During AAE Ph.D. candidate Marin Skidmore’s first semester on campus, her advisor Jeremy Foltz encouraged her to articulate her goals and make a plan to achieve them. Having arrived at UW-Madison already interested in agricultural …
Research
From Beijing to Wausau
In a panel held in June, Ian Coxhead explains how the Trump administration approach to tariffs can have negative consequences for farmers in Wisconsin. From corn to ginseng, farmers across the state are dealing with …
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
The choice to migrate is never easy. While there are a lot of economic theories about where and why people migrate, what we find is that real world behavior often doesn’t match what theories would …
Schechter, Laura
Environmental and Resource Economics
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Economics of Agriculture
The reality of today’s economy is that farms are just the beginning of the role of agriculture in world markets. Agriculture is about business and management, as much as it is about production. With this shift, farmers are constantly looking for additional information about risk management, technology, input strategies and more. Our faculty are engaged in…
Community Economic Development
At its heart, community economic development is about understanding place; about working to understand how people live and work in different communities. Our faculty research how economic growth, relocation, and changing labor markets affect the economy of communities across Wisconsin, especially in rural areas. Their research is geared towards informing governments, decisionmakers, business owners and community members. Trying…
Development Economics
Our development economics faculty work on a wide range of issues, from migration to climate change to trust to social capital. Working to apply their analysis to the challenges of an increasingly global economy, they use econometric tools along with behavioral and experimental economics to inform policy worldwide.