Working Papers
Charlton, Diane, Alexandra E. Hill, and J. Edward Taylor (2022) "Automation and Social Impacts: Winners and Losers" submitted to the UN Food & Agricultural Organization State of Food and Agriculture background working paper series
Journal Publications
Castillo, Marcelo & Diane Charlton (2022) "Housing Booms and H-2A Agricultural Guest Worker Employment" American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Charlton, Diane, Alexander James, and Brock Smith (2021) "Seasonal Agricultural Activity and Crime" American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Charlton, Diane (2021) "Seasonal Farm Labor and COVID-19 Spread" Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy
Charlton, Diane & Marcelo Castillo (2020) "Potential Impacts of a Pandemic on the U.S. Farm Labor Market." Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy
Charlton, Diane & Genti Kostandini (2020) "Can Technology Compensate for a Labor Shortage? Effects of 287(g) Immigration Policies on the U.S. Dairy Industry." American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Charlton, Diane & J. Edward Taylor (2020) "Rural School Access and the Agricultural Transformation." Agricultural Economics
Charlton, Diane, Taylor, Stavros Vougioukas, and Zachariah Rutledge (2019) "Can Wages Rise Quickly Enough to Keep Workers in the Fields?" Choices. 34 (2)
Charlton, Diane, J. Edward Taylor, Stavros Vougioukas, and Zachariah Rutledge (2019) "Innovations for a Shrinking Agricultural Workforce." Choices. 34 (2)
Charlton, Diane and J. Edward Taylor. (2016) "A Declining Farm Workforce: Analysis of Panel Data from Rural Mexico." American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 98 (4): 1158-1180. (Honorable Mention for Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Quality of Research Discovery Award)
J. Edward Taylor, Diane Charlton, and Antonio Yúnez-Naude (Winter 2012) "The End of Farm Labor Abundance." Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 34 (4): 587-598. (Honorable mention for Outstanding AEPP article)
Books & Chapters
J. Edward Taylor and Diane Charlton. 2018. The Farm Labor Problem: A Global Perspective. Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press.
Diane Charlton, Zachariah Rutledge, and J. Edward Taylor. forthcoming. "The Changing Nature of Agricultural Labor Markets." Chapter in the Handbook of Agricultural Economics, volume 5. Eds. Chris Barrett and David Just
Diane Charlton, Zachariah Rutledge, and J. Edward Taylor. forthcoming. "The Changing Nature of Agricultural Labor Markets." Chapter in the Handbook of Agricultural Economics, volume 5. Eds. Chris Barrett and David Just
Outreach Publications
Charlton, Diane (2020) "50 Percent Unauthorized and 100 Percent Essential: Farm Labor Supply and Demand during the COVID-19 Pandemic." in Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Food and Agricultural Markets. CAST Commentary QTA2020-3. Task force managers: Jayson Lusk and John D. Anderson. June.
Zahniser, Steven, J. Edward Taylor, Thomas Hertz, and Diane Charlton (2018) "Farm Labor Markets in the United States and Mexico Pose Challenges for U.S. Agriculture." USDA ERS Information Bulletin No. 201.
Taylor, J. Edward and Diane Charlton (2014) “The End of Farm Labor Abundance Means Longterm Changes for Wine Producers.” Wine Business Monthly. December.
Charlton, Diane and J. Edward Taylor (2013) "Mexicans are Leaving Farm Work: What Does it Mean for U.S. Agriculture and Immigration Policy?" ARE Update 16 (4).
Carroll, Christine, Diane Charlton, and Emilia Tjernström (2012) "Price Premiums for Organic Strawberries." ARE Update 15 (6).
Zahniser, Steven, J. Edward Taylor, Thomas Hertz, and Diane Charlton (2018) "Farm Labor Markets in the United States and Mexico Pose Challenges for U.S. Agriculture." USDA ERS Information Bulletin No. 201.
Taylor, J. Edward and Diane Charlton (2014) “The End of Farm Labor Abundance Means Longterm Changes for Wine Producers.” Wine Business Monthly. December.
Charlton, Diane and J. Edward Taylor (2013) "Mexicans are Leaving Farm Work: What Does it Mean for U.S. Agriculture and Immigration Policy?" ARE Update 16 (4).
Carroll, Christine, Diane Charlton, and Emilia Tjernström (2012) "Price Premiums for Organic Strawberries." ARE Update 15 (6).
Webinars & Press
CBS News Sunday Morning (June 27, 2021) "Down on the farm: A shortage of agricultural labor"
Virginia Tech, Virginia Sustainable Farms and Agribusiness Education (June 4, 2021) "Sustaining Agriculture in the presence of farm labor uncertainty"
NPR Planet Money (March 25, 2020) "Food and Farmworkers"
Michigan State University Extension, Closing Bell (August 25, 2020) "Farm Labor"
Virginia Tech, Virginia Sustainable Farms and Agribusiness Education (June 4, 2021) "Sustaining Agriculture in the presence of farm labor uncertainty"
NPR Planet Money (March 25, 2020) "Food and Farmworkers"
Michigan State University Extension, Closing Bell (August 25, 2020) "Farm Labor"
Photo: Estado de Mexico, Mexico 2015