Michael Colvin received his BS ’05 in Environmental Economics and Policy (EEP) and his Masters of Public Policy in ’07. Read the Breakthroughs article here to learn more about Michael's work decarbonizing California.
The Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5)
ARE doctoral candidate Simon Greenhill (chapter lead author) and ARE alumni have contributed to the first ever Economics Chapter in the Fifth National Climate Assessment. Amongst the UC Berkeley-ARE alumni contributers: Wolfram Schlenker ('03), Columbia University; Judson Boomhower ('15), University of California, San Diego; and Hannah Druckenmiller ('21) , California Institute of Technology
Air Pollution, Weather, and Agricultural Worker Productivity
The above titled research is published in the current issue of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics and authored by ARE faculty member Alexandra Hill and co-authors. Their research studies the impact of harsh environmental conditions, including high temperatures and poor air quality, on outdoor agricultural workers.
ARE Alumna '09 Kristin Kiesel and Co-Authors Analyze Undergraduate Enrollment During the Pandemic
The authors' research is published in the current edition of the Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. The study analyzes undergraduate students' enrollment intentions and preferences for alternate teaching modalities during the pandemic. Associate Professor Kiesel teaches at UC Davis-ARE.
Ellen Bruno and Co-Authors Study Cost-Effectiveness of Recharge Net Metering (ReNeM) in Nature Water Article
ReNeM is a conceptually novel, market-based mechanism to help overcome barriers to groundwater management that agencies often confront when implementing managed aquifer recharge. ARE Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension Ellen Bruno and co-authors discuss the mechanism in their recent Nature Water article.
California’s Overtime Law for Agricultural Workers: What Happened to Worker Hours and Pay?
Read about the impacts of California's 2019 agricultural worker's overtime law in ARE Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension Alexandra Hill's research, published in the current issue of the ARE UPDATE.
Information and Spillovers from Targeting Policy in Peru’s Anchoveta Fishery
This is the title of ARE alumnus '21 and economist with the World Bank, Gabe Englander's published research in the current issue of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. The paper establishes that a targeted policy backfires because it reveals information about nontargeted units.
ARE Alumnus of the Year 2023
ARE is very pleased to announce that Gershon Feder, class of 1976, is the 2023 ARE Alumnus of the Year. Congratulations Gershon on a career "acknowledged as one of the world’s leading authorities on the evaluation of extension impact, and [making] path-breaking contributions in the fields of land policy, the economics of technology diffusion, and farmer behavior under uncertainty."
Francis Annan Research Published in REEP
The research of Professor Belinda Archibong and ARE Professor Francis Annan examining the links among climate change, epidemics, and socioeconomic inequality has been published in the recent issue of Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (REEP)
Gordon Rausser Appointed to the Central European University's Board of Trustees
Beginning in 2021, Gordon Rausser was appointed to a 5-year term in the honorable and critically responsible role of Board Trustee with the Central European University (CEU). ARE wishes Gordon well in helping to direct CEU toward achieving its mission.
The Role of Public–Private Partnerships in Fostering Outer Space Innovations
Agricultural and Resource Economics Emeriti Professor, Gordon Rausser, co-authored a paper on how NASA, research universities, and private companies can coordinate as the space economy grows.
Adolescents Were Group Most Likely to Visit the ER for Mental Health Care During the Pandemic, Study Finds
A new analysis led by ARE professor Sofia Villas-Boas shows that a higher-than-normal proportion of children ages 12 to 17 sought mental health-related care in the ER during the pandemic
David Zilberman Selected For Task Force on Re-Engineering the Agricultural System Around Health
Professor Zilberman to serve on committee on transforming agricultural ecosystems and the agriculture-food value chain for a large, collaborative study funded by the USDA.
Francis Annan and Co-Author Study Communication and Mental Health
Professor Annan and co-author Professor Belinda Archibong's working paper, "The Value of Communication for Mental Health," is featured on the NBER home page today.
Russian Weaponization of Food Rattles Global Markets
Co-authors Colin A. Carter and Sandro Steinbach's above-titled article can be in found in the current edition of the Giannini Foundation's ARE Update, along with two other articles, one co-authored by UCB-ARE Faculty Gordon Rausser and David Zilberman regarding the bioeconomy, and a third article co-authored by UCD-ARE PhD candidate Yanan Zheng et al., addressing the proposed regulation of nitroguanidine-substituted neonicotinoid insecticides.
Social Networks and Technology Adoption: Evidence from Church Mergers in the U.S. Midwest
This is the title of the current article published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics co-authored by ARE alumni '17, Fiona Burlig, Assistant Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, and Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Andrew Stevens.
Wildfire Smoke and Pollution
ARE alumnus '14 and Stanford associate professor Marshall Burke was recently interviewed by KQED-FM regarding his research showing that increased wildfire smoke is having a big impact on air pollution, reversing some of the country’s progress on clean air. You can listen to the interview here.
Open Faculty Position in ARE
ARE is currently recruiting for an Assistant Professor of Energy, Environmental, and Resource Economics.
New Book 'Risks in Agricultural Supply Chains' Now Available
David Zilberman and co-editor Pol Antras have collected articles that combine conceptual analysis with empirical case studies. The emphasis is on the vulnerabilities of supply chains to shocks, their resilience and their capacity to adapt - among the studies is a pivot in response to the pandemic and adaptation to climate change shocks. Several ARE alumni contributed to the book.
Pollution and Fatal Traffic Accidents in California Counties
ARE Professor Sofia Villas-Boas and co-author Mark Braun estimate pollution's causal effect on fatal traffic accidents using instrumental variables. You can read their Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy article here.