Karen Thome

Former ERS Staff

Briefly

Karen is an economist in the International Trade and Development Branch in ERS’s Market and Trade Economics Division. She is part of the International Food Security Assessment team. Her research includes modeling local economic impacts of risk management, food security, and agricultural policy.

Background

Karen joined ERS in 2014. Prior to joining ERS, Karen was a post-doctoral scholar at the University of California, Davis, and consulted for UN-FAO, World Bank, and Inter-American Development Bank. Prior to graduate studies, Karen spent a year at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.

Education

Karen earned a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of California, Davis in 2012. She has a B.A. in Chemistry from Williams College.

Selected Publications

Filipski, M.J., J.E. Taylor, K.E. Thome, and B. Davis. 2015. "Effects of treatment beyond the treated: a general equilibrium impact evaluation of Lesotho’s cash grants program," Agricultural Economics 46(2):225-41.
Thome, K.E., M.J. Filipski, J. Kagin, J.E. Taylor, and B. Davis. 2013. "Agricultural Spillover Effects of Cash Transfers: What Does LEWIE Have to Say?" American Journal of Agricultural Economics: Papers and Proceedings 95(5):1338-44.

International Food Security Assessment, 2019-29 International Food Security Assessment, 2018-28 Progress and Challenges in Global Food Security International Food Security Assessment, 2017-27 International Food Security Assessment, 2016-26

International Food Security Expected To Improve, But Regional Differences Persist Sub-Saharan Africa’s Food Security Situation Varies by Region International Food Security Assessment, 2017-2027 Food Security of Developing Countries Expected To Improve Through 2026 as Food Prices Fall and Incomes Rise