ZACHARIAH RUTLEDGE, PH.D.
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​Peer-Reviewed Publications
"Farm Labor Supply and Fruit and Vegetable Production," with Pierre Mérel. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. (Conditionally Accepted).
"Economic Assimilation of Mexicans and Central Americans in the United States," with Giovanni Peri.  IZA Journal of Development and Migration. (2022).
"Proposed Changes to the H-2A Program Would Affect Labor Costs in the United States and California," with Philip Martin. California Agriculture, 75(3):135-141. (2022).
“Viewpoint: The Future of Work in Agri-Food," with Luc Christiaensen and J. Edward Taylor. Food Policy. (2020).
"Innovations for a Shrinking Agricultural Workforce,"  with Diane Charlton, J. Edward Taylor, and Stavros Vougioukas. Choices. 34(2). (2019).
"Can Wages Rise Quickly Enough to Keep Workers in the Fields?"  with Diane Charlton, J. Edward Taylor, and Stavros Vougioukas. Choices. 34(2). (2019).


Book Chapters
"Evolving Agricultural Labor Markets," with Diane Charlton and J. Edward Taylor. Chapter 77 in C. Barrett and D. Just (Eds.), The Handbook of Agricultural Economics. (2021).
"The Short-Run Impacts of Immigration on Native Workers: A Sectoral Approach," with Pierre Mérel. In R. Sauer (Ed.), World Scientific Handbook of Global Migration. (Forthcoming).
"Economic and Societal Aspects," with J. Edward Taylor. In S. G. Vougioukas and Q. Zhang (Eds.), 
Advanced Automation for Tree Fruit Orchards and Vineyards. Springer Nature. (Forthcoming)
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Outreach Publications
"Labor Standards Enforcement in California Agriculture," with Philip Martin, Daniel Costa, and Forest Peterson. Rural Migration News Blog No. 208. (2021).
"Federal Labor Standards Enforcement in Agriculture," 
with Daniel Costa and Philp Martin. Economic Policy Institute Report. (2020).
"What is the Future of Work in Agri-Food?," with Luc Christiaensen and J. Edward Taylor. Brookings Institution. (2020).
"Revisiting Economic Assimilation of Mexican and Central American Immigrants in the United States," with Giovanni Peri. Cato Institute Research Briefs in Economic Policy, No. 220. (2020).

"COVID-19 and Farm Workers: Challenges Facing California Agriculture," with Timothy Beatty, Alexandra HIll, and Philip Martin. ARE Update, 23(5). (2020).
"Recent Mexican and Central American Immigrants Have Performed Well in the Labor Market, but There is Room for Improvement." U.C. Davis Global Migration Center: Immigration Fact. (2020).
"California Farmers Change Production Practices as the Farm Labor Supply Declines,"  with J. Edward Taylor. (2019). ARE Update, 22(6). (2019).

Working Papers
"Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration," with Joaquin Mayorga.​
"Agricultural Labor and Bargaining Power," with Timothy Richards
​"Spillover Effects of Minimum Wages in US Agriculture," with Timothy Richards, Marcelo Castillo, and Philip Martin.
"The H-2A Foreign Worker Program in 2020," with Philip Martin and Marcelo Castillo. USDA-ERS, Economic Information Bulletin. (in clearance; being edited; draft unavailable due to ERS policy).

Other Work in Progress
"Imperfect Competition in Farm Labor Markets," with Timothy Richards, Marcelo Castillo, and Philip Martin. 
"Dollar Store Entry and Rural Household Welfare," with Lauren Chenarides and Timothy Richards
"COVID-19, Truck Rates and Trucking Shortages," with Timothy Richards
"2022 Farm Labor Survey," with J. Edward Taylor, Edward Whitney, the California Farm Bureau Federation, the National Council of Agricultural Employers, and AmericanHort

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UC Davis Migration Research Cluster Workshop, ​Davis, CA, 2017
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Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., 2018
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The Future of Work in Agriculture Conference, Washington, D.C., 2019
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​All-California Labor Economics Conference, Santa Cruz, CA, 2019



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