Alston, Sumner, Sambucci: Should California Winemakers Be Worried about China's Tariffs?
April 18, 2018
Distinguished professors Julian Alston and Daniel Sumner and postdoctoral scholar Olena Sambucci recently published "Should California Winemakers Be Worried about China's Tarrifs?" The article presents data about what percentage of ...
Ph.D. Student Emily McGlynn Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
April 13, 2018
Ph.D. Student Emily McGlynn has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. From 12,000 applicants in 2018, Emily is one of 2,000 graduate students nationwide who received ...
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Ellen Bruno: UC Berkeley Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension
April 11, 2018
After earning a Ph.D. from the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE), Ellen Bruno will join the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley in ...
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A UC-Mexico Initiative on Climate Change
April 9, 2018
The UC-Mexico Initiative’s Environment Working Group (EWG), directed by Ed Taylor, promotes binational research, teaching, and outreach collaborations on the implications of climate change for Mexico and California. The Group’s ...
Ecological Economics Journal Highlights Ph.D. Student Joakim Weill's Master's Thesis Offering a Cost-Benefit Approach for Prioritizing Invasive Species
April 6, 2018
Joakim Weill, a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, is having part of his master's thesis published in the April issue of Ecological Economics. Joakim ...
