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  2. Cesar L. Escalante

Cesar L. Escalante


Professor

Agricultural & Applied Economics

Cesar Escalante
Cesar Escalante
Areas of expertiseEducationScholarly works

Areas of expertise

Applied EconomicsBanking, Finance and InvestmentBusiness and ManagementPublic Health and Health ServicesOther EconomicsEconometrics

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Agricultural Economics

University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, IL, United States (2000)

Master of Science, Agricultural Economics

University of Guelph, Canada (1996)

Bachelor of Arts, Economics, General

Ateneo De Manila University, Philippines (1983)

Scholarly Works

  • The Impact of Immigration Enforcement on the U.S. Farming Sector, (2014).
    Kostandini G, Mykerezi E, Escalante C
  • Considering macroeconomic indicators in the food before fuel nexus, ENERGY ECONOMICS, (2012).
    Qiu C, Colson G, Escalante C, Wetzstein M
  • US farm workers: What drives their job retention and work time allocation decisions?, ECONOMIC AND LABOUR RELATIONS REVIEW, (2017).
    Luo T, Escalante CL
  • Financial Sustainability and Poverty Outreach: The Case of Microfinance Institutions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH, (2017).
    Sheremenko G, Escalante CL, Florkowski WJ
  • Health care service utilization of documented and undocumented hired farmworkers in the US, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS, (2018).
    Luo T, Escalante CL

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Contact

cescalan@uga.edu 706-542-0740

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313E Conner Hall
147 Cedar St.
Athens, GA 30602

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  • Agricultural Policy
    Jan. 17, 2024

    Across the Southern border: The future of the H-2A visa program in Georgia

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    Jan. 4, 2024

    Across the Southern border: How U.S. immigration policies affect agriculture

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  • Agricultural and Applied Economics
    Nov. 30, 2023

    Across the Southern border: Migrant labor on Georgia farms

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  • Cesar Escalante
    Cultivating Curiosity Podcast
    Nov. 18, 2022

    Digging into the economics of agriculture

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  • Oct. 5, 2022

    CAES economist receives prestigious 2022 Ketchum Prize from the FINRA Foundation

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  • June 4, 2020

    UGA Professor Cesar Escalante honored for excellence in mentoring

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Expert Resources

  • Timeline of the U.S.–China Trade Dispute and Tariffs on Cotton and Textile Trade

    Dec. 9, 2022

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  • Financial Analysis of Methyl Bromide and Mulch Alternatives for Bell Pepper in Georgia

    Financial Analysis of Methyl Bromide and Mulch Alternatives for Bell Pepper in Georgia

    March 28, 2017

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  • Hort Management: For Landscape Managers

    Hort Management: For Landscape Managers

    Dec. 20, 2016

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