Staff Biographical Page: Alexander Marre

Briefly

Alexander "Alex" Marre is a Research Agricultural Economist for the Farm and Rural Household Well-Being Branch in the Resource and Rural Economics Division. His primary areas of research and outreach include: rural human capital, rural labor markets, and migration along the rural-to-urban continuum.

Background

Alex joined ERS in 2009. From 2004 to 2009 he worked in a variety of roles at Oregon State University, including Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant, and Instructor. Research activities included: an analysis of the relationship between education, rural-to-urban migration, and economic outcomes for rural, working-age people; an evaluation of the effects of workforce training and other labor market support services provided in the state of Oregon; a review of current research on the effects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 for rural residents; and a synthesis of the rural poverty literature in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics since its inception.

Education

Alex received his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from Oregon State University in 2009, M.A. in Economics from Fordham University in 2004, and B.A.E. in Economics with a minor in Mathematics from the Albers School of Business and Economics at Seattle University in 2003.

Professional Affiliations

Alex is a member of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA), the AAEA Community Economics Network, and the Western Agricultural Economics Association since 2005. He is a member of the Southern Regional Science Association since 2007.

Publications

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Marre, A. 2008. Review of Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty: Dreams, Disenchantments, and Diversity by K. Pickering, M.H. Harvey, G.F. Summers, and D. Mushinski. Journal of Regional Science 48:671-3.

Weber, B., A. Marre, M. Fisher, R. Gibbs, and J. Cromartie. 2007. "Educations Effect on Poverty: The Role of Migration." Review of Agricultural Economics 29:437-45.

Marre, A. and B. Weber. 2007. "Assessing Community Capacity in Rural America: Some Lessons from Two Rural Observatories." Rural Studies Program Working Paper Series No. 07-02, Oregon State University.

Weber, B., A. Marre, M. Fisher, R. Gibbs and J. Cromartie. 2007. "Educations Effect on Poverty: the Role of Migration and Labor Markets." Rural Studies Program Working Paper Series No. 07-01, Oregon State University.