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Zach Raff

Zach Raff

Introduction

Zach Raff is a research agricultural economist in the Resource and Rural Economics Division's Conservation and Environment Branch of USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS). In general, his research uses causal identification methods to examine the economic impacts of land use decisions and technological adoption at livestock operations. He has published in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Public Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

Background

Raff joined USDA, ERS in August of 2023. Before joining USDA, ERS, Raff was an assistant and associate professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

Education

Ph.D., economics, University of Kansas, 2016
M.A., economics, University of Kansas, 2014
M.P.P., American University, 2012
B.S., mathematics, Upper Iowa University, 2008