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Agricultural & Resource Economics

UC Berkeley's Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics is top-ranked worldwide for its outstanding contributions to questions in agriculture and resource policy, development economics, environmental and energy economics, and international trade.

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Job Candidates 2021-2022

We are proud to provide interested institutions with a preview of our Ph.D. candidates who are available for employment in 2021-2022.

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Areas of Research

There are three general areas of research focus in the ARE department.

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Events

Fiona Burlig | University of Chicago | Harris School of Public Policy

Leo K. Simon Agriculture & Natural Resource Thursday Seminar Series
Energy, Groundwater, and Crop Choice
Thursday January 27, 2022
Zoom Seminar

Ashesh Rambachan | Harvard University | Economics

Identifying Prediction Mistakes in Observational Data
Tuesday February 01, 2022
Zoom Seminar
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Department News

The San Joaquin Valley Has a Salinity Problem

After decades of salt accumulation, Berkeley scientists look for new solutions. ARE Professor David Zilberman was interviewed in the Winter 2021 issue of California Magazine regarding the matter.

 

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More Than 1 million Fewer Students Are In College. Here's How That Impacts the Economy

UC Berkeley News features an NPR news piece reporting that more than 1 million fewer students are enrolled in college now than before the pandemic began. According to new data released Thursday, U.S. colleges and universities saw a drop of nearly 500,000 undergraduate students in the Fall of 2021, continuing a historic decline that began the previous Fall. Read more about the data released, here.